SAFETY
Corporate Personal Safety Performance In 2016-17, SaskEnergy achieved its best-ever safety performance during a 12-month span with a Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIF) of 1.63 (injuries per 100 employees). This is down from 2.09 in 2015-16, which was also a record year. As a measure of SaskEnergy’s alignment with industry best practices, the Corporation achieved an overall audit score of 90 per cent in the Certificate of Recognition (COR) Program, which assesses the elements of SaskEnergy’s safety management system against COR Program requirements. Other 2016-17 safety initiatives included an updated Drug & Alcohol Policy, which involved training modules for employees and managers, the implementation of a new Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) database, and improvements to competency management in relation to mandatory safety training.
Damage Prevention Initiatives SaskEnergy engages in a number of initiatives to reduce damage to its buried infrastructure as part of its risk and asset management strategy. As a result of these initiatives, there was an 11 per cent reduction in third- party line hits in 2016-17, helping to achieve a total reduction of 35 per cent since 2013. In partnership with Sask 1 st Call, the Saskatchewan Common Ground Alliance (SCGA), SaskPower and SaskTel, SaskEnergy expanded its Safety Patrol program during the 2016-17 construction season to include complete visual inspections of targeted transmission line easements in high-risk areas. Easements in Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw and White City were patrolled twice monthly, with additional once-a-month patrols completed in the communities of Kindersley, Humboldt, Swift Current, Yorkton and Estevan. Other initiatives included the promotion of the Sask 1 st Call mobile application and website as well as continued efforts around supervised crossings, joint Crown line locates, working with SCGA to ensure greater contractor awareness, providing information to businesses that rent digging equipment, and public awareness advertising.
Enhancements to Crossing Coordination Process
As a key component of the Corporation’s commitment to reducing risk to its assets, the TransGas Crossing Coordination department reviews, assesses and processes applications submitted by third parties proposing to work near TransGas facilities. Historically, numerous permit letters were issued and contracts were modified at a local level without legal oversight. In 2016-17, crossing inquiries were streamlined and made paperless, a process was developed to combine multiple permits within one Facility Crossing Agreement, and technology was utilized to create a more efficient workflow. In addition, facility crossing agreements are now legally enforceable and govern for the life of an asset, making the new process fully compliant with regulatory standards.
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