The October 2018 edition of the all-Canadian Health, Wellness, and Safety Newsletter is here! Inside this month’s issue you'll find articles on fire extinguishers, home safety tips, super foods, electrical hazards, workplace hazard control hierarchy, winter preparation and much more. Have a read!
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Colin Steed is singing the praises of employees for recent behaviour at Snare Forks, support that is echoed by Jay Grewal. During the scheduled shutdown, a complex job was underway that involved employees from both the Hydro and AME Divisions as well as contractors. Dennis Bourke, electrician with the Hydro Division, was concerned that he could not guarantee the safety of his co-workers and stopped all work until the situation could be resolved to his satisfaction.
The work stoppage was related to work protection isolation and uncertainty about lockout/tagout. Work was stopped for approximately one hour while all workers involved held discussions and verified that the appropriate isolations were in place before work resumed.
This type of situation is covered in NTPC’s Work Protection Code and Colin and Jay were very pleased to see that employees were aware of and adhered to that code.
Great work! Safety must always be our top priority.
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In the evening of Thursday September 20 the Hay River Social Committee held its 2nd annual Amazing Race. This year there were to be seven teams but one had to drop out due to fear *cough cough Annette*, so instead there were six. Teams ranged from four-six people and with volunteers included we ended up having around 45 people involved! The point of the game is to battle it out for the sought after Amazing Race trophy. The winners get to hold onto it until the next race, and at this time they are expected to defend their title.
CONGRATULATIONS to Ctrl+Alt+Defeat, from IT, to securely defend the title and hold the trophy for another year.
THANK YOU everyone who participated and helped work the stations! We are excited for it to continue next year.
How the game works:
The game starts off with an event/activity. Once the teams finish this event they get a clue. This clue is the location of the next event. Once there they must perform that event and get the next clue, and so on... But, there are bonuses you can get to take away from your time and penalties to add if you stumble up! The goal is to cross the finish line as fast as possible, to capture some bonuses and avoid deadly penalty minutes.
The Teams:
The Powerhouse
Hay River Hustlers
Paul Grant's Worker Ants
Barely Managing
Lonely Hunters
Ctrl+Alt+Defeat
If you want to check out what the Hay River Social Club is up to and what we have done please click HERE
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Construction on the new Norman Wells plant began in July. Since that date, Wildstone Construction has been progressing with onsite work and the building structure is currently being erected.
In addition to the site work, Ben Smith (Mechanical Engineer – Hay River), and Al Mulholland (Electrician – Fort Simpson), recently returned from factory acceptance testing for the two CAT 3516B engines that will be installed in the plant. The engines are scheduled to arrive in Norman Wells via barge before the end of September. Project completion is scheduled for the end of April 2019.
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The September 2018 edition of the all-Canadian Health, Wellness, and Safety Newsletter is here! Inside this month’s issue you'll find articles on avoiding office politics, choosing safety glasses, fire hazards in the home, working on your feet, electrical safety for kids and much more. Have a read!