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Title: The Three Ss Successful Safety Strategies


1
The Three SsSuccessful Safety Strategies
  • Pat Fischer, We Energies, Supervisor Health
    Safety
  • Tom Reburn, Alabama Gas, Manager Safety
  • Bill Camarillo, NW Natural, Director, Safety

2
Understanding the rules
  • What happens when you assume?
  • Results of assuming rules are understood

3
Ensure a Safe Work EnvironmentIncrease Safety
Performance
  • Changing safety culture - top priority
  • Safety as a Core value
  • Supported by senior management
  • Aggressive steps to increase focus
  • Safety
  • Accountability

4
Safety Management System
  • Comprehensive plan to improve overall performance
  • Provide framework
  • Consistency in handling all incidents

5
Safety Strategies
  • Ensure a well-informed, knowledgeable, and
    competent workforce
  • Develop leadership
  • Monitor safety performance and establish
    accountability
  • Expand the application of ergonomics to reduce
    injuries

6
Safety Steering Committee
  • Accountability across the board
  • Area managers
  • Ownership

7
Weekly Safety Conference Call
  • Coordinated by Health Safety
  • Manager level involvement with every incident
    First Aid and up
  • Support for managers
  • Safety as resource
  • Quick response
  • Easy to use tools

8
Progress YTD
9
Consequences
  • Coaching/counseling
  • Discipline
  • Late reporting
  • Breaking rule
  • Not following policy, procedure

10
Supervisor Safety Index
  • Lost time injuries
  • Employees/OSHA cases
  • Preventable MVA

11
Supervisor Safety Index
  • Safety Meetings
  • Crew Safety Visits
  • Injury Investigations
  • Special assignments
  • How are these different?
  • Leading indicators!

12
Results
  • Slow start, but started trending down, June 2004
  • Reporting
  • increased sharply
  • leveled off
  • Currently compared to same time 2004
  • 29 fewer OSHA cases
  • OIR 4.4 compared to 6.21
  • 45 fewer Lost Time
  • DIR 0.92 compared to 1.68

13
No secrets in Safety - share successes!
14
ALABAMA GAS SAFETY COUNCIL
  • Composed of Division Safety Committee Chairs
  • Meets Quarterly
  • Has Executive Sponsorship (Operating VPs)

15
PURPOSE OF AGC SAFETY COUNCIL
  • TO INCREASE SAFETY AWARENESS AND REDUCE THE
    POTENTIAL FOR ACCIDENTS (Especially the Big One)
  • WE HAD JUST COMPLETED SEVERAL CONSECUTIVE YEARS
    DURING WHICH OUR SAFETY STATISTICAL INDICATORS
    WERE BELOW THE SGA AND AGA AVERAGES AND BELOW OUR
    3-YEAR ROLLING AVERAGES

16
Alabama Gas Local Safety Committees - Background
  • All AGC locations have a local safety committee
  • The chair of the local committes rotates between
    bargaining unit and management employees
  • Meet monthly
  • Over the years, some effective some not

17
AGC Safety Council Highlights
  • Developed Stategic Plan
  • Lots of effective safety ideas have been shared
    between locations
  • Safety Manager can use the safety council as a
    sounding board and to implement things that work
  • Developed Safety Themes
  • Top 10 List

18
AGC SAFETY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS - Continued
  • All Committees now conducting audits
  • All locations discussing accidents at the next
    safety meeting
  • Employees complete accident history emailed
    after each accident for personal improvement
    plans in the area of safety
  • Key Focus Areas

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No secrets in Safety - share successes!
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