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%.11fj °"` 1�;.',i`j�i,� '''! i j • "<'.\✓c � f�� r i � , r`c f �,{ r �`,1 ,.P'.._� i �..E� �� i��.,� v 11.1' MOILA To: Helga Wintal From: Doug Rounding Date: August 2f, 1997 Re: Health & Safety Issues I have reviewed the current status of the health & safety program for the Corporation as a whole. 1 have tried to prioritize the issues according to how I personally would rate their importance. HEALTH &. SAFETY POLICY MANUAL - The Act requires the employer to have in place a health & safety program, and an integral part of this program is written documentation, or policies, in place for all areas of the workplace. This program and policies to be developed by the J.H.S.C. - currently the policy manual is in the draft stage, with most of it ready for final review by the J.H.S.C. and then on to administrative approvals as required. It is important to get this done first as the procedures for complying with the program are contained within the policies. Once the policies are in place it will become much clearer as to where the deficiencies are in the current status of health & safety for the Corporation. - 2. WORKPLACE INSPECTIONS - The Act requires a workplace inspection be completed at regular intervals, these intervals are dependant on the worksite generally. - currently workplace inspections are done with some regularity at the landfills, and one of the daycares. The other worksites provide irregular or no inspections. They have been made aware of the importance of these inspections and they have said they will try to comply but without continuous monitoring they soon forget. 3. TRAMNG - The employer is required to provide the employees with the appropriate health & safety training so to prevent the employee from injuring oneself or another employee due to inadequate experience or training. The employee must be made aware of all of the dangers present in their jobs and worksite that they may reasonably be exposed to. - continued First-aid training for individuals at each worksite must be continuer) to provide the required first -aid attendant required under the act at each worksite. In addition some employees require job specific safety training such as Defensive Driving for those employees who normally operate a motor vehicle as part of their employment for the Corporation; Supervisors need general Occupation Health & Safety training to keep them up to date with their requirements under the law, and members of the J.H.S.C. need training in accident investigation, hazard recognition and control, the role of the J.H.S.C., Repetitive Strain, Using Ladders, etc. to name a few. This is an ongoing area of concern that should be reviewed annually as a minimum and whenever job tasks change or those performing the task change. 4. WHMIS - The employer is required by the Act to operate a W1rMS program using a given set of regulations and rules. This includes appropriate workplace training, materials inventory and labelling as well as to have available for all workers a current MSDS for all hazardous products either used or stored in the workplace that the employee may come into contact with during the normal performance of duties.