Starting in January 2011 we instituted Field-wide monthly safety meetings.Partners and vendors were invited to attend. The meetings were attended by an average of around 80 participants. Excellent presentations were made by all leaders. Needless to say, being on the border of Texas and Louisiana, we enjoyed outstanding cooking by the many lunch sponsors.
We have instilled a better sense of safety in East Texas, and it is very clear industry-wide where BBX stands in regards to safety:
“Safety is first and foremost in every job we do”
Our personnel all wear fire resistant clothing at locations where flammable materials are stored or produced.Our personnel are trained to respond in case of an incident. We have instilled an ethic of being prepared.
Date: February 29, 2012
Leaders: Sperry Sun
Sponsor: Shamrock & Lynco
Discussion Topic: Hand Safety
Date