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July, 2011
How Workplace Culture Affects RTW .....................Page 5 Preventing the Domino Effect .................................Page 6 Advise for Workers: Preventing Falls ......................Page 7 WorkSafeBC Industry Incident Reports ..................Page 8
rofessional drivers are the lifeblood of the trucking industry, and the British Columbia Professional Truck Driving Championships celebrates and recognizes their accomplishments and contributions to the industry. The event also promotes safe driving and professionalism. This year, the Championships took place on Saturday, June 25 at Tradex Centre in Abbotsford. The event was followed by the Awards Banquet in the evening at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford hotel in Surrey, where drivers for one of TSCBC's first CORcertified companies, Canadian Freightways, took home a significant amount of hardware, including the trophy for Grand Champion that went to Hans Wettstein. Wettstein also took home two other trophies, first place in the Straight Truck category and as part of the Team trophy. The competition attracts up to 70 of the best professional drivers from across the province and includes five competition classes ranging from Straight Truck to B-Train. Competitors complete a vehicle inspection to find planted defects, write a written exam and drive an obstacle course set up to test skills in maneuvering, cornering and judging distance. Winners from each annual Provincial competition compete with other winners from across Canada during the National Truck Driving Championships, to take place this year in Calgary.
Canadian Freightways drivers pose proudly with their trophies. From left to right, Evan Hirst, Cassandra Belanger, Hans Wettstein, Rick Jacques, Jason Arnett, Jose Lecinana, Adam Besse, Jasbir Cheema, Tony Gomez (son Carlos) and Dale Scott.
B.C. PROFESSIONAL TRUCK DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Promoting safe driving and professionalism in the truck driving industry.
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here is probably nothing worse for a hardworking individual than to have their livelihood threatened by some simple, innocuous and likely easily-preventable Workplace incident. Yet in B.C. this happens every single day, workers are injured, made ill or killed on the job. Nobody thinks it will happen to them or their workplace. Employers of injured workers didn't wake up in the morning thinking someone was going to get hurt that day. Protecting the health, safety, and general welfare of all our employees is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do.
COR is an initiative that recognizes and rewards employers who develop and apply sustainable occupational health and safety programs that meet or exceed the applicable legal requirements and health and safety regulations. Following verification by a TSCBC audit, companies will receive up to a 15% rebate on their WorkSafeBC premiums in each year they qualify.
UpCOmING LARGE EmpLOYER COR COURSES prince George Senior Management/Owner H & S Management Return to Work Langley Senior Management/Owner H & S Management Return to Work
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Less than 3 days of injury absence When your employee returns to work, welcome them back and have a chat about their absence. Between 4 and 14 days of injury absence Keep in touch with your employee. When your employee returns to work, conduct a return to work interview. In many cases this will be a simple welcome back but you may need to discuss actions to help your employee's performance at work or underlying issues if the injury was severe or injuries are recurring. Between 15 and 28 days of injury absence Keep in touch regularly with your employee and identify the barriers that prevent returning to work (many of these will not need a medical solution). You may need to consider expert advice, eg doctors, occupational health and rehabilitation providers. Welcome your employee back and conduct a return to work interview. If it seems your employee is not likely to return to work soon, then talk to them about the need to consider a return to work plan. After 28 days of injury absence Continue to keep in touch regularly with your employee about their absence. Put together a plan of actions and reasonable adjustments to help your employee return to work, including seeking expert advice if necessary, and agree on these with your employee and others involved. Welcome your employee back and implement the plan. Review your employee's return to work progress until they resume their full duties. Sometimes, even with everybody's best efforts, it is not possible to return your injured employee to full or even partial employment, but it is important not to jump to conclusions before alternative solutions have been explored. You may need to consider seeking expert advice before making any decisions. Carry out return to work interviews Give your employees the opportunity to discuss, in private, concerns about their health or other matters that are affecting their performance or attendance Remember that medication can have side effects on things like physical stamina, mood, machinery operation and safety critical tasks
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Create a climate of trust by agreeing beforehand your methods, frequency and reasons for keeping in contact with absent employees Consider training for your managers on a sensitive approach to help them get the most out of contact Keep a note of contacts made Be flexible, treat each case individually but on a fair and consistent basis Welcome your employee back after their absence
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Wait until someone is on longterm sick leave before taking action Delay making contact or pass resonsibility to others unless there are sound reasons for doing so Make assumptions about your employees situation Say that colleagues are under pressure or that work is piling up Forget that recovery times for the same condition can vary significantly from person to person
ALWAYS WORK SAFELY Wear well-fitting, slip-resistant safety footwear when working on vehicles. Keep the soles of your footwear clean to reduce the risk of slipping. Follow safe systems of work for loading and unloading vehicles. Make sure you have been trained in and follow the companys safe ways of working if you have to use equipment such as forklifts or cranes. Use safe ways of getting on or off the vehicle when carrying out maintenance above ground level, for example by using overhead cranes or scaffolds. Look at what other companies do if you see a good idea suggest it to your safety adviser or supervisor.
GETTING ON ANd OFF THE VEHICLE DONT jump down this is bad for your knees, ankles and spine and you are more likely to fall. Always use steps and handholds provided. Take a few seconds to climb down from the cab, load area or catwalk facing the vehicle and use the handhold. Report missing or damaged equipment. Before stepping off the vehicle, check for uneven surfaces such as potholes or debris which may cause you to slip.
KEEpING YOUR VEHICLE SAFE Carry out pre-use checks on your vehicle. For example, check that any steps or handholds are in good condition. Report broken boards and any other objects that could cause a fall. Keep the load area tidy pick up loose ropes, packaging etc. Check that the straps are safely stored so people dont trip on them. Clean up spills and dirt such as diesel or mud on the catwalk or load area to stop people slipping in them. On refrigerated vehicles, check the floor conditions for ice or water and follow any systems in place for reducing the amount of water produced.
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