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SAFETY IN ACTION

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ON THE FLIP SIDE

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WORKERS' RIGHTS

CANNABIS AT WORK DEEPWATER HORIZON THE 5 W S OF BILL 30 ISSUE

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SAFETY IN ACTION

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PUBLISHED BY

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CEO John Rhind

SAFETY IN ACTION

President Murray Elliott

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Vice President, Communications & PetroLMI Carol Howes Manager, Communications Amy Krueger Editor Stephanie Thomas Contributing Editor Terry Bullick, Bullick Communications Design, Production & Project Management Kylie Henry & Katherine Stewart, Studio Forum Inc.

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Be a part of the safety conversation

WELCOME TO PSC

Engage|Exchange|Empower Conference essentials

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LIFELINES

PROGRAM

Essential leadership Contributors Jennifer Allford, Mike Fisher, Anne Georg, Des Kilfoil Printing McAra Printing, Calgary, Alta.

Conference at a glance

Mental health first aid

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GETTING AROUND PSC

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Understanding cannabis on the job

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On and off the job

BE A PART OF THE SAFETY CONVERSATION

Murray Elliott - left, John Rhind - right

To make significant strides towards that goal, we must engage in discussion

The need for safety in the Canadian oil and gas industry is an unfailing constant. Continuously improving safety is paramount for protecting our most valuable asset— our workers.

with you, exchange ideas and best practices, and empower you and others to own safety within your organization. The theme of this year’s Petroleum Safety Conference is just that—Engage | Exchange | Empower. If we want to be truly effective at improving safety, we have to find ways to leverage all three of these areas.

This special edition of Frontline provides a snapshot of the “headline”

Statistics show that our industry has never been safer than it is today. The data speaks for itself. If you look back over the past 30 years, you’ll see a continual improvement in safety performance. And in Western Canada, we have seen a 58 per cent reduction in the lost time claim rate since 2007.

But while the industry has made significant progress, we have to

presenters and some of the sessions, and, just as importantly, shares lessons and stories from participants that will resonate well beyond a three-day conference in Banff, Alberta.

On behalf of Energy Safety Canada, thank you for being part of the safety conversation.

acknowledge that what brought us to this point is not what will get us to the next. We must look at what we need to do and how we need to do it in order to take the next step towards our common vision of zero injuries, zero incidents.

John Rhind / CEO

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Murray Elliott / President

Essential leadership

LIFELINES

LIFELINES WRITTEN BY JENNIFER ALLFORD

ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP Lewis MacKenzie likes to joke that when things are going well, you can put a monkey in charge. The retired Canadian major-general says real leadership comes into play when things are not running smoothly. “You need leadership when times are challenging,” he says.

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MacKenzie knows a thing or two about leading in challenging and dangerous situations. He’s widely considered to be the most experienced peacekeeper in the world. During his 40-year career, he commanded thousands of troops from dozens of countries in some of the world’s most conflicted places—from the Gaza Strip to the former Yugoslavia. He famously opened the Sarajevo airport while it was under fire during the Bosnian civil war to allow humanitarian aid into the city.

“I approach the safety challenge one way and one way only—leadership,” MacKenzie says.

Interpersonal relationships and communication are essential for effective leadership and, therefore, a safe working environment, he says. “I believe in leadership by wandering about. This lets you see

that your instructions are being followed and gives you the opportunity to dole out compliments, a powerful tool for any leader. You have no idea what a real compliment does,” he says.

It’s crucial to spend time with the team and understand what makes people tick. “If you only know one thing about the people around you, know their passion,” he says. Strong leadership also involves being willing to challenge people, the grace to accept suggestions from subordinates and the courage to disagree with your boss.

“There are different ways to disagree,” he says.

“The very best way is to come up with a better solution, because any good, intelligent leader will take that on and use it, who doesn't have the ego to reject it.”

GIVING A COMPLIMENT 2

KNOWING YOUR PEOPLE'S PASSIONS 3

ACCEPTING SUGGESTIONS

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Mental health first aid

LIFELINES

MENTAL HEALTH FIRSTAID Every year, Canadians sign up in droves to take CPR and other first aid training so they know what to do if someone around them suffers some sort of medical distress.

The same can’t always be said about responding to mental health concerns.

One in five Canadians lives with a mental health concern and about a third of all disability claims are due to mental health illnesses. Odds are you know someone who may need your help one day. You can be prepared with Mental Health First Aid (MHFA).

More than 200,000 Canadians have completed the 12-hour course provided by the Mental Health Commission of Canada that teaches people how to recognize and respond

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to someone with a mental health concern. The course covers how to spot emerging and escalating mental health issues.

The course is one of several available that gives you the confidence and skills to talk about and respond to mental health concerns. This can include an overdose, suicidal behaviour, a panic attack, psychotic episode or acute stress reaction.

Most people feel relatively confident helping someone who’s twisted an ankle. But they may be less sure about how to help someone with a mental health concern. MHFA provides the skills to be more comfortable in such a situation.

