Corporate Health and Safety
The following are key elements which form the stepping stones that establish an effective and compliant Health and Safety Management System.
Management Involvement and Commitment
Enlist all levels of management in responsibility and accountability to provide and support ongoing health and safety leadership training, participation in health and safety meetings, work site inspection tours and incident investigations.
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
As an Occupational Health and Safety requirement, we will incorporate documents and programs ensuring employees assess all work sites for existing and potential hazards before any work begins
Hazard Control
Identify and inform management and all workers on use of personal protective equipment, development of administrative controls and the incorporation of engineering controls in every effort to meet rules and regulations as employers take all reasonable steps to eliminate or control identified hazards for a safer workplace
Training
Incorporate a company and industry compliant training program to ensure all workers are competent to perform their assigned duties
Emergency Response Planning
We will coordinate and facilitate necessary training for workers, inform the public and protect the environment in adherence with the law that states employers must include affected workers in establishing an emergency response plan that may require rescue or evacuation
Incident Reporting & Investigation
A reporting and investigating system will be developed for implementing, informing and training all workers on the value of determining the root cause, establishing controls to prevent recurrence, identifying trends and allowing the organization to demonstrate commitment reducing near-misses and incidents in the workplace
Communication
We can provide and incorporate varied levels and sources of communication techniques into the program encouraging employers and worker participation of policies and procedures to perform work safely.
The implementation of a Health and Safety Program fully supported by management and workers greatly assists the company in a proven financial welfare through Direct and Indirect Cost Benefits and as well is seen as a top health and safety performer in the eyes of its stakeholders.
DIRECT COST BENEFITS
Reduced injuries and illness Minimized frequency and severity of incidents
Financial benefits from lower costs associated with incidents
Compliance with legislation (i.e. ABSA, OH&S)
Certificate of Recognition (COR) health and safety audit compliance
Return to work/injury management
Improved health and safety culture
Increased productivity profits Increased employee performance and participation
Indirect cost benefits
Increased corporate security ensuring company proprietary standards
Reduced property and equipment damage
Minimal production delays Reduced incident investigation time
Ability to meet deadlines Overtime cost reduction Reduced worker replacement costs
Reduced worker absenteeism Insurance premium cost reduction
The Worker’s Compensation Board (WCB) holds recorded statistics that the cost of claims in Alberta alone are in the hundreds of millions of dollars each year in “direct costs” only, while the “indirect costs” remain 5 to 10 times that amount.
What can we provide for clients?
Health and Safety Management System program development
Establish Due Diligence standards of health and safety excellence
Annual health, safety and environmental reviews and revisions
Participation of workers in upholding responsibility and accountability
IN- HOUSE EXPERTISE
Paying forward experience and knowledge through positive, cooperative and participative mentoring and coaching
Enroll a lead-by-example position with an open-door policy to see and hear the neighbour
Our Vision is helping our workers return home safely and healthy endorsing the end justifies the means!