Safety

Welcome to the Safety Resource Page

What you will find in this section of the site:

• Safety Related Policy

• Safety Forms

• Safety Procedures

• General Forest Worker PPE Requirements

• Designated First Aid Related Materials

Hazard Identification

At Shakti we aim to have a fully integrated and functional health and safety system. This system starts with the actual identification of what our hazards are. There are 3 main avenues we use to fulfill this process.

Formal Hazard Assessments (completed by management and the JHSC): These are completed when a new task or job is introduced to the work flow at Shakti. 

Job Site Safety Analysis (completed by supervisors and field staff (that's you!)): These are completed on the first day you arrive at a new project OR when a major change is introduced to a project you are on such as switching from using and argo to needing a helicopter because the conditions are worse than expected.

Morning Safety Meetings (completed by supervisors and field staff): These are completed every morning after the start of a project.

If you are curious about our policies for these Hazard Identification Programs you can view that policy here: Hazard Identification, JSA and Safety Meeting Policy 

Another form of Hazard Identification and Prevention that we use is our Good Catch Forms formerly known as our Near Misses.

Good Catches are completed by anyone at Shakti, they are filled out via a form on this site and then reviewed  by management. A properly functioning good catch system ensures that potential issues are being spotted well in advance of becoming actual incidents.

At Shakti we really want to encourage everyone to participate in the Good Catch system so this year like last we are offering a $150 dollar monthyl prize to the person that reports the best good catch of the month.

If you are curious about our policies for the Good Catch program you can view that policy here: Good Catch Policy 

Incidents

In the event that an incident does occur at Shakti we have several plans in place to mitigate the damage as much as is possible and respond with best practices.

What is the definition of an incident? an occurrence, condition, or situation arising in the course of work that resulted in or could have resulted in injuries, illnesses, damage to health, or fatalities.

An incident always warrants an investigation, sometimes a very serious good catch will also warrant an investigation. An investigation will only be performed by a trained investigator either Brant Broome, Ron Laverdiere or Isabelle Desrochers Stein.

While you wait for one of us to arrive at the site there are some key things you can do to support the investiation:

• Offer care to anyone injured if this is the case.

• Leave the site undisturbed if safe to do so.

• Take initial photos of the scene if it safe to do so and you do not disturb it.

• Take notes about what happened as best you can remember.

• Mark down the names and contact of anyone involved.

• Wait in a safe location until next instructions are given.

• Never share photos of an incident with anyone besides the incident investigator or relevant legal authorities.

• Never share the event details with anyone besides the incident investigator or relavant legal authorities.

In the event that there is a major casualty resulting in serious injury or loss our critical   incident policy will kick into effect. During a crititcal incident the person with the highest level of first aid will command the scene until emergency services arrive. Anyone not involved in first aid care will be under the direction of the person with the most authority at the time such as a supervisor.

If you are curious about our policies for the Incident Investigation and Critical Incident Program you can view those policie here: Incident Policy and Critical Incident Policy