Learning MHFA also helps to decrease the stigma around mental illness by openly discussing these issues and how people can help. And there’s another bonus: those who take the course improve their mental health, too.

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M H FA C E R T I F I C AT E HOLDERS CAN:

RECOGNIZE a change in someone’s behaviour

RESPOND with confidence

GUIDE a person to the right resources and support

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UNDERSTANDING CANNABIS ON THE JOB IMPAIRMENT MAKES YOU A RISK

WRITTEN BY DES KILFOIL

The man credited with successfully legalizing cannabis in Colorado has some advice for people worried about its arrival in Canada: keep calm and carry on.

Known as the “Marijuana Czar” of Colorado,

a spike in injuries and fatalities in oilfield

Andrew Freedman has gained the respect of

operations and transportation. Such fears were

industry, labour and government for leading

shared, often vehemently, by many of the more

the state’s three-year legalization program.

than 60,000 Albertans who participated in the

Freedman, the state’s first director of marijuana

Alberta government’s public consultation hearings

coordination, knows many at the Petroleum

and surveys on legalizing cannabis in 2017.

Safety Conference are worried. But he wants everyone to just take a deep breath (of clean mountain air, not you-know-what) and stay calm.

“Not everybody is on the same page about this,” Kim Capstick said shortly after becoming executive director of the Alberta Cannabis

“From what I’ve seen, you’re never really fully

Secretariat. The agency was set up to coordinate

prepared, and a lot of this is going to have to be

legalization in the province. “Some people are

worked out in real time,” Freedman says. “But

really excited about it and some people are

intoxication is not new. And businesses in many

really afraid of what’s to come.”

places have been dealing with cannabis use for quite a while. So, I think we should take the anxiety level down a few notches and recognize that it’s not a new substance that’s never been used before.”

If you work in a safety-sensitive job—as in, you work in the oil and gas field and are surrounded by heavy equipment and complex systems—cannabis can make you a workplace hazard.

To yourself, your co-workers and anyone else around you.

Public consultation may have been the easy part. Alberta and other provincial governments have been scrambling ever since October 2015 when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his government would legalize recreational use

Freedman’s approach may be a tough sell to

of cannabis by July 1, 2018. (The federal

Canada’s oil and gas industry. In a business that

government has since announced the legislation

runs on heavy machinery and long shifts, many

will be delayed to later in the year.) The biggest

are far from calm about what’s coming. The

challenge for all levels of government is how to

industry is worried legal cannabis use will cause

set up a legal framework to handle something

BE RESPONSIBLE Both workers and employers have a personal and legal responsibility to take every reasonable precaution to ensure a safe workplace.

BE INFORMED Many employers have already reviewed and updated (where necessary) their workplace policies and procedures to prepare for cannabis’s legalization. If your company is one of them, you’ll want to know about those changes.

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KNOW YOUR POLICY If you work in Canada’s oil and gas industry, you’re expected to know the broader details of your company’s alcohol and drug policy.

PROTECT By law, you must protect your own safety and your co-workers’ safety.

REPORT

You need to know when to report alcohol and drug use, including medications.

UNDERSTAND You must understand how your company’s policy protects your rights.

FIND HELP Know where to find help if you or a co-worker needs it.

OBLIGATION You have an obligation to know how alcohol and drugs affect your ability to work safely.

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that was previously illegal. Alberta has approached

The uncertainty has created many discussions in

cannabis impairment in much the same way as

oil and gas sector boardrooms and at worksites.

alcohol impairment. And in November 2017, it

For example, how much time must pass before

introduced legislation giving the police and the

a rig worker who consumed cannabis on a day

courts the tools to do just that.

off be allowed to operate heavy machinery? Can

As well, Alberta has introduced other rules prohibiting cannabis use by minors, banning consumption in vehicles or near schools, and

any existing rules about alcohol be applied to cannabis? How will a company’s safety standards and employee privacy rights be balanced?

setting out strict regulations about how cannabis

Some of the haze may clear later this spring when

can be legally purchased. Its rules will be enforced

the federal and provincial governments start rolling

by the same agency that controls gambling and

out public education campaigns about cannabis.

alcohol. The newly renamed Alberta Gaming,

Those campaigns were critical in Colorado, says

Liquor and Cannabis Commission will also handle

Freedman. He says they’ll be important to Canada too.

online sales, and will license and regulate the 250 or so private companies expected to get into the cannabis business in the first year.

The complexities of making cannabis legal come as little surprise to Alberta’s justice minister. “The timelines were very ambitious at the outset,” Kathleen Ganley told reporters in February.

“It’s our intention to have a model that focuses on the values and goals of Albertans … ready in time. But we haven’t had time to examine when exactly it’s going to occur.”

Ganley says Alberta has worked closely with Colorado and other jurisdictions that have legalized cannabis. But all provinces are still waiting for direction from the federal government on many issues, including the exact date for legalization. Meanwhile, other complex issues

“It’s a confusing area. People might think it’s still okay to drive even though they’re at risk of criminal charges, and a danger on the roads,” Freedman points out.

