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A BBQ for Hay River employee evacuees and their families was hosted by Jackfish and downtown Yellowknife employees on Thursday, May 18. While displaced employees are scattered all across the NWT and Alberta, many have travelled to Yellowknife while Hay River and KFN remain closed due to the wildfire.

Thanks to everyone who has been so generous with their time and opened their homes to colleagues who find themselves in difficult circumstances. The BBQ was a great way for these folks to relax, have a meal and even have a laugh or two.

Photos from the event are attached. If the link doesn't work, click on the article headline to access the photos. Thanks to our unofficial photographer Jean Ramsay.

The May 2023 edition of the all-Canadian Health, Wellness, and Safety Newsletter is here!  Inside this month’s issue you'll find articles on avoiding wildlife collisions, back safety, common asbestos sources, avoiding golf injuries and much more.  Have a read!

In 2023, Mental Health Week and Safety and Health Week are occurring at the same time. This is very appropriate at NTPC, given our focus on these two key areas of employee well-being.

Throughout the week activities are planned to help increase awareness of and enthusiasm for psychological health as well as conventional health and safety.

Please take some time this week to participate in some of the events. A full list of planned activities is included in the attached poster. 

Although dewatering at Taltson is not scheduled to begin for another week (May 5), work on the hydro unit overhaul is already moving forward. Taltson has been a very active place over the past couple of years with construction of a new camp and lots of other work required in advance of the overhaul.

Over the past several weeks, employees and contractors have been preparing the new rotor for installation once the unit is ready for it. Photos showing some this work can be found on our external website at this link. 

The Taltson overhaul is one of the largest projects in NTPC's history and is expected to take approximately six months to complete. During the construction period, hydro communities in the South Slave will be powered by local diesel plants.

As we head into the busy summer season, it’s a good time to remember the hazard of complacency. Complacency can happen when everyone believes that all possible hazards are accounted for and controlled, which results in reduced attention to the task. Though you might think this does not apply to you, it can be as simple as letting your guard down, zoning out, losing focus, or not recognizing and documenting hazards and controls.

Take time to be mindful, careful, and keep focus on your task by doing thorough Tailboards at the beginning of your work or whenever change is introduced. Change can include the arrival or departure of workers, a shift in the scope of your task, or changing environmental conditions.

Watch the video below for more information about the dangers of and how to avoid complacency.

4 Ways To Stop Safety Complacency