Rubber Association of Canada 2005 Safety Groups Program Overview

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Rubber Association of Canada 2005 Safety Groups
ProgramOverview

• Ian Morris
• Safety Group Program Consultant
• 416 344 2166

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5-Steps to Managing Health Safety

• To successfully achieve an element a firm must be
  able to demonstrate
• written standard for the element
• means of communication to employees
• provided the necessary training
• evaluate have a plan to evaluate
• Acknowledge success /or make improvements

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Start of YearHS Achievement List

• Getting Started - page 17
• explains each hs element
• provides basic information to guide you
• other achievement element (i.e. Fall
  Protection) requires WSIB consultant approval

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Start of Year Workplace Assessments Action
Plans

• Step 1
• Workplace Assessment
• purpose
• identify your strengths weaknesses of health
  safety program
• identify successes at year end and the selection
  of 5 elements for next year
• monitor maintenance and continuous improvement
  over the long term
• decide who will complete the assessment
• identify the 5 achievement elements for your
  action plan
• submit to sponsor by established due date

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Start of YearWorkplace Assessments

• Steps for Completing the Workplace Assessment
• complete the employer profile on page 30
• complete the workplace assessment on pages 31 -
  39
• go through each achievement element and answer
  yes or no for each statement -
• Y - the step is complete and current within the
  last year
• N - you do not have the step in place
• M you have maintained the step from a prior
  safety group year

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Start of YearAction Plan

• Each firm must choose 5 health safety elements
  from their Achievement List to implement in 2005
• Each group will choose 1 group/common element
  that all participants will implement
• Each firm must choose 1 element from Leadership
• Each firm must choose 1 element from Organization
  or Hazard Recognition Assessment
• Each firm will choose 2 elements from any of the
  categories

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Group Meetings Element Implementation

• attend minimum of 3 meetings per year
• submit all reports when due to sponsor
• implement action plan 5 hs achievement
  elements

Good idea use binder to organize documentation
and work completed for each of the 5-steps of
your achievement elements and information from
your safety group meetings
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Year-End Requirements

• complete year-end achievement report and submit
  to sponsor
• have documentation available
• complete/update your workplace assessment
• 10 of Safety Group participants receive
  spot-checks starting in February of the following
  year

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Questions?

• Ian Morris
• WSIB Safety Group Consultant
• 416-344-2166