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Worker Competency
Worker Competency I’ve been involved in project HSE for the past decade...
Tailboards and Checklists
Forms, Forms, Forms Stopped at Tim’s, grabbed an extra large cause today...
Subcontractor Onboarding
Projects require a number of checks to be completed prior to a...
Riding with One Pedal
Only Four Steps! There’s a process that’s internal to any successful...
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Project Information Portals
Communication - The transfer of information How was information communicated on your last project? Documents were emailed to all stakeholders as they came on to the A link to a Sharepoint address was shared to certain individual An individual H&S member of the prime contractor was noted as the...
Project Health and Safety Management Systems
Health and Safety Management System There are always two and sometimes three HSMSs in play on a project. Owner Prime Contractor (May also be the Owner) Subcontractors (Multiple) Rarely are these systems built the same way and each has a different outlook regarding the management of the project’s...
Pen vs Pixels. What’s holding you back?
Where we at now? I work with a lot of different companies and get to take part in numerous safety programs. One common trait I see throughout 90% of the companies is the generation of mounds of paper. Why do companies operating in today’s electronic age refuse to move their safety program to an...
Paper Based H&S Systems
What's the Purpose? Being in business today requires that companies must have a Health and Safety program that it can produce to perspective clients for review. Quite often the submitted “Safety Program” items consist of a manual, WCB records and insurance certificates. That’s it, nothing more....
It hit the Fan!
Another Incident! My phone rang mid afternoon, there’s been an incident and I have to get over to site asap. An excavator had been travelling down a ROW and the operator had unknowingly walked onto a snow covered beaver pond and broke through the ice. He was able to get out of the machine but we...
Is it Worth 29 Dollars?
You certified? When asked, most will reach for their stack of certification cards showing a collection of courses completed. Some are valid, others have expired but are kept in hopes they will garner enough credit that you’ll be allowed to work with a promise to renew asap. The collection only...
H&S Inspections
What Inspections are we doing? Project worksites may be a stationary single location, or mobile, as in a pipeline build. The types of inspections required will vary with the type of project, since certain items won’t be utilized on mobile sites. Single location projects will have more support...
Contractor H&S Incident Reporting
Tick, Tick, Tick,.. When an incident occurs on site, the clock starts, just like in the television show “48 Hours”. In that timeframe, as a subcontractor, you’ll be required to Give initial notice, freeze the scene, Care for the injured, Collect Tailboard, Permits, FLHA’s from site, Submit an...
H&S Hazard Assessment Types
Formal Hazard Assessments Recognize general overall hazards that are anticipated to be present on the project sites. Examples include Risk Registers, Safe Work Procedures and Safe Job Procedures. Project Hazard Assessments/Project Risk Registers Formal hazard assessments are typically created by...
Meeting Internal, Contractual or Regulatory reporting requirements shouldn’t throw your team into a monthly tailspin.
Eliminate the stress. Lower costs. Meet deadlines.
Meeting Internal, Contractual or Regulatory reporting requirements shouldn’t throw your team into a monthly tailspin.
Eliminate the stress. Lower costs. Meet deadlines.
