Health and Safety a Dynamic Industry

Health and Safety a Dynamic Industry

Michelle Pinon News Advertiser

Adam Denine already has nearly six months of experience under his belt as the Town of Vegreville’s Health and Safety Advisor and says he’s enjoying the challenges that go along with the job.

“The role of a health and safety advisor is dynamic. With all the work that everyone does within the town and the ever-changing legislation in regards to health and safety,” stated Denine.

One of his roles is to make sure town operations align with requirements from the Province and ensuring that all employees, visitors, and contractors stay safe.

Denine says he has already started to build a strong foundation of trust with town employees and work together to achieve a zero-incident workplace by continuing with being a proactive safety workforce. His position falls under the department of community services and includes reviewing, developing, and implementing the Town’s Occupation Health and Safety Management System. “This system is what ensures the safety of our staff, visitors, and contractors within the Town of Vegreville, and what’s required under the Alberta Government Occupational Health and Safety Act.

So a lot of the responsibilities include things like identifying hazards and risks to our members and proactively working with them to mitigate the issue. This would also include a fair amount of records management to determine health and safety needs and documents, and fix health and safety issues as they arise.”

Denine has a Certificate of Health and Safety from the University of New Brunswick. He is also a certified National Construction Safety Officer, Incident Safety Officer as well as a Health and Safety Officer. “In addition to many other safety, leadership and investigation courses over the years. I have been involved with health and safety for five years and have a background in chemical safety, construc- tion, oil and gas, industrial facilities, and emergency response.”

The ever-changing industry has many challenges, and Denine is more than up to the task at hand.