“So get that public education campaign out there before commercialization starts,” he advises. “The sooner you get the message out there the better, because people tend to act correctly when they know what the laws are and what the science is.”

“In Canada, it’s more about public health and safety than it is about pro- or anti-cannabis,” says Freedman. “There’s much more of a focus on public health, and some hope that a tax-andregulate system can provide better health answers for problems of substance abuse than prohibition can.”

have stalled. These include: the legal definition

As for the effect of cannabis in the workplace,

of cannabis impairment; the screening device

Freedman urges employers and employees to

and other tools police and employers can use

get on the same page.

to determine impairment; and the costs of

“Employees should have a very real talk with

legalization. Federal, provincial and municipal governments must still negotiate and agree on how, for example, local police will be equipped and trained on impairment-screening devices.

Ganley says the tax revenue from cannabis sales will not cover expenses in the first year.

human resources about what responsible use of cannabis looks like in your workplace. It’s on both employers and employees to have clear communication about this,” he says. “This is a big, divisive issue. Even if you are uncomfortable with the direction your country is taking, you should still be at the table, figuring out the best next step.”

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DEEPWATER HORIZON:A TALEOFSAFETY GONEWRONG WRITTEN BY DES KILFOIL

In the aftermath of the 2010 tragedy, safety culture and decision-making have taken on new meaning in the oil and gas industry.

Mike Williams never wanted

When it comes to petroleum

to be famous. He’s taken little

workplace safety, no tale is more

satisfaction in being portrayed by

tragic and terrifying than Deepwater

Mark Wahlberg in the 2016 movie

Horizon. An explosion in 2010 on

Deepwater Horizon. And for more

the offshore oil rig killed 11 workers,

than seven years, Williams has

injured dozens more and spewed an

been a reluctant crusader in oil

estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil

and gas safety, urging workers

into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast

and companies to adopt a simple

of Louisiana. The aftermath of the

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disaster included unending grief

words: SEE IT, SAY IT, FIX IT.

and regret, federal criminal charges,

“Frontline workers were intimidated by management,” Williams said in Calgary in 2017 as he recounted the events leading up to the Deepwater

catastrophic environmental damage and billions of dollars in penalties, settlements and clean-up costs for the companies involved.

Horizon explosion. “Being safe

Apart from its mind-boggling

should be good and not something

scale, the Deepwater Horizon

you beat people over the head with

tells a tale of workplace safety

. . . you have to be empowered to

gone wrong. Ambiguous safety

make decisions and report up and

tests were misinterpreted and

down the chain of command.”

overruled. Frontline workers openly

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MOST OF THESE ACCIDENTS ARE NOT ACCIDENTS. THEY ARE DECISION PROBLEMS. MIKE WILLIAMS

IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT NOT TO FOCUS BLAME ON INDIVIDUALS. INSTEAD, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE SITUATION. KRISTEN BELL

expressed misgivings, but drilling

She says, “If we want to learn

continued anyway. And Deepwater’s

from organizational failures like

safety culture made it difficult or

Deepwater Horizon, it’s critically

impossible for any one person to

important not to focus blame on

stop operations.

individuals. Instead,” she says, “we

In an interview in 2017 with the National Post, Williams said that British Petroleum (BP) and Transocean—which, respectively, operated and owned the rig—placed

need to understand the whole situation: What was known? What was successful in the past? What did people understand about the risks?

How were decisions made?”

profits over people. “We could drill

Bell spends much of her time

faster than everyone. That mentality

travelling the world, helping

was rewarded by Transocean and BP

companies weave safety leadership

all the way down to the lowest guy.

into their corporate cultures. Early

We would get bonuses for completing

in her career, that job was an uphill

wells ahead of schedule, on schedule

battle. “When I started in this field

or with no lost-time incidents.”

25 years ago, safety was exclusively

In that kind of climate, Williams argued, people understandably make tragic mistakes. “Most of these accidents are not accidents. They are decision problems.”

In the movie version, John Malkovich portrayed BP’s wellsite leader on Deepwater, Donald Vidrine. In Malkovich’s hands, Vidrine oozes arrogance, greed and a stop-fornothing attitude. But workplace MARK WAHLBERG, RIGHT, PORTRAYED MIKE WILLIAMS

safety expert Kristen Bell, a founding

IN THE DEEPWATER HORIZON MOVIE.

partner of California’s Krause Bell Group, believes the real-life story was

discussed as a cost—the cost of doing business. Why would you invest in safety? Well, to save money, of course. That’s the business case.”

Thankfully, says Bell, that attitude has shifted. “These days, we do safety because it’s the right thing to do for our people. It just is. And we do it because it’s the smart thing to do for our business. We know that when we work on safety in the right way, we create the kind of culture that’s great for the business generally.”

likely much more nuanced.

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SAFETY-CRITICAL DECISIONS CAN'T BE LEFT TO SPONTANEOUS JUDGEMENT...THAT REQUIRES CONSCIOUS EFFORT KRISTEN BELL

Although safety culture begins at

says CEO John Rhind. “If we’re able

the top, it must also enable and

to do that, then we stop confusing

empower those with boots on the

people, and people work more safely

ground. “We need to look at how we

on our sites.”

are engaging and empowering the experts—those at the frontline—to own safety,” explains Murray Elliott, president of Energy Safety Canada.

