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NEWS
SEPTEMBER 2014
360

Fatality

indings

released

TASK FORCE NEXT STEPS

PROJECT/LEADER
KEY FOCUS AREAS
Since January, we’ve lost three of our

employees and two employees of prime INCIDENT • More focus and followup on potential incidents
contractors. These fatalities have shaken MANAGEMENT
with high consequences; consistent risk ranking

our organization and have required us to and assessment of human factors; improve
renew our focus on our number one value Vince Johns, trending and analysis to support proactively
director,
of safety above all else. With the addressing site-wide issues; quality and scope
investigation indings for the Shane Daye maintenance projects
of investigations

and Lorna Weafer fatalities now complete,
we can move toward implementing any HAZARD IDENTIFICATION
• Improve competency levels in hazard

lessons learned. This information is dificult identiication, risk tolerance, and pre-job planning
Ryan Seguin,
and emotional to read and talk about, but director, operations,
it’s essential that we share what we know
MacKay River
to ensure it doesn’t happen again. As we
move forward from these incidents, LEADERSHIP
• Consistently demonstrate a safety-before-

remember to understand the risks production mindset; improve capability and
associated with all you do, apply Frank Polistena, availability of front-line leaders to engage
director, MEM business
operational discipline to everything you do, employees and deliver operational discipline
and always look out for each other.
services & LVF upstream

PROCEDURES
• When planning and performing work, ensure
Shane Daye, April 20, 2014
workers have procedures readily accessible and
Shane and three others were performing a Mark Heinish, that they are engaged in the development and
operations director,
series of tests on a variable speed frequency updating of procedures on an ongoing basis
drive in Upgrader 2. At some point during extraction ixed plants

the testing of equipment, Shane moved out COMMUNICATION
• Clear accountabilities for communicating safety
of a designated safe work area. When his
information; document and implement processes
colleagues noticed he was no longer within Jesse Hall,
for routine safety communications and incident
director,
the safe area, they made verbal contact learnings, safety alerts and emergency response
with Shane who conirmed everything was continuous improvement

OK. Shortly after, workers heard a noise SAFETY MEETINGS & • Embed an approach to area-speciic safety
and observed a lash. They immediately
TOOLBOX TALKS
discussions that prompt employees to raise and
stopped the test and isolated the energy. quickly address safety issues in the ield; ensure
Unfortunately, Shane’s colleagues found Martin Mudryk,
related meeting standard requirements are met
him inside the upper transformer enclosure, team leader, loss
approximately eight feet above the loor. management & safety,

He received medical attention at the scene Edmonton reinery
and was transported to the hospital where
COMPETENCY & • Address training and competency deliverables
he was pronounced deceased.
TRAINING
required by the other six task force project teams
What happened?
Joe Dechief,
The investigation team completed a root
director, learning &
cause analysis and concluded the approach capability development
to exposed energized equipment is what