Health & Safety in the Oil & Gas Industry

Conference held in Calgary on January 21, 22 & 23, 2003
Chairs: Peter Dunfield, Syncrude Canada Ltd.; Leigh Ann Shoji-Lee, Duke Energy Gas Transmission; Neil Campbell, Schlumberger Canada Limited; and Earle Shirley, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board

CD-ROM: Over 10.5 hours of video presentations plus over 485 pages of original material

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Special safety initiatives

Improving your business with safety management
Robert W. Champ, Marketing Manager, DuPont Safety Resources

• What's at stake: impact on stakeholders
• Installing a world-class safety management system
• Assessing the safety culture quantitatively
• Kinston plant case study

Video: 38 minutes • Overheads

The latest from mission possible: rural versus urban driving risks in Alberta
Don Szarko, Manager, Traffic Safety Initiatives, Alberta Motor Association

• Driving in Alberta – how safe is it?
• Mission Possible @ Work goals and objectives
• Economic burden of traffic trauma
• Workplace collisions and fatalities
• Rural crashes & risk training
• Why target driver behaviours and attitude?

Video: 31 minutes • Overheads

Partners in health and safety
Peter Hickson, Partnerships Consultant, Health and Safety, Alberta Human Resources & Employment; and Dieter Brunsch, Vice-President, Customer Service and Risk Management, Workers' Compensation Board of Alberta

• Partnerships program: vision and mission
• Employer motivators
• Certificate of recognition process and maintenance
• Partners in health & safety: requirements and benefits
• Outcomes: performance by industry sectors
• Partners in Injury Reduction (PIR) program
• PIR benefits and discounts
• Maintaining industry leadership

Video: 48 minutes • Overheads

Wood Buffalo Regional safety cooperative
Andrew (Rick) Everett, Manager, Wood Buffalo Safety Training Standards Cooperative; and Peter Dunfield, Corporate Loss Management Senior Advisor, Syncrude Canada Ltd.

• Initial project and objectives
• Project phase II: objectives and organization
• Roles: advisory team and working group
• Current process – phase III vision and principles
• Accreditation process and its benefits
• Joint industry & government strategy on workplace safety

Video: 47 minutes • Overheads

Health & safety updates

Panel: New CHRC policy on drug and alcohol testing
Harvey Goldberg, Deputy Director, Policy, Canadian Human Rights Commission; Nicholas Ameyaw, Education and Public Information Coordinator/Consultant, Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission; and James E. Little, Vice-President, Quality & Training, Mullen Transportation Inc.

• Pre-employment testing
• Random and reasonable cause testing
• Policy requirements: accommodation and undue hardship
• Human rights in the workplace drug and alcohol testing
• Legal precedent: Entrop v. Imperial Oil Ltd.
• Why test for drugs & alcohol?
• Duty to accommodate and discrimination

Video: 39 minutes • Speaker's paper: 5674 words • Overheads

Case study: Mergers and acquisitions – blending EHS cultures
Leigh Ann Shoji-Lee, Director, Environment, Health and Safety, Duke Energy Gas Transmission

• Post-acquisition EHS integration model
• DEGT/WEI integration purpose and scope
• DEGT/WEI integration approach: communication
• Identify areas of discrepancy and opportunity for synergies
• DEGT/WEI integration approach closure
• Key learnings

Video: 28 minutes • Overheads

Transporting dangerous goods: new and changing federal requirements
Ron Czura, Advisor, Safety, WCB and TDG, Shell Canada Limited

• A brief history of transporting dangerous goods (TDG)
• Industry association activities and lobbying successes
• Clear language TDG (CLTDG) regulations: background
• CLTDG – key changes: e.g., classification and documentation
• MACTDG training project

Video: 38 minutes • Overheads

Case study: Working alone: occupational health and safety in the 21st Century
K.S. (Kenn) Hample, Alberta Human Resources and Employment

• Requirements of the law
• Assessing the hazards
• Eliminate or control
• Establishing an effective means of communication

Video: 29 minutes • Overheads

Dealing with key issues

Prime contractor safety
Bill Tremain, South Regional Manager, Alberta Construction Safety Association; and Walter Tersmette, Manager, Health, Safety and Environment, Devon Canada Corporation

• Regulatory requirements on multiple employer worksites
• Responsibilities and accountabilities for site safety
• What happens when a serious accident occurs?
• Designing a process to manage health and safety
• What are the costs and who pays?
• Work site safety plan checklist

Video: 51 minutes • Overheads + Attachments

Case study: Schlumberger's road hazard analysis program
Dave Meade, Driving Centre Manager, Schlumberger Canada Limited

• Crash reconstruction: contributing factors
• Challenges and risk ranking
• Identification and control processes
• Application and communication
• Benefits of the road hazard analysis program

Video: 33 minutes • Overheads

Panel: Contractor and company perspectives
Neil Campbell, Schlumberger Canada Limited; Terry Nazar, HSE Manager, Canada Gas BU, BP Canada Energy Company; and Mark Brokloff, Consultant, DuPont Safety Resources

• Contractor and supplier management

Video: 41 minutes • Overheads

Best practices for fatigue management
Dr. Don Melnychuk, Nadon Consulting Limited

• Dealing with demands at home
• Energy tension scale
• Circadian rhythms and sleep
• Nutrition and active living
• Relaxation recovery
• Support networks

Video: 47 minutes • Speaker's paper: 2841 words

Old problems, new twists

Safety in the design of process plants
Gerald J. Audley, Process Engineer, Fluor Canada Ltd.

• Phases within a project
• Safety considerations during design
• 3D model reviews and process hazard analysis
• Management of change
• Communication of design information
• Constructability and modularization considerations

Video: 46 minutes • Overheads

Case study: Husky Oil's ergonomic assessment tool
Bernard Bradford, Industrial Hygienist, Husky Energy Inc.

• CAPP/CPPI project scope
• Ergonomics awareness education
• Process to address MSI risks
• Typical ergonomic situations: costs and claims
• Training sessions and other simple solutions
• Next steps: physical demands analysis

Video: 46 minutes • Overheads

Crisis management: Counter terrorism in Alberta
Earle A. Shirley, Chief Operating Officer, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board

• Threat levels and criticality assessment
• Critical infrastructure security measures
• Crisis management activities and process
• Emergency management Alberta
• First responders: industry and governments

Video: 47 minutes • Overheads

Safety in a globalized world
John McCarthy, Business Leader, Operations Business Unit, National Energy Board

• The role of the National Energy Board
• Benefits of safety
• Goal-oriented regulation
• Safety and environment management system model
• Benchmarking safety performance

Video: 27 minutes • Overheads