“[Part of our mandate is to] get that

“stop-work authority”—the power to

information into your hands, your

shut down when they see their safety

people’s hands, so you can

is at risk. They also need to know

do something about it before

they’ll be supported in that decision.

incidents actually occur—before people get hurt.”

clarity. “You need to talk with people

Rhind says the Deepwater Horizon

about what the (stop-work) trigger

tragedy taught the world an indelible

is,” Bell says. “If workers are doing

lesson: “In a very short period of

well-integrity tests, and they come

time, you can go from steady state

back ambiguous, is that a reason

operation to unbelievable disaster.”

test failed first?” When we make decisions in advance, Bell argues, we are more likely to respond in the best possible way. “Safety-

Since the disaster, Williams says he’s taken it upon himself to be the voice of the 11 men who lost their lives, and to speak out on safety in the industry.

critical decisions can’t be left to

“You have to empower employees

spontaneous judgment, because we

to be part of the safety process

need to engage our brains and that

and at the executive level, in my

requires conscious effort.”

opinion, you have to keep the

Energy Safety Canada aims to bring such thinking to Canada’s oil and gas industry. “Getting complexity out of the system is really, really important,”

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indicators, Rhind believes Energy Safety Canada can help save lives.

need really clear evidence that the

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information, such as leading

important for workers to have true

to stop and re-evaluate? Or do they

MURRAY ELLIOTT – President of Energy Safety Canada

rules and providing data-driven

Bell and Williams agree that it's

One key factor in such a decision is

WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE ARE ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING THE EXPERTS —THOSE AT THE FRONTLINE — TO OWN SAFETY

By developing a single set of clear

chain of command as open and free as possible.”

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Workers' rights

THE 5 Ws OF BILL 30

NEW LEGISLATION IS BILL 30 IN ALBERTA TO IMPROVE WORKERS’ HEALTH AND SAFETY. WHAT

Bill 30 brings Alberta further into alignment with legislation in some other jurisdictions where the oil and gas industry operates.

WHY

BILL 30 IS BEING ENACTED

Alberta’s occupational health and safety laws have changed little since the 1970s. The new legislation was drafted after the provincial government heard from more than 1,500

people through surveys, written submissions and roundtable discussions.

“The proposed changes to the occupational health and safety system are generally in line with the oil and gas industry’s best practices,” said John Rhind, CEO of Energy Safety Canada. “Our objective as a safety association is to develop and support standards and best practices across the oil and gas industry and we see these changes as a positive step forward in advancing worker health and safety in Alberta.”

WHEN

BILL 30 BECOMES LAW

Most of the changes—the portion of Bill 30 called the Occupational Health and Safety Act—come into effect on June 1, 2018.

The legislation will be

reviewed every five years.

Certain elements of the Workers’ Compensation Act are already in effect, and some of the more complex changes will be rolled out later this year.

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WHO

SAFETY

BILL 30 PROTECTS

CANADA

ALL WORKERS IN ALBERTA. THE BILL ENSHRINES THREE BASIC RIGHTS:

.COM Visit our website for resources and tools to help you understand and comply with this legislation.

REFUSAL The right to refuse unsafe work. Workers cannot be reprimanded or lose any pay or benefits for exercising this right.

AWARENESS The right to know. This means workers are told about potential hazards and given basic health and safety information where they work.

PARTICIPATION The right to participate.

Workers are part of health and safety discussions and committees.

WHERE

BILL 30 WILL BE IN EFFECT

EVERY WORKPLACE IN ALBERTA. Bill 30 will improve workers’ protection and benefits in a number of ways, including several to the Workers’ Compensation Board. Among them: removing the insurable earnings cap of $98,700 a year, increasing

survivor benefits and expanding benefits to young workers who sustain a long-term injury that affects their career.

Energy Safety Canada is aligning with industry stakeholders on a common approach that will provide support and resources for the key components of Bill 30.

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CON F ERENCE GUIDE

ENGAGE E X C H A N G E EMPOWER GUIDE HIGHLIGHTS CONFERENCE ESSENTIALS PROGRAM SPEAKER ABSTRACTS EXHIBITOR LISTINGS

Welcome to PSC

ENGAGE EXCHANGE EMPOWER Welcome to one of the most enduring events in Canada’s oil and gas industry— the annual Petroleum Safety Conference (PSC). Every year since its founding in 1951, PSC has connected industry to the latest in health and safety knowledge, products and services.

ENGAGE

EXCHANGE

EMPOWER

Take learnings from

Share safety

Through a valuable

a wide range of

insights and tools

exchange of

Engage | Exchange | Empower. This year's theme is about helping

speakers back with

with delegates

knowledge, PSC

everyone —from green workers to senior leaders—to engage in

you to share with

and, in turn, be

empowers industry

colleagues.

educated about

to advocate for

their safety

safety on and off

expertise.

the job and from

This exchange of

the frontline to

safety knowledge

the head office.

improving safe work performance, exchange information and best practices, and empower everyone to stand up for health and safety in the industry.

