Field Induction Training Module for Working on / Visiting WSP Remediation Program Management (RPM) Clients' Sites

 

Health, Safety, Security, Environment & Quality (HSSEQ) takes priority in everything we do while working in the office, in the field or while driving on behalf of WSP and our clients. It is embedded in our culture and something we strive to continually get better at. 

The purpose of this module is to ensure that all workers (subcontractor and non-RPM staff) and visitors to site are made aware of WSP, RPM and Client specific requirements.  

Requirements are outlined within the WSP Subcontractor Manual (formally Subcontractor Health and Safety Communication Package) with the expectation that you come to site ready to meet your obligations. A PDF of the Manual is available here in its entirety for review.

Upon completion of this module, a wallet card will be sent to the email address you provide below. You must be able to present this to the RPM Site Supervisor upon your arrival to site.

Note: Completion of this online training module by any worker, Manager or Supervisor from your company will act as an acknowledgement of acceptance of the content and requirements as specified in this training module and in WSP's Subcontractor Manual by your company.

As a subcontractor to WSP, if your company decides to use subcontractors of your own on our WSP client sites, they must abide by the same training, rules and requirements that we impose on you.

WSP views your subcontractor workers as your workers. All workers must check in to the job site and follow the direction of the WSP Site Supervisor.

Note for those working on Imperial sites: Imperial / ExxonMobil Environmental & Property Solutions (E&PS) has granted WSP - Remediation Program Management with the licensing rights to use their Personnel Safety Management System (PSMS) material. These licensing rights do not extend beyond WSP. As such, all Subcontractor companies are not authorized to use the content from this PSMS training material.

For Imperial work, we are in the process of transitioning from LPS into PSMS (Personnel Safety Management System).

When arriving at site, everyone (WSP, subcontractors, visitors) are to report into the designated WSP Site Supervisor BEFORE any materials are loaded, unloaded or work is started.

At WSP, our primary goal in all work we do is that we do it safely and we ensure Nobody Gets Hurt. There is no task so important that it outweighs the need for it to be done safely. We depend on all workers to intervene when they see something unsafe and require workers to use ‘Stop Work Authority’ to halt any operation that poses imminent risks to the health and safety of the workers, members of the public or to the environment.

Life Saving Rules and Actions (LSRAs) are established to prevent serious injuries and/or fatalities.  Failure to follow these LSRAs can result in serious injury or fatality.

Life-Saving Rules and Actions define the most critical and life-saving actions controlled by a worker.

Start-Work Checks (SWCs) are used by the work team to verify that LSRA safeguards are in place and effective before and during the work / task.

When to Use?

•Every job with the potential for life altering injury or fatality, the applicable LSRAs and their SWC are to be reviewed by the crew doing the high consequence activity, prior to work beginning.
•During the work to determine safeguards are in place and effective.

Why Use Them?

•Confirms safeguards are more visible and clearer to frontline workers
•Reinforces the expectation that we don’t start work until the lifesaving actions' safeguards have been reviewed, confirmed and are in place and effective.

                    

 

 

 

 

We are committed to providing a world class safety culture where team members return home safely every day.  While safety has improved, we have not completely eliminated fatalities or life altering injuries, therefore our work is not done. Imperial/ExxonMobil has adopted a Personnel Safety Management System (PSMS) that is designed to set you and your team up for success and prevent you from suffering a life altering injury.

You will play an important role in delivering Safety in the Moment through the following processes because they include the most critical and life saving actions controlled by you.

Safeguards

Definition of a Safeguard
A physical or behavioral measure taken to prevent or mitigate undesirable impact to people, equipment, or the environment.

 

Last Minute Risk Assessment (LMRA)

• A brief, unwritten risk assessment.
• Purpose: Identify and eliminate potentially unsafe practices and hazards.
• The simplest, most important tool you will use.

