Alberta Petro-Chemical Safety Council (North)
Alberta Petro-Chemical Safety Council (North)
Meeting Minutes
Thursday, January 17, 2002
Best Western Inn, Sherwood Park
Chairperson: Marilee Jardine
Meeting started at 8:30 a.m.
Attendees:NAMECOMPANY
Wes HuttonAgrium Inc. – Redwater
Pat HlushakAgrium Inc. – Fort Saskatchewan
Marcel AdamkewiczAlberta Envirofuels Inc.
Bill MarloweBrand Scaffold Services
Sandy EggenCatalyst Technology Canada
Marilee JardineCEDA Reactor Ltd.
Steve MacDonaldCelanese Canada Inc.
Donna QuinnEveready Industrial Services
Kevin MacDougallHusky Oil Operations Ltd.
Don KarpiakImperial Oil (Strathcona Refinery)
Sheree NimmoNimmo Construction Ltd.
Don GibsonOwens-Corning Canada
Rod BrownPetro-Canada
Carolyn GlavineREPPSCO
Matt CorriganSherritt International Corporation
Stu AlwoodSterling Crane
Lorne HaliskySurface Engineered Products
John SoldanThe Canadian Salt Co. Ltd.
Perry LarsonThe Westaim Corporation
Verne MiddletonTransalta Energy Corporation
Brad KompchUmicore Canada Inc.
Members Absent:
Gerry WagnerAB Human Resources & Employment, WH&S
Steve ChabotAqua Laser Alberta Ltd.
Glen ReinhardtBP Canada Energy Company
Brent LandryBantrel Inc.
Les PaulCentral Alberta Midstream
Rod LeRouxDelta Catalytic Industrial Services Ltd.
Phil WilsonDow Chemical
John PriceScaffold Connection Corporation
Lloyd SelkShell Canada Products Ltd., Scotford Refinery
Randy WachowiczShell Chemicals
Ken RoganSteeplejack Industrial Group Inc.,
Al KenneySuncor Energy Inc. Oil Sands
Colleen KearneySyncrude Canada Ltd.
Kevin SwaileWestcoast Energy
Don PyeUnited Safety Ltd.
- Review/Adoption of Minutes – 2001/11/15
Motion:That the minutes of the November 15, 2001 Meeting be adopted.
Moved:Stu Alwood
Second:Rod Brown
Carried
Review/Adoption of Agenda
Motion:That the agenda with amendments be adopted.
Moved:Bill Marlowe
Second:Stu Alwood
Carried
- Incident Review
- Near Miss - Don Karpiak, Imperial Oil (Strathcona Refinery)
Work Project was inside a tank. The safety watch was inside hoarding (due to weather conditions) and a propane heater was supplying heat to the enclosure. Employee was endangered by lack of breathable air in the enclosure.
Chairperson’s Report – Marilee Jardine
- Banquet – On track. Manhours were requested by e-mail on January 11th with a deadline for reporting of January 25th. Please respond to Don Gibson. For tickets please contact Wendy Tetz. Banquet presentation will be shown today. Any changes to .
- Web Page – Actual cost questioned by Lorne Halisky. Final figure not available at this stage. Reminder for Company Logo release forms to be completed.
- Constitution - All that remains to be collected up are committee mandates; then to be issued.
Committees 2002
Education & Training - Chairperson: Pat Hlushak
Members:Don Karpiak
Syncrude Representative
Carolyn Glavine
Membership - Chairperson: Lorne Halisky
Members:Brad Kompch
Perry Larson
Stu Alwood
Legislative - Chairperson: Wes Hutton
Members:Matt Corrigan
Kevin MacDougall
John Soldan
Donna Quinn
Social Activities/Awards – Chairperson: Bill Marlowe
Members:Sheree Nimmo
Sandy Eggen
Verne Middleton
Rod Brown
Marcel Adamkewicz
- Treasurer’s Report
Matt presented the Financial Statement (as attached). Discussion about what we should or shouldn’t do with the “GIC”. One possibility is to create a scholarship or use it for certain donations that further the committee’s goals.
A review of financial records is required by March.
Motion:To accept Financial Statement.
Moved:Pat Hlushak
Second:Brad Kompch
Carried.
- Old Business
ROSE Committee
Members of the APCSC who are also involved with the ROSE Committee are Marcel Adamkewicz and Matt Corrigan on the Standards Development sub-Committee. The two standards recently submitted for review were:
-Respirator Fit Testing
-Fall Protection
Discussion with respect to the benefits that could be gained from our council interfacing with the ROSE Committee. Matt/Marcel will update us as to any progress.
- Presentation
Dave Clayton – Syncrude Canada Ltd. presented the Safety system philosophy currently achieving good results at Syncrude.
Safety must be a habit.
Good company’s:
-Practice careful hiring
-Provide good training
-Monitor new employees
-Use Behavior-based safety observations
-“LIVE” their safety philosophy
-Focus “off “ the paperwork system
Books recommended for use in drafting safety systems:
- “Bringing Out The Best In People” by Aubrey Daniels
- “The Psychology of Safety” by E. Scott Geller
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