Our event programming is shaped around the concept that while safety lives at the frontline, it must also be led. It's more important than ever for us to learn from each other’s strengths and experiences. At PSC, we can share our knowledge and pursue new ideas in safety.

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drives the industry forward.

CONFERENCE ESSENTIALS

CONFERENCE APP

Download the PSC 2018 app for access to conference extras.

Available from the App Store and Google Play, search: PSC 2018

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

Dial 3333 from a house phone or 911

REFRESHMENTS

Lunch is in the Hotel

SHUTTLE BUS

A parkade is on

Our complimentary

on Mezzanine Level 2

the south side of the

delegate shuttle

in the Alberta Room.

Conference Centre

bus makes it easy to

(see map on page VI).

enjoy and explore

Limited complimentary

downtown Banff.

from a cellphone.

Snacks and Leave the Banff

PARKING

beverages are available

Springs Hotel through

at stations throughout

the nearest exit and

the exhibits.

proceed to the nearest

four-hour parking is available on Spray Avenue (leading to the Hotel) and in the surface

muster point.

lot on the north side of the Hotel.

During the operating hours listed below, the bus runs on a continuous loop every 15 to 20 minutes between the Banff Springs Hotel, the Elk + Avenue Hotel and the Fox Hotel & Suites.

Tuesday, May 1

NO SMOKING

No smoking

SILENT MODE

During sessions,

IDENTIFICATION

Delegate badges

permitted within five

please set your

are required to access

metres of any doorway,

cellphone to vibrate.

the sessions, exhibits,

window or air intake of

lunches and shuttles, so

the Banff Springs Hotel

please make sure you

and Conference Centre.

wear them at all times.

2:00 pm – midnight Wednesday, May 2 7:30 am – 9:30 am 4:30 pm – midnight Thursday, May 3 8:00 am – 10:00 am 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Please limit smoking to the signed, designated smoking areas.

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Program

CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE

ALL CONFERENCE SESSIONS TAKE PL ACE IN THE CONFERENCE CENTRE TUESDAY MAY 1 – DAY ONE

LOCATION

7:30 AM – 8:00 PM

Conference Registration

Lower Level Lobby

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Pre-Conference Session (open to all delegates):

Van Horne Ballroom

Cannabis in the Workplace: Lessons Learned

Andrew Freedman, Holly Hale,

Dr. Melissa Snider-Adler, Neil Tidsbury 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Welcome Reception

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Exhibits

WEDNESDAY MAY 2 – DAY TWO

LOCATION

7:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Registration

Lower Level Lobby

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Opening Remarks: Energy Safety Canada

Van Horne Ballroom

Keynote: LESSONS ON LEADERSHIP 9:00AM

Major-General (Ret’d) Lewis MacKenzie

10:00 AM – 10:45 AM

Networking Break

Exhibits Conference Centre

10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

Understanding Perceptions of Senior Managers’

Safety Commitment – Kate C. Bowers

Domestic Violence is a Form of Workplace Violence:

Are You Ready to Prevent and Address this Hazard?

Christie Lavan and Astrid Mitchell

SimOps Panel Discussion

Participating companies: Cenovus, Halliburton,

Paramount Resources, Shell Canada 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Lunch

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Hotel Mezzanine Level 2, Alberta Room

1:00 PM – 1:45 PM

Mental Health Issues in the Workplace:

Why You Should Care – Kris Porlier

Regulators Fireside Chat – SimOps and Fit for Duty

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM

7 Insights into Safety Leadership – Kristen Bell

Mental Health Issues in the Workplace breakout

session – Kris Porlier

Regulators Informal Q&A

2:45 PM – 3:30 PM

Networking Break

Exhibits

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Keynote: THE RIPPLE EFFECT

Van Horne Ballroom

Kayla Rath

5:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Wednesday Social

Hotel Mezzanine Level 2,

Ticket Required

Riverview Lounge

THURSDAY MAY 3 – DAY THREE

7:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Registration

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Keynote: THRIVING IN THE AGE

Conference Centre

Conference Centre

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OF DISTRACTION

Curt Steinhorst

10:00 AM – 10:45 AM

Networking Break

Exhibits

10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

Risks, Roles and Relationships:

Conference Centre

Human Behaviours in Safety – Michael Sedam

Identifying Hidden Hazards – Lianne Lefsrud

Bill 30: What Now? – Loretta Bouwmeester

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Lunch

Hotel Mezzanine Level 2,

Alberta Room

1:00 PM – 1:45 PM

Cannabis: Lessons Learned from Colorado

Conference Centre

Andrew Freedman

Human Behaviours in Safety breakout session

Michael Sedam

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Keynote: BEYOND DEEPWATER HORIZON:

MOVING FORWARD

Mike Williams

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM

Closing Remarks

Van Horne Ballroom

Van Horne Ballroom

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REPRESENTING

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Ed Kapala, Vice President, Health and Safety