Job Safety Analysis (JSA)

A Job Safety Analysis (JSA) is developed during task planning to identify the task-specific hazards & safeguards that are not already addressed by Life Saving Rules & Actions (LSRAs). When there is no LSRA, the JSA provides task specific information to prevent high potential consequence events (i.e., life-altering injuries or Consequence Level 1 process safety events)

JSA Overview / Intent:

• Focusing the JSA on high potential consequence task steps simplifies the JSA and reduces the overall length. This focuses teams on task steps, associated hazards, and safeguards where there is potential for a life-altering injury or significant process safety event

• Includes a full listing of Life Saving Rules & Actions to allow easy access for teams during job planning / execution. Teams can reference the LSRAs and provide additional clarity on the JSA if required

• The additional hazards sections at the top of page 2 of the form can be used in job planning / execution to help teams identify hazards, which may not be covered by an LSRA Start Work Check (SWC) and need to be addressed on the JSA because they could lead to a life-altering injury or a significant process safety event

• Human Performance concepts are incorporated into the JSA to reduce the potential for human error by prompting users to identify Hold Points, Triggers, Error-Prone Situations, and reinforcing Start/Stop Work

• The JSA is used during the Pre-Task Briefing to facilitate two-way discussion between the supervisor (or designee) and the work team to confirm understanding of hazards and assist the team in verifying safeguards are in place and effective prior to starting work.

Incident / Near Miss

A Near Miss is an event which could have resulted, under slightly different circumstances, in an Incident.

An Incident is an event that resulted in an unwanted impact on the safety or health of people, or on property, environment, security, etc.

• Report all Incidents and Near Misses immediately to your Site Supervisor

 

 

Targeted Learning Observation (TLO)

What is a TLO?

A TLO is a proactive learning process used to observe how work actually gets done compared to the task-related standard and/or other documentation. TLOs are completed on targeted tasks with higher potential consequences (i.e., life-altering injury (LAI), significant process safety event)

Why Use TLO?

• Observe the great things team members are doing to achieve Safety in the Moment and apply Safety Capacity when executing work with higher potential consequences.
• Learn what is making the work hard to get right.
• See differences in how work is getting done so we can proactively improve safeguards and work processes.
• Discipline-free commitment to promote learning and improvement: When TLOs are conducted, disciplinary action will not be taken in response to differences from the standard identified during the observation. 

Take a few minutes to review the following PSMS orientation guide.

A short service worker is defined as any worker who meets one of the following conditions:

• Worker with less than 6 months of full time relevant experience for the task hired to perform; or
• Worker with less than 6 months of experience providing services at a client site; or
• Worker who has not worked for the client within the last 2 years; or
• Worker with less than 6 months of experience with current employer.

 

Proof of training in the form of wallet cards and/or training certificates must be provided upon request.  Certifications must be valid and not expired.  In addition to specific training courses, proof of pre-access Alcohol & Drug testing (negative result) and respirator fit test (quantitative or qualitative) may also be required depending on the project site and work scope.

If you are required to be on site for Downstream work (Shell or Suncor), you will need to have completed your POST training prior to arrival on site.  POST training expires annually.  Only supervisors are required to take POST Level 2 training.

Minimum PPE requirements for workers and visitors include CSA hard hat, gloves, CSA safety footwear (8" height), CSA eye protection and long sleeves and pants and high visibility vest or stripes sewn into clothing.  Additional PPE including Fire Retardant clothing, hearing, respiratory protection, winter traction control aids and personal floatation devices may also be required.

You are required to have PPE in good condition, functional and fit-for-purpose, for the task(s) at-hand.  For example, if you are required to enter through a gate to access the site, you must wear leather or cut-resistant gloves to open/close the gate.  

Immediate response in any emergency is critical.  Emergency equipment brought to site (i.e. fire extinguishers, first aid kits, eyewash stations and spill kits) must readily available and accessible. 

At a minimum there should be one spill kit available for each piece of heavy equipment or vehicle.

Arriving to site fit and ready for duty and maintaining fitness for duty throughout the day is expected from all visitors and workers. Any undisclosed impairment, mental or physical in nature, has the potential to create a hazardous situation and may put lives at risk.

WSP has an Alcohol and Drug (A&D) Acknowledgement & Consent form.  Most of our clients follow Canadian Model 6 requirements while Imperial has a designated Exhibit document.  You must complete this A&D Acknolwedgement form.

Care management begins the moment a worker is injured and ends when the injured worker is deemed fit to return to full duties.  This includes all injuries regardless of severity.

 Work At Height (WAH) > 1.8m (6 ft)

Completion of this online training module by any worker, Manager or Supervisor from your company will act as an acknowledgement of acceptance of the content and requirements within this training module, and as specified in WSP's Subcontractor Manual by your company.