Planning
- Policies
- General Vegetation Management Safe Work Procedures
- Pre-job meeting
- Emergency Response Plans
- Hazard and Risk Assessments
Doing
- Mechanical Vegetation Management Safe Work Procedures
- Pesticide Job Safety Procedures
- Training -Staff Training and Certification Matrix
- Daily Tailgate safety Meetings
Checking
- Safety, Quality and EMS Audit Log
- Vegetation Quality Field Inspection
- EMS Conformance Field Inspection
- Onsite Supervisors or Safety Manager inspections (visual and documented)
Acting
BC Forest Safe Certification - Base Audit required (over 20 employees)
- OHSP Corrective Actions Log
- BC Hydro "Good Catch" reports
- Monthly Safety Meetings
- Medical Incident Reports (MIR)
- Yearly Safety Program Reviews by Management
- Program to Manage Young Workers (under 25)
- Digital and Log records of Safety Program
- Client reporting
- Continual Improvement
Actions
- BC Hydro Vegetation and access monthly safety report reviewed during monthly safety meetings
- Safety goals and expectations reviewed yearly
- Operations Manager and Field Safety Manager review BC Hydro contractor website regularly which provides the latest information regarding Industry safety alerts, bulletins, work practices and OSH standards and policies
- Mock Safety Drills