Clean Harbors

Oil and Gas Services

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Tim Dibben, Manager, HSE and HR

Akita Drilling

CAPP

Cory Beliveau, Manager, Health and Safety

ARC Resources

CEPA

Mojgan Karimi, Pipeline Engineer

CEPA

EPAC

Darren Erdely, Director, HSE

Paramount Resources

PSAC

Frank Urquhart, Canada Region QHSE Manager

Weatherford Canada

Government of Alberta Rhonda Spence, Partnerships Consultant

Partnerships in Injury

Reduction, Alberta Human

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Government of British Joy Piehl, Manager, Oil & Gas/Utilities/

WorkSafeBC

Columbia

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Saskatchewan Workers’

Saskatchewan

Compensation Board

Energy Safety Canada Lisa Stephenson, Senior Manager,

Energy Safety Canada

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3M Canada................................................... 72 ABCS Safety Training Inc..................... 1 Actionwear FR............................................. 49 Alberta Association of Optometrists....... 77 Alberta Health Services............................. 31 Alberta Labour - Partnerships.................. 96 in Injury Reduction Alsco Canada............................................... 13 AMA Fleet Safety Services......................... 47 American Industrial Hygiene.................... 14 Association - Alberta Anderson Ergonomics Consulting Inc.... 85 Apparel Solutions International........ 82 Armour Ready.................................. 71 Assetworks LLC........................................... 95 Avetta............................................................ 41 Behr Integrated Solutions Inc.................. 62 BIS Training Solutions............................... 37 Black Gold Emergency Planners Inc....... 30 Blackline Safety............................... 59 Block Bindings............................................ 76 Board of Canadian Registered Safety..... 73 Professionals Brady Canada.............................................. 58 Brasco Safety............................................... 61 Canadian Traffic Education Centre......... 44 CANSAFE INC............................................... 53 Carleton Rescue.......................................... 25 Chemscape Safety Technologies............ 18 Cintas Canada............................................. 88 ComplyWorks.............................................. 89 Concept Controls....................................... 21 Cooler Heads Safety Inc............................ 28 Danatec Educational Services................. 91 Davey Textile Solutions............................. 56 Ditch Hitch................................................... 63 DNV GL............................................. 17 Draeger Safety Canada Ltd....................... 43 DriverCheck....................................... 4 DuPont Protection Solutions.............. 5 Edge Eyewear.............................................. 33 Edgewood Health Network...................... 86 Electrogas Monitors Ltd............................ 74 Energy Safety Canada............................... 81 Environment and Climate........................ 10 Change Canada Eurotex.......................................................... 42 FireZerO........................................................ 48 FITWELL MEDICAL INC............................... 84 Fleet Safety International......................... 54

Sponsors booths in bold Flip Productions......................................... 93 Gas Clip Technologies............................... 19 Geroline Inc................................................... 9 GlenGuard.......................................... 7 Global Training Centre.............................. 80 Globalstar Canada Satellite Co................ 39 GORE FR Apparel.............................. 70 H2 Solutions....................................... 8 H2Safety...................................... 67/68 Honeywell Industrial Safety..................... 24 Horizon Occupational...........................66 Health Solutions HSE Integrated................................... 6 IFR Workwear.............................................. 38 Industrial safety International.................. 40 Industrial Scientific Corporation............. 87 Innovative Fall Protection......................... 51 Innovative Fire & Safety............................. 55 Keltek Safety Apparel................................. 64 Levitt Safety Ltd.......................................... 32 Lightship Works.......................................... 83 Medsource................................................... 52 Mission Rescue Services........................... 26 Mount Vernon FR................................ 2 NAIT............................................................... 94 NASCO Industries, Inc................................ 60 NeoSystems................................................. 16 Normtek....................................................... 15 Potti Corp..................................................... 29 Procon Systems.......................................... 45 Pyramex Safety........................................... 12 Radiation Safety Institute of Canada...... 27 Rasco FR....................................................... 75 Safety Coordination Services.............. 3 SafetyLine Lone Worker............................ 34 SafetySync................................................... 50 Skystone International Lp......................... 92 St. John Ambulance................................... 46 STARS Air Ambulance................................ 78 University of New Brunswick................... 57 Vallen............................................................ 11 VF Workwear................................................ 79 WAPOSE Emergency Services................. 36 WCB-Alberta................................................ 20 Westex by Milliken............................ 65 Winner Garment Industries Ltd............... 23 Workaware................................................... 35 Timberland PRO......................................... 90 WorkSafeBC..................................... 22

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SESSION ABSTRACTS

Tuesday MAY 1 CANNABIS IN THE WORKPL ACE:

Wednesday MAY 2 LESSONS ON LEADERSHIP LEWIS MACKENZIE

LESSONS LEARNED PANEL DISCUSSION

The discussion will revolve around the upcoming legalization of nonmedical cannabis. Panelists will give legal and medical perspectives into how cannabis affects workers and what it could mean for Canadian organizations in safety-sensitive roles and workplaces.

