Wyoming Mining Association June 7th, 2019 Benjamin Houde The CORESafety Impact Wyoming Mining Association June 7th, 2019 Benjamin Houde
Dyno Nobel Global leader in the commercial explosives industry. More than 3,770 employees. Manufactures over 54 million pounds of packaged explosives. More than 1.2 million tons of ammonium nitrate capacity. Operates in North America, South America, Asia, Europe and Australia. Dyno Nobel is the first non-mining principle organization to receive CORESafety certification. Joined presentation with Peabody, Cloud Peak Energy.
Industries Dyno Nobel Serves Our customers have learned that they can count on us to offer the best products and services to help them save time and make money. We are the only explosive provider in the world to offer a complete line of commercial explosive products and services.
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Last Year’s Convention What is CORESafety? CORESafety is a partnership led by the members of the National Mining Association (NMA). It’s an approach to mining Health and Safety to prevent accidents before they happen using a management system that involves leadership, management and assurance. What is a management system? A management system is the framework of policies, processes and procedures used by an organization to ensure that it can fulfill all the tasks required to achieve its objectives (1 no rules/ procedures, systems, everyone does what they want etc., through 10, gold standard, full HSEC MS in place, zero harm achieved) You rated your system high (7-8) CORESafety Impact
Last Year’s Convention CORESafety benefits Dyno Nobel journey to CORESafety Management System Exercises (1 no rules/ procedures, systems, everyone does what they want etc., through 10, gold standard, full HSEC MS in place, zero harm achieved) You rated your system high (7-8) CORESafety Impact
CORESafety Framework Lead Management is ultimately responsible for the safety system Manage Risk identification, change management, incident reporting and investigation, training, and emergency management ensure that hazards and risks are minimized to the greatest extent possible Assure Assessments, whether internal or provided by third-party verification, tell us whether the system is working and how we can make improvements
Elements of the CORESafety System Leadership Development Responsibility & Accountability Culture Enhancement Collaboration & Communication Reinforcement & Recognition Resources & Planning Management System Coordination Occupational Health Fatality Prevention & Risk Management Change Management Engineering & Construction Safe Work Procedures & Permits Training & Competence Behavior Optimization Incident Reporting & Investigation Emergency Management Contract Management & Procurement SH Management Assurance Audit & Review Information Management Document CORESafety Framework: Leadership S&H Management Assurance Plan Do Check Act Leadership Development, Culture enhancement
Learnings MSHA/OSHA vs Management System Gap Assessment Action plan Regulators are setting a ‘minimum standard’. Compliance focus – ‘if you do this, you will be safe’. Why do we still have accidents/ incidents/ injuries? Gap Assessment Action plan Poor safety leadership, affects our safety culture Conduct a gap assessment toward each CORESafety element to help define what your company has and what it is missing Develop an action plan to help close identified gaps Joe Hejny story
DNA Safety leadership program A Leader’s Influence
Module 1 - Leadership Development To effectively influence Health and safety performance improvement, what should leaders do? Hold themselves and their employees accountable Be action-oriented Be collaborative Be an effective communicator Have integrity Provide effective performance feedback Have a personal vision and passion for safety excellence Be a positive influence on others. Be proactive and take action to avoid injuries. Be involved and involve the workforce in safety initiatives and committees. Maintain strong communication with coworkers and management about safety concerns. Doing the right thing Set and maintain high expectations. Be passionate and visible about Safety and actively care about people.
CORESafety Leadership Development Expectations Jonah Group, Safety Leadership Program Identify the desired leadership competencies specific to your company Determine the level of management that will undergo leadership development Program pilot 360° feedback to determine how they compare with the defined leadership competencies Personal development plan Process, not a one-off event Coaching Performance management program to ensure continuous improvement Phase 2 Joe Hejny transformed
Module 7 – Culture Enhancement What key indicators a positive, supportive safety cultures include? Mutual trust between workers and managers Fair treatment of employees Comfort about reporting incidents and a strong interest in understanding what caused the incident A constant state of vigilance regarding hazards and risk (no complacency) A sense of personal and group health and safety responsibility and consistent accountability Health and safety as predominant organizational values Consistently empower employees who are confident regarding management’s health and safety approach Culture is driven through leadership and cascades through the entire organization.
CORESafety Culture Enhancement Expectations Identify the desired safety culture characteristics for your company - Creating an Engaging Workplace where everyone can do their best everyday Gain feedback through Gallup Employee Engagement survey Develop a culture improvement plan based on the survey results Verify culture improvement by re-conducting the Gallup survey Repeat the process as necessary to ensure continuous improvement in safety culture perception. Gallup employee engagement survey = culture perception survey Conduct a confidential employee survey to assess perceptions of the company’s safety culture, e.g., strengths and weaknesses. Gallup is a globally benchmarked survey that we started using at IPL in Feb 2018.
CORESafety Impact Two Modules Forces change/improvements Better safety leaders, better culture, better results All of our employees have a right to go home safe at the end of the day…