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What it Takes to Make it Safe
Canadian Society of Safety Engineering January 9,
2006 Calgary, Alberta
Dave Fennell Imperial Oil Resources
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Growth of Effective Safety Systems
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The Fundamentals (Basic Safety Programs)-
incident reporting, inspections, maintenance
plans, awareness programs
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Injury Frequency
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What is this and how do we achieve it?
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Time - Maturity ofSafety Approach
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What it Takes to Make it Safe

• 1) What is the balance that makes a safe work
  site
• 2) What is the balance that makes a safe
  individual.

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What Makes a Safe Work Site
The application of scientific knowledge about ?
People ? Facilities ? Management Systems to
improve their interaction in the workplace.
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Making a Safe Work Site
Pumps, Valves, Electrical, Buildings, Labels,
Tanks, Plants, etc.
Vehicles, Cranes, Trucks, Hand tools, Gas
Detectors, Forklifts, Boats, etc.

• Design for the service and conditions
• Maintain to the highest standards
• Inspect regularly for deficiencies
• Inspect regularly for fit for service

• Choose the right equipment for the job
• Get trained on the use of the equipment
• Inspect regularly for deficiencies
• Maintain to the highest standards

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Making a Safe Work Site
Risk Mngt, Work Planning, Safe Work Agreements,
Contracting, Regulatory Compliance, Change Mngt

• Understand the management systems
• Identify deficiencies and improvements
• Have a system for hiring employees and
  contractors
• Have a system for reporting and investigating
  incidents/near misses

Lockouts, Isolation, Ground Disturbance, Safety
Watch, Using PPE, Confined Space Entry, Emergency
Response

• Know your critical procedures
• Get proper training on those procedures
• Identify deficiencies and improvements
• Understand, follow them, teach them

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Making a Safe Work Site
Focus on the interaction
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Making a safe work site
Human Characteristics, Behaviours, Fitness for
Duty, Risk Awareness, Personal Values, Skill,
Knowledge
Thinking! Reasoning! Assessing!
Judging! Stopping! Planning!
Only the People have the ability to
STOP
Think
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What Makes a Safe Worker
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What Makes a Safe Worker
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What Makes a Safe Worker

• Knowing
• How the equipment works
• The limitations of the equipment
• The regulations that apply
• The standards that apply

KNOWING
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What Makes a Safe Worker

• Using the knowledge
• Practicing the techniques
• Applying the regulations
• Using the standards
• Applying the skills of the trade and expertise
• Applying the lessons learned from experience

APPLYING
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What Makes a Safe Worker

• Why do I want to do it safely?
• Strict Compliance
• Wanting to protect myself and co-workers
• Business reasons
• Personal reasons
• Values
• Other reasons

WANTING
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Tying it all together
1) Apply the scientific knowledge of facilities,
systems and people
2) Focus on the Interaction
3) Understand People
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Tying it all together
4) Ensure a balance of knowledge, skill and desire
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• ....and when all this lines up we
• Make it Safe
• and
• No One Gets Hurt