UNITED STEELWORKERS
Local 8782
U.S. Steel Lake Erie Works
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UNITED STEELWORKERS Local 8782 U.S. Steel Lake Erie Works
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S.L.C. and Pension Information Local 8782 Collective Agreement
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Kill a worker, go to jail we must stop the bloodshed carnageBill C-45, also known as the Westray Bill, must be enforced if we are to stop the workplace fatalities and injuries that occur all too often in Ontario. Drunk Drivers and people who abuse animals get sent to jail. When will those who kill and maim workers suffer the same fate? Kill a worker go to Jail. In the six years since Bill C-45 was passed it was unused in Ontario, yet more than 400 workers have been killed on the job and nearly two million injured. Its first use finally took place in Sault Ste Marie Early this year. The Metron Construction Corporation, its owner Joel Swartz and others associated with the company will be prosecuted under the Criminal Code of Canada for criminal negligence in the deaths of four migrant workers who plunged 13 stories to their deaths when their scaffolding broke apart last Christmas Eve. The fifth worker barely survived with extensive injuries. The Ontario Ministry of Labour had previously visited and inspected the site. Unless there is a significant price to pay, companies will not take ministry orders seriously and we will continue to lose loved ones. As a society we should be enraged at the amount of carnage in our work places. In Ontario, in the first 2 months of 2010, there have been 86 deaths and 38,184 claims for work-related injuries and diseases reported to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board; in 2009, there were 479 fatality claims and 253,761 injuries and disease claims. . Every eight hours in Canada, a worker dies of a workplace tragedy. The number of people killed at work each year in Canada has risen for the past 15 years. This is in contrast to almost every other economically Developed country in the world where the incidence of workplace fatalities is declining. Stop the Killing, stop it now!!! In 1991, the Parliament of Canada declared April 28 the National Day of Mourning. Every year since, unions, labour councils, families and community partners gather by the thousands to “mourn for the dead and fight for the living
Tom Jones Co-Chair H&S Committee
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Code of Practice Administration Code of Practice Forward Document Section 1- ACCIDENT & NEAR MISS INVESTIGATIONS Section 02 Emergency Procedures for Critical Injuries. Section 03 Involvement with Ministry of Labour Section 08 Health and Safety Training Section 09 Internal Responsibility Section 10 Accident Prevention Section 12 Designated Substance Medicals
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SECTION 1 ACCIDENT & NEAR MISS INVESTIGATIONS The Joint Health & Safety Committees agree that the following will apply with respect to accident investigations, near miss investigations or incident investigations: 1. The purpose of these investigations is as follows: · Identify the action that caused the accident, near miss or incident; · Make recommendations to ensure such action does not happen again. 2. The definition of an “Accident” will be: · Where any action occurs that results in any injury. 3. The definition of a “Near Miss” will be: · Where any accident occurs and the potential to cause injury exists. 4. The definition of an “Incident” will be: · Where any action occurs resulting in property damage and no potential to cause injury exists. 5. An investigation shall occur when an action fitting the above definitions takes place. 6. The following persons shall attend investigations: (1) The injured person(s); (2) The immediate supervisor; (3) An area health & safety representative familiar with the work area, or the chief representative of the area, or a health & safety representative from another area; (4) Any witnesses to the incident; (5) Any person having information relevant to the investigations. 7. The minutes shall be recorded listing: (1) Persons in attendance; (2) Facts of the incident arising from the investigation; (3) Cause(s) of the incident; (4) Recommendations to prevent recurrence, along with completion dates for implementation of the recommendations and the names of those responsible for the action. 8. The minutes of the investigation shall be jointly signed by the Supervisor and the Area Health & Safety Representative. Copies of the minutes shall be sent to: (1) All persons attending the investigations; (2) Safety Supervisor; (3) Department Superintendent; (4) Chief Department Health & Safety Representative; (5) Chairperson of the appropriate Health & Safety Committee; (6) Those persons identified as responsible for implementation of recommendations. 9. It shall be the responsibility of the Department Superintendent, the immediate supervisor and the Area Health & Safety Representative to ensure that recommendations listed in 7(4) which are determined to be feasible are implemented. 10. It will not be necessary to conduct an investigation into incidents causing minor injuries such as foreign bodies, minor cuts, scrapes, abrasions, etc. unless the incident had a potential to cause more serious injury. However nothing prevents a department from determining that an investigation will be conducted into any or all of the above exemptions. 11. Accident/Incident/Near Miss Investigation form is also available on Public Folders in the Health, Safety & Hygiene folder. See the “Administration” Section for information on how access the Public Folder.
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WE NEED TO DO NEAR MISS INVESTIGATIONS Close Calls Are Wake Up Calls! Close calls or near misses are very common in the workplace. They are incidents that don't cause an injury or some other kind of property damage only because there was nothing in the way to be damaged, or no one close enough to be injured. Why talk about accidents that didn't happen? The following story might make it a little easier to understand by bringing a close call incident a little closer to home. Your neighbor's son runs into your house in a panic because he has just come within a few inches of running over your two-year-old daughter who was playing in the driveway. Your first reaction might be "why didn't you circle check your vehicle before getting in?" However, because it was promptly reported to you, you will now have the opportunity to investigate immediately for its causes. Upon investigating you discover there is a faulty gate latch on the fence in your back yard play area. If your neighbor's son had neglected or ignored reporting this near-accident to you, you may never have known and this faulty gate could have eventually cost your daughter her life. The sequence of events which lead up to an accident is like a series of errors that fall onto one another like dominoes. The close call incident is simply this same sequence of events with one of the dominoes missing. Close call incidents trigger the fact that something is seriously wrong. They allow us the opportunity to investigate and correct the situation before the same thing happens again and causes an injury or death. Experience has proven that if the causes of accidents are not removed, the potential for an accident will occur again and again. Unfortunately, a typical story told after many accidents is; "Yeah, that happened to Jim as well - just last week!" Why are close call incidents not reported? Typical reasons are: fear of reprimand or repercussions, red tape, not being aware of their importance in controlling future accidents, embarrassment, the spoiling of a safety or production record or lack of feedback when similar issues have previously been raised. If you keep silent about a close call - you may avoid having to deal with it. But try to explain that to a co-worker who ends up in a wheelchair because of a hazard that you knew existed but were too proud to talk about. Controlling close call incidents is really the secret to reducing the overall frequency of accidents. One survey of 300 companies discovered that for every 600 close call incidents, they had 30 property damages, 10 minor accidents and 1 very serious accident. Close call incident reporting is a very valuable tool in helping us all manage an effective safety program. But the vital part is to apply corrective action immediately. The only way this can be done is if a close call is reported immediately after it has occurred. This way we can learn as much as possible - as soon as possible.A wise man once said: A fool is not a man who makes no mistakes - we all do that. The fool is the man who refuses to learn from them.
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