Document Manager

Site Orientations introduce workers to:

• Site layout.
• Key site/community locations and services.
• Site specific safety expectations.
• Site responsibilities and authorities.
• Emergency and first aid procedures.
• Required personal protective equipment.
• General hazard identification & control.
• Communication methods.

Tool to provide a Site Orientation to visitors (i.e., any person visiting a facility/worksite for a day or less and who will not work at the site).

• Required each time prior to entering an NTPC worksite.
• Visitors must be accompanied at all times by a Qualified Worker.

Tool used to track the minutes of Group H&S Meetings.

Tool to track minutes of Daily Meetings, which are held prior to any work beginning at sites with several work groups at one time.

A brief, documented assessment of hazards, controls, and safety behaviours at a worksite.  

Carried out monthly to identify any hazards or deficiencies in facilities and equipment and report them to management for correction

Regular inspections of vehicles and heavy equipment are necessary to ensure any deficiencies are noted and corrected before they cause injury or equipment damage.  

An inspection of each passenger vehicle shall be completed daily by the first worker to use the vehicle each day.  

Regular inspections of vehicles and heavy equipment are necessary to ensure any deficiencies are noted and corrected before they cause injury or equipment damage.  

An inspection of each piece of heavy equipment shall be completed on a daily/shift basis by the first worker to use the vehicle that day or shift

Incident: An unplanned, undesired event that caused or could have caused injury, damage, or loss (see Accident, Near Miss).

• Accident: An incident that results in injury, damage, or loss. 
• Near Miss: An incident that, under slightly different circumstances, could have resulted in injury, damage, or loss

Investigations seek facts in order to improve workplace health & safety, not to find fault or lay blame.

All incidents are investigated to 

• Determine what actually happened.
• Identify the causes (i.e., unsafe conditions, acts, or procedures).
• Put controls in place to prevent future incidents.