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Frankie Fuchs says Journey to Zero continues to make a difference, but we must never let
our guard down.
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management systems. And it sparked the regular goals, action plans and annual • Those with people reporting to them are also
meeting-opening safety moments and the improvement efforts.”
required to take a 2.5-day course that looks at

President’s Operational Excellence Awards.
leading through a safety lens. About two-
Kevin Gertken, director EH&S central services, thirds of our 2,700 leaders have gone through
Fourteen years later, Journey to Zero continues to describes these efforts as including a strategic
this training so far, with the goal of the last
make a difference – although we’ve learned that approach, tiered training, injury reduction third completing it this year.

we can never let our guard down when it comes campaigns and standardized controls.
to safety. The hazards that have hurt us in the • Leaders are also starting to facilitate a
“A strategic umbrella deines our culture and
past still exist, and require constant attention.
half-day workshop for employees. In Situ has
sets out how we’ll continue to improve it,” he already put a few thousand people through
says. “The strategy also ties to our management
EH&S as our conscience
this workshop, which is being expanded to the
system and operational discipline. But even if we rest of Suncor.
Steve Stewart, GM environment, EH&S, major have the best system on the planet, it won’t

projects, has been involved with safety at work if we don’t follow it. That highlights the Additional tactics are also being introduced.
Suncor for 21 years. He describes EH&S as our importance of operational discipline.”
For example, Get a Grip on Safety was the

conscience, helping us develop strategies to stay irst company-wide injury reduction campaign;
on the right path.
Today, Journey to Zero is multi-dimensional. It it began in 2013. Woven throughout is emphasis

focuses on the company as well as individual on taking safety home, too. “You can’t turn it
“In the old days, there was more focus on choices every day. Targeted workshops are one
off and on like a light switch, it is a value that
production, with safety as a piece of it,” he says. piece of the ongoing training that embeds if you truly have you take wherever you go,”
“Today, we have a very different culture focused Journey to Zero in our workday.
says Frankie.
on safety irst, and a genuine commitment at all
levels of the organization to the Journey to Zero.
Training includes:

“The future state visioning workshops were a • A web-based overview completed by each
pivotal point, creating alignment and laying out new hire within the irst few days on the job.

how we wanted the safety culture to be. To get Some 13,000 employees have taken

to where we won’t hurt people at all demands
this training.

2009
2011
2013
2014
*How do we calculate RIF?
Merger with 2.5-day leadership RIF is 0.56
Fine-tune strategy to
Petro-Canada, whose course introduced
move Journey to Zero
Zero Harm safety More than
along; includes new RIF is # of recordable injuries x 200,000
Start of Operational 2,000 leaders
focus aligns with Excellence trained in Journey leader-led session
total Suncor exposure hours
Journey to Zero
Management System, to Zero leadership
Continue with Get a

2010
which will lead to First company-wide Grip injury reduction The number of recordable injuries (including
safety improvement
safety campaign,
campaign
Medical Treatment, Restricted Work and Lost
RIF is 0.85
Introduction of 10 Get a Grip on Safety, Develop Time) multiplied by 200,000 (based on 100
Life-saving Rules
introduced. Results
company-wide workers working full time for one year) divided by
in 47% decrease in campaign to target the actual exposure hours. This tells us how many
recordable slips, trips and Line of Fire injuries
people are injured for every 100 workers.
2012
Suncor honoured
falls from October –
by CAPP with Health March, versus the
& Safety Award for previous year

the Leading by Operational discipline
Metrics program
deined