See more on cannabis in the workplace on page 7.

Andrew Freedman former Director of Marijuana Coordination in Colorado Holly Hale Corporate Counsel, Syncrude Canada Dr. Melissa Snider-Adler Chief Medical Review Officer, DriverCheck Inc. Neil Tidsbury President, Construction Labour Relations–Alberta

When it comes to leadership, few people have the experience or credibility of Major-General (Ret'd) Lewis MacKenzie. Considered the world's most experienced peacekeeper, MacKenzie distils the lessons of 36 years of military experience into 10 practical, enduring and easy-to-apply tips. His masterful keynote presentation will redefine your leadership style.

MacKenzie says leadership is about building trust, committing to a common purpose, having the courage to think for oneself in crisis and convincing others to follow.

He's done just that time and again, under the most difficult of circumstances. MacKenzie is an unconventional and charismatic expert on conflict resolution who captivates and commands the attention of audiences.

See more on leadership on page 5.

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UNDERSTANDING

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS

PERCEPTIONS OF SENIOR

A FORM OF WORKPL ACE

MANAGERS’ SAFETY

VIOLENCE: ARE YOU

COMMITMENT

READY TO PREVENT AND

KATE C. BOWERS

SIMOPS PANEL DISCUSSION

MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN THE WORKPL ACE: WHY YOU SHOULD CARE KRIS PORLIER

ADDRESS THIS HAZARD? CHRISTIE LAVAN ASTRID MITCHELL

Picture a well-dressed business person arriving at a business meeting in a Ferrari to demonstrate substantial wealth. Or a university hockey coach arriving at a high school in a black limousine decorated with the school’s logo to denote a resource-rich environment to prospective recruits. Or a job applicant providing multiple honorary certificates to her prospective employer to reflect her outstanding competence. Each example illustrates how someone can undertake actions to signal an underlying quality to others.

Every year, several thousand Albertans will be unsafe in workplaces because of violent and abusive personal relationships.

Alberta businesses have suffered huge losses due to domestic violence and the legislation is evolving: organizations are being held accountable when domestic violence ends tragically and the signs were evident.

The Alberta Council of Women's Shelters' Domestic Violence and Your Workplace program provides safety professionals with the tools and supports to:

In a graduate research study, the Recognize the signs of domestic theory of signalling was applied violence to safety management to better Appropriately help victims of understand how employees perceive violence by bridging to supports the signals that reflect senior managers’ safety commitment. This Protect their workplaces and presentation provides an overview employees at the same time of the study, focusing on signalling theory and the importance and affect Making positive changes for those living in violence is everyone’s of employee perceptions of senior responsibility. In addition to savings managers’ safety commitment. costs, organizations who apply the tool kit are saving lives.

Simultaneous operations (SimOps), or concurrent work, have become increasingly common as the industry uses multi-well pad design. SimOps have the potential to introduce complexity and risk into operations that may not be effectively managed by more traditional approaches. This panel, facilitated by Darren Erdely of Paramount Resources, featuring representatives from Cenovus, Halliburton, Paramount Resources and Shell, will share challenges, opportunities and successes in managing SimOps. Anthony Baker Shell Canada William Hoffman-Turner, Paramount Resources

Mental health problems account for about half the employee absences due to illness each year in Canada.

This presentation will help you better understand how mental health affects your employees and workplace. It will also give you insight into spotting changes to employees' moods and behaviours.

You'll also learn how to prepare for mental health problems, when and how to assist an employee through a mental health issue and about resources for supervisors and managers. If mental health problems are recognized early and proper treatment is obtained, most people can quickly return to their normal performance at work.

Rick Theriau Halliburton Erika Vargas Cenovus Jeremy Waddell Cenovus

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Wednesday MAY 2 7 INSIGHTS INTO SAFETY LEADERSHIP

Thursday MAY 3 THE RIPPLE EFFECT KAYLA RATH

KRISTEN BELL

THRIVING IN THE AGE OF

IDENTIFYING HIDDEN

DISTRACTION

HAZARDS

CURT STEINHORST

The most important ingredient in any safety program is strong leadership.

The petroleum industry uses tools such as the field level hazard assessment to allow workers to visually identify hazards, mitigate risks or take corrective steps prior to beginning work. These tools work well for known and visible hazards, but not unknown or invisible hazards.

In her work at Krause Bell Group, founding partner Kristen Bell has discovered all too often, senior leaders don’t “get” safety at the level they need to in order to be effective.

Her presentation looks at what senior leaders need to “get” about safety. As well, she outlines what key safety leaders need to influence their organizations and achieve better performance. Bell has devoted more than 20 years to the topic and her research has yielded seven critical insights.

She uses these seven insights to teach organizational leaders how to become excellent in safety. In a world where work is inherently risky and exposure to risk is ever-changing, organizations must be clear on their value for safety and the data-driven approaches that will chart their progress. Bell and Krause’s seven insights help leaders understand why good intentions are only the start for a safer workplace. She will discuss how to sidestep common misinterpretations that can derail safety efforts, and why leaders at every level need to engage with safety. Bell believes every person and every organization can excel at safety. And when they do, excellence will show up in other areas of performance.

