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Refreshed Committee Reflects Shift in Safety Culture at Fort Hills
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / May 23, 2023 / The Fort Hills Cares Committee, a group made up of...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Refreshed Committee Reflects Shift in Safety Culture at Fort HillsNORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / May 23, 2023 / The Fort Hills Cares Committee, a group made up of frontline workers and management representatives at our Fort Hills operations, has led a renewed focus on health and safety priorities across the site. Click this link to learn more about their efforts.\"We struggled with attendance at the Fort Hills Joint Worksite Health and Safety committee - a lot of it was down to meeting fatigue from the pandemic and other challenges,\" says Jason Wyman, who took over as the management co-chair for the committee in mid-2021. \"The committee is structured to focus on health and safety priorities across the site. Its work is important enough that every worksite in Alberta is legislated to have one with representatives from management and the frontline workforce.\" Instead of accepting the status quo, the committee took a new focus and a unique name - the Fort Hills Cares Committee - with some fresh faces around the table of six management and 10 worker representatives from each business area and shift.It was one of those regular meetings on the calendar where participants didn't always see the point of attending, let alone participating.\"We struggled with attendance at the Fort Hills Joint Worksite Health and Safety committee - a lot of it was down to meeting fatigue from the pandemic and other challenges,\" says Jason Wyman, who took over as the management co-chair for the committee in mid-2021. \"The committee is structured to focus on health and safety priorities across the site. Its work is important enough that every worksite in Alberta is legislated to have one with representatives from management and the frontline workforce.\"Instead of accepting the status quo, the committee took a new focus and a unique name - the Fort Hills Cares Committee - with some fresh faces around the table of six management and 10 worker representatives from each business area and shift.\"We wanted to reset the team and bring in different ideas and energy,\" says Jason, Director of Tailings Operations at Fort Hills. \"We knew we needed a cultural change and saw the committee as a great opportunity to strengthen Human and Organizational Performance principles, which are being introduced across the company to help build a stronger safety mindset, wit...