Safety Rep Awareness

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Safety Rep Awareness
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Objectives Mandate
Objectives Mandate

• Provide contractors with accident prevention
  methods
• Keep contractors informed on changes to
  legislation that affects them
• Provide information, resources and training to
  help contractors meet their legislated
  responsibilities
• Provide a comprehensive safety program for
  companies, both large and small
• Act as the Authority Having Jurisdiction
• to grant COR Certification

• Provide contractors with Accident Prevention
  Methods and keep contractors informed on changes
  to Legislation that affects them
• Provide information, resources and training to
  help contractors meet their legislated
  responsibilities
• Provide a comprehensive safety program
• AJH for COR Certification

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Housekeeping

• Workshop hours
• Breaks
• Emergency Procedures
• muster point, first aid
• Restrooms
• Smoking
• Cell phones off
• Passports

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Workshop Objectives

• Overview of the W210 Act
• Introduction to the MB Regulation 217 / 2006
• Legal Duties Responsibilities
• Safety Rep Safety Committee Requirements
• Guidelines for effective implementation

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Chapter W210

• Established in 1977
• Amended in 2002, 2010
• Legislation that applies to all workplaces
• General Duties and Responsibilities of all
  workplace people/entities
• Focus on joint workplace

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Manitoba Regulation 217 / 2006

• Introduced October, 2006, enforced February 2007
• Amended in 2011
• Omnibus regulation
• 43 parts (plus repeal and coming into force)
• Minimum standards for conducting work activities
• Clear language
• Easily understood

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Written Safety Program
20 People Mandatory
Less 20 Good idea
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Program Requirements

• WSH Act - 11 elements
• health and safety policy
• hazard identification
• emergency preparedness
• responsibilities
• inspections
• biological / chemical substance control
• prime-contractors / self-employed people
• training
• investigations
• employee participation
• review and revision of the program

• CSAM COR 13 1 elements
• health and safety policy
• Hazard Assessment
• Safe Work Practices
• Safe Work Procedures
• Company Rules
• PPE
• Preventative Maintenance
• Training Communication
• Inspections
• Investigations Reporting
• Emergency Preparedness
• Statistics and Records
• Legislation
• Manitoba Supplement

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Your Best Bet

• Establish your safety program to

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COR

• Nationally recognized as the ultimate distinction
  for construction companies
• Endorsed by Workplace Safety and Health
• Recognized by Workers Compensation Board of
  Manitoba Safety Program Accreditation
• 10 rebate first year
• 5 rebate subsequent years
• Education - Implementation - Evaluation

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SECOR

• Endorsed by Workplace Safety and Health
• Recognized by Workers Compensation Board of
  Manitoba Safety Program Accreditation
• 10 rebate first year
• 5 rebate subsequent years
• Education - Implementation - Evaluation
• Simplified Safety arranged into three sections
• Identify / Communicate / Control

10 or Less
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Legal Duties

• Outlined in W210
• Apply to all workplace parties
• Owner
• Employer
• Worker
• Worker Safety Representative / WSH Committee
• Prime Contractor
• Contractor
• Supplier
• Supervisor

Due Diligence
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Due Diligence

• Only form of defense allowable to an employer
• Employer must PROVE that they did everything
  reasonably practicable to prevent the incident
• Reason we do anything!

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Committee vs Safety Rep

• Committee is required if
• 20 or more people in the workplace
• Any other workplace designated by WSH

• Safety rep required if
• At least 10 but less than 20 people in the
  workplace
• Any other workplace designated by WSH

• In Construction
• Committee required for construction projects
• Set up by Prime Contractor
• 20 or more people involved
• 90 days to complete
• Safety rep required for every jobsite

W210 Act 40(1), 41(1)
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WSH Requirements

• Training
• Inspections
• Safety Bulletin Board

New 2011 Amendments
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So

• Supervisor and three workers onsite, no prime
  contractor
• 2. Prime contractor with four sub-trades (22
  people onsite)
• 3. Journeyperson and apprentice
• Prime contractor, 30 workers total, 12-15 onsite
  at a time
• 5. Construction company with 27 workers, three
  jobsites (each with 8 workers), 3 admin staff

Supervisor designates one worker as safety rep
P.C. establishes committee, each trade designates
a safety rep
Apprentice is designated as safety rep
P.C. establishes committee with onsite trades,
each trade designates a safety rep P.C.
communicates info to other trades
Company establishes a committee each jobsite
designates a safety rep may or may not be part
of committee
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What is a safety rep?

• Safety Rep is
• Safety contact
• Confidant for employees
• On-site safety monitoring
• and participation
• Reports back to supervisor, senior management
• Safety Rep is NOT
• Supervisor or management
• Baby-sitter
• The BAD guy

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Duties
Check it out!
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Therefore

• Onsite safety reps
• Help the Supervisor monitor activity at the site
• Hazard assessment, inspections, incident
  investigation
• Participate in and / or hold safety talks,
  increase safety awareness, communication
• Toolbox meetings, site orientations
• Participate in site safety committee meetings,
  communicating information back to company

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Reasonable Practicable

• Participate in implementing control measures
• placing guardrails
• communicating corrective actions
• safe work procedures
• Address safety concerns
• Participate in any right-to-refuse situations
• Enforce policies and rules (when allowed by
  management)

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Committee dos and donts

• DO
• Have between 4 and 12 members
• Have 2 co-chairpersons
• Post the names
• Hold a term for two years
• Hold quarterly meetings
• Establish rules
• Create and post agenda

• DONT
• Have a committee entirely made up of management
  (requires half and half)
• Hand-pick your members
• Forget to forward your minutes
• Allow gripe sessions

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Right to Participate

• Inspections, hazard assessments, and
  investigations should always be conducted by both
  a supervisor and a safety representative

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Hazard Assessment Inspection Purposes

• Identify existing and potential hazard and safety
  violations
• Monitor existing / previous hazard controls
• Determine corrective action
• Reinforce safe practices

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Hazard Assessment Inspections

• Hazard Assessments
• Prior to beginning work
• New area
• Unfamiliar work
• Inspections
• According to your company policy
• Include all work areas
• Formal and informal

• Remember
• Use a checklist
• Safety rep and supervisor
• Clearly identify unsafe acts and conditions
• Use ranking system
• Communicate findings

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Hazard Ranking Priority

• Severity
• Imminent Danger
• Serious
• Minor
• O.K.
• Not Applicable

• Probability
• Probable
• Reasonably Probable
• Remote
• Extremely Remote

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Investigation Terms

• Accident
• Near Miss
• Incident

Loss to people, equipment, property and / or
production Event that could have resulted in
loss, given different variables Describes both
the above
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Investigations

• Investigations should be conducted in the event
  of
• Serious incidents
• Medical aid
• Property damage
• Near miss incidents
• Right-to-refuse situations
• All incidents must be reported to the supervisor!

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Why Should All IncidentsBe Investigated?
Investigations of serious incidents often reveal
that previous incidents of a similar nature were
not reported or dismissed as insignificant!
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Serious Incidents - WSH

• Death or permanent disability
• Serious or significant body trauma
• Broken bones
• Amputation
• Laceration requiring medical attention
• Loss of sight
• Structural failure
• Explosion, fire or flood
• Major release of toxic or hazardous substance
• Failure of respiratory equipment
• Contact with energized electricity

SAFE Work Bulletin 119
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Investigation Steps

• Protect yourself, tend to injured parties,
  control hazards
• Administer First Aid, contact EMS, secure the
  area
• Gather evidence
• Interviews
• Background information
• Who, what, where, when, why, how
• Supervisor and safety rep, anyone involved
• Use a form or checklist
• Determine causes
• Direct, indirect
• Recommend corrective action
• Senior management review, communicate
• Follow up!

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Right to Refuse
Step 3 Involve the Division
Step 2 Employer/ Worker/ Worker co-chair
investigate
Worker has reasonable grounds to believe the work
constitutes a danger?
Step 1 Involve the supervisor
Yes
SHO makes ruling
No
No
Worker satisfied?
Worker satisfied?
Yes
Yes
No
Exit
Exit
Exit
Exit
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Summary

• Safety Rep is NOT management
• Does NOT replace committee
• Similar duties
• Training requirements
• Right to participate

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Test

• 80 to pass
• Use of Act and Regulation
• Hard hat, passport stickers upon completion

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Thank You
Questions