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Kayla Rath was nine years old when her father, Brad Livingston, was in two back-to-back workplace explosions. For three months, Kayla and her two sisters lived with family members while their mother sat with Brad as he fought to stay alive in a Texas hospital. The family then moved to a city more than 600 miles away to be with her dad as he went through months of rehabilitation.

We live in an age of instant and easy connections and communication.

This has fundamentally altered the way people work, engage, communicate and relate with one another. The technology that simplifies these processes also compromises our focus and makes it ever-more difficult to reach increasingly distracted customers.

We typically process four times more You go to work every day expecting to information than we did 30 years come home to your family at night. But ago and have less time to actually few people wonder what will happen think. Advertisements, alerts, emails, if they don't. Nor do most people think constant notifications—no wonder about the consequences of shortcuts or the average North American struggles how pride and complacency can get in to go three minutes without being the way of doing your job safely. Even interrupted! harder to imagine is what happens to In this intensely practical and your family if you're injured or killed informative speech, Curt Steinhorst and how your decisions affect your discusses the great challenges we loved ones. face in a constantly connected world.

Rath travels North America telling He pulls back the curtain to reveal her story about the 100 per cent how we got here, how deep this preventable incident that changed distraction issue goes and where the course of her life, and the lives we go from here. of her entire family. Drawing on her memories of the early days after the explosions and her understanding of them 23 years later, Rath speaks to the heartache and, ultimately, the healing that came from an unsafe act in the workplace.

Two recent deaths associated with ground hazards at tailings storage and transport facilities in the oil sands illustrate the need for better ground hazard identification and controls. Site visits identified ground hazards such as soft ground, slope instability, erosion and sink holes at almost all the tailings transport and storage facilities. These hazards manifest themselves in different ways depending on operations location and weather.

Following the recent fatalities, employees and contractors were interviewed to determine the hazards workers are exposed to on a daily basis. Process safety management techniques such as bow ties were used to cluster hazards from a database created by Energy Safety Canada tailings safety experts and company incident reports. Data from these sources will be analyzed and used to improve current hazard identification tools and controls. The aim of this research is to inform best practices around tailings operations and ground hazards.

BILL 30: WHAT NOW? LORETTA BOUWMEESTER

RISKS, ROLES, AND

CANNABIS: LESSONS FROM

BEYOND DEEPWATER

REL ATIONSHIPS: HUMAN

COLORADO

HORIZON: MOVING FORWARD

BEHAVIOURS IN SAFETY

ANDREW FREEDMAN

MIKE WILLIAMS

MICHAEL SEDAM

Alberta Bill 30—an act to protect the health and well-being of working Albertans—has been passed by the legislature and will change the legal landscape for Alberta worksites.

The act further defines legal responsibilities and requirements, and advocates for the rights of workers. This session will examine how Bill 30 will affect your employees and contractors.

Can a dropped tool cause a nuclear missile to explode? This exciting presentation uses the explosion of a Titan missile as a case study about how a simple mistake led to a catastrophic failure. The twist in this story is the underlying issues that show the importance of understanding people and how we, as social animals, make decisions about how we will behave.

Dubbed "Colorado,s Marijuana Czar" when he was that state's first director of marijuana coordination, Andrew Freedman led Colorado,s push to become the first American state to regulate non-medical marijuana.

In his current role, he works with governments, research institutions, communities and private businesses to develop the most appropriate and effective legislation possible.

Having lived through such efforts, This presentation looks at how normal people, put into extraordinary Andrew has a unique perspective situations, deal with insurmountable on the many issues related to the odds. Good people can be hampered legalization of marijuana. by deeply ingrained culture and Freedman will provide an a system incapable of accepting overview of the drivers that mistakes. This presentation provides influenced legalization. He will attendees with an, understanding also discuss lessons learned from of hazards, risks and risk tolerance; other jurisdictions relating to the basic information about how people consequences for organizations make decisions; and how our roles and what they could mean for and relationships affect how we deal Canadian workplaces. with risks and problems. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of themselves and others. This presentation applies to safety and risk management in the workplace, as well as day-to-day circumstances people face in life.

“Most accidents are not accidents.

They are decision problems.” That’s the perspective of Mike Williams, chief electronics technician on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon.

Many factors caused the deadly explosion of the drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico: complacency, failure to question or test established policies, lack of maintenance, pressure to push a schedule, undervaluing experience and expertise. Join us to learn first-hand about Williams, experience, and his perspectives on important safety issues.

This presentation emphasizes the need to view safety as a choice in how to live, not as a chore. Ensuring that safety is always the number one focal point on a job site prepares teams to work together and prevent disasters.

Williams will share the lessons learned and how they apply to the Canadian oil and gas industry.

Williams now runs his own heavy construction company east of Dallas, and speaks regularly to prevent tragedies like the one on Deepwater Horizon.

See story on page 10.

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