Manitoba Heavy Construction Association

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Rodrigue WORKSAFELY™ safety orientation for new sessions and inspections in compliance from wearing conducting hazard assessments first thing in the morning and reassessing potential hazards throughout the day. "Someone might notice a tree with a big wasp nest later," he says. "In the last year we have had two employees working for us that were highly allergic to bee stings… those things also have to be brought up to the crew." When in doubt, Rodrigue calls upon WORKSAFELY™ staff and other companies for advice, and he's happy to return the favour. Good has been with Hugh Munro Construction for more than 30 years, and since 2010, he has been teaching safety in formal classroom and workshop settings as well as in the field. "If you're working with a subcontractor who isn't, say, up to par on their safety, we would make sure to help them out, give them some guidance, make them aware of things they should have in their safety program." Hugh Munro general manager Wayne Loo says it benefits everyone to help smaller compan ies bridge any safety gaps and increase baseline knowledge throughout the industry. "e best thing we can do as an industry is make sure that everybody working in this industry is getting to the same standards and levels," he says. "Because we all have to work alongside each other and if everybody is held to the same standards that will help take safety from good to great." Earlier this year, Hugh Munro initiated a Behaviour-Based Safety (BBS) program as an incentive to encourage workers to focus on safety behaviours, both good and bad. Workers fill out cards and submit them in a ballot box, with the option to be entered in a draw for small prizes, or remain anonymous. Reported behaviours might be anything from noting that an equipment operator failed to use three-point contact while climbing off a machine, to acknowledging a worker who drove at a safe speed through a job site. e reports are not used for punitive response but rather as valuable feedback. Good has used some issues in his toolbox talks. Loo says the open communication contributes to a culture of safety from the top to bottom. Rather than laying blame, the company uses incidents for learning purposes, and shares that information with others. "Sharing what's been successful and not successful for companies is not going to create any unfair advantage competitive edge to contractors. It's all leading to growth." ❱❱❱ FROM Accurate HD safety coordinator Marc Rodrigue reviews safety logs. Photo by DARCY FINLEY M aking Manitoba a leader in workplace safety and injury prevention will require stronger support from SAFE Work Manitoba for industry-based safety programs, a consultant's review has found. MNP released on Oct. 23 the results of its review of the last five years of work by SAFE Work Manitoba (SWMB), the arm of the Workers Compensation Board created to deliver its initial five-year injury prevention program. With the first term drawing to an end, WCB hired MNP to assess the effectiveness of SWMB's initiatives. Overall, the response from industry and labour stakeholders was that SWMB has been effective as a resource, in promoting the development of more industry-based safety programs (IBSPs). "Stakeholders generally agreed that there is an important role for SWMB in public awareness and standards," the MNP report noted. But it added, "Delivery of actual programming should be done by IBSPs, industry and other Manitoba organizations." Further, there is work yet to be done to improve communication and engagement, specifically with individual industry-based programs such as the Manitoba Heavy Construction Association (MHCA) WORKSAFELY™ program. e MHCA met MNP in January, and stressed that the next five-year plan must strengthen the effectiveness of province-wide injury and illness prevention by focusing on industry-driven and delivered programming and services. e MHCA emphasized the need for SAFE Work Manitoba to: • Support existing industry-based safety programs • Shi its marketing away from SWMB to emphasize prevention and industry- based programs • Simplify administration — rebates and reporting; promote sustainability of existing industry-based programs • Promote COR™/SAFE Work Certification as a requirement for government contracts • Support the industry-based delivery of return-to-work training programs. "We are pleased that the findings of the MNP prevention review strongly reflect the input received from MHCA and other stakeholders, including other industry-based safety associations," said Don Hurst, director of MHCA WORKSAFELY, Education and Training. e next five-year strategy is intended to refine the emphasis of injury prevention and to make Manitoba a leader in safety prevention. In line with stakeholder feedback, MNP has advised WCB to focus on: • Clarifying SAFE Work Manitoba's role — focus on setting of standards, leave program delivery to industry-based safety programs to avoid duplication • Targeting gaps, such as vulnerable workers • Shiing communications away from SAFE Work certification to increasingly promote IBSPs • Simplifying administration and reporting • Improving SAFE Work Manitoba's engagement with industry-based safety programs • Enhancing return-to-work programs • Strengthening performance measures and targets for SAFE Work Manitoba. With the MNP recommendations, the WCB Board will now provide direction to SWMB on the focus for the next five-year injury and illness prevention plan. "We look forward to the next five years, particularly measures that more strongly support the delivery of prevention initiatives through industry-based safety programs, such as WORKSAFELY," Hurst said. ❱❱❱ STRONGER FOCUS ON INDUSTRY PROGRAMS EXPECTED IN NEXT WORKPLACE INJURY PREVENTION PLAN Don Hurst, director of MHCA WORKSAFELY™, Education and Training. PHOTO BY DARCY FINLEY

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