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Bruce Power’s Health & Safety JourneyThe Program is Just the Beginning
Frank Saunders, VP, Nuclear Oversight & Regulatory AffairsMarch 23, 2016
• A Bit About Bruce Power
• Safety First and Always
• A Managed Approach
• How Have We Done?
• Where is Zero?
• Humans - Making it Real
• The Impact of Culture
• What About Contractor Safety?
Outline
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• World’s largest operating nuclear power facility
• Eight units on a 12-square kilometre site
• 6,300 MW(e) or ~ 30% of Ontario’s electricity
• Largest private investor in Ontario’s infrastructure over the last decade
• Majority of employees owners in the business
A Bit About Bruce Power
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• Safety First not just a priority - A Core Value
• Central to everything we do
• A duty of care to our employees, local communities and the Canadian public
Safety First and Always
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• Integral to all activities at the Bruce site and external facilities
• Factored into all aspects of our work planning, preparation and task execution
The Four Pillars of Nuclear Safety
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• A management
framework is essential
to success
• Began with Industrial
Safety Rating System
starting in 2001
• Moved to OHSAS
18001 in 2009
• Part of our overall
Integrated
Management System
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A Managed Approach
• Managed approach
is absolutely
essential, but…
• People are a key
element in achieving
success
• How do we maintain
people’s active
engagement when
events are so few?
Where is ZERO?
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Making It Real
Monthly Safety Videos:
• Material is personalized through staff participation
• Wide range of timely topics
• Leaders discuss the broader impact of safety on business performance
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Live Quarterly CEO Team Talks:
• Sessions engage
staff on topics
impacting safety,
quality and
performance
• Fully interactive
webcasts unite
the site and
external offices
Making It Real
• On-site medical clinics
• On-site fitness centres
• Health and Wellness fairs
• Daily stretching regimen available to work crews promotes fitness for duty
• Joint Healthy Workplace Committee
• Resources to set shift workers up for success
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Making It Real
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Encouraging Innovation:
• Online portal for
employee ideas to
improve safety, quality
and efficiency
• Rewards tied in to
ideas implemented
• Leaders and line staff
collaborate from idea
development to
implementation
Making It Real
Making It Real
Leaders in the Field:
• Observation and coaching in the field
• Visibility of leaders strengthens safety performance
• Reinforces general safety rules and behaviours
• Promotes a reporting culture for adverse conditions
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Making It Real
• Human performance advocates visible and available to staff during planned outages
• Support Core 4 Human Performance Tools
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Making It Real
Dynamic Learning:
• Hands-on exercises to confirm employee understanding of “Core 4” principles
• Dynamic Learning Activities completed quarterly by staff
• “Murphy’s Alley” simulation facility
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The Impact of Culture
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Pursued at All Levels
• Senior Leaders
• Field-based Leaders
• Shop floor employees
• External Collaboration
The Impact of Culture
Safety Culture Assessments:
• Site-wide assessment conducted every 3 years
• Insight from interviews, surveys and focus groups
• Monitoring panels 2 – 3 times per year
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Safety Culture Monitoring
• Nuclear Safety Culture Steering Committee
• Nuclear Safety Culture Working Group
• Senior Leadership Team Review and Reflection sessions
• Staff awareness building and training
The Impact of Culture
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What About Contractor Safety?
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Increasing Contractor Effort:
• Deal with IESO secures 6,300 MW and a multi-year investment in our site
• Secures operation to 2064
• Will generate up to 5,000
jobs annually throughout
the investment program
• Billions in benefits for
Ontario’s economy over
the course of the program
What About Contractor Safety?
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Contractors are required to
meet or exceed Bruce Power’s
established safety standards
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Onboarding and Training:
• Onboarding is more than just orientation
• Pre-arrival preparation
• General orientation
• Detailed goal setting
• Comprehensive training
• Benefits of doing it right• Shorter learning curve
• Stronger engagement
• Faster contribution
What About Contractor Safety?
Inclusive Supplemental Trade Worker (ISTW) Training:
• Two days of intensive safety
training with tests and field
work simulations
• Dynamic learning activities
strengthen human
performance skills
What About Contractor Safety?
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• Human Performance Tools for Workers
• Work Protection
• Hazard Assessment
• Pre-Job Briefings
• Foreign Material Exclusion (FME)
• Confined Space
• Access Control
• Fall protection
• Safety System Environmental Qualification
• Plant Status Control
ISTW examples:
What About Contractor Safety?
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Job-Specific Training:
• Delivered as required
for specialized tasks
• Examples include:
– Respiratory protection
– Fire safety / hot work
– Rigging and craning
– Pressure boundary
– Radiation protection,
e.g. Orange Badge
– Plastic suit, Rad PPE
What About Contractor Safety?
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New approaches to Human Performance and Safety Culture
Sharing of lessons learned
Increased collaboration on planning, training and oversight
Sharing Safety Culture Assessment results
Increasing Contractor involvement:
What About Contractor Safety?
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CEO Health & Safety Leadership Network:
• A distinguished group of leaders who share a
commitment to building sustainable businesses
and communities
• Helping to shape health and safety policy in the
province of Ontario and nation-wide
• Join us at the Network Roundtable on April 26th,
in conjunction with Partners in Prevention 2016
External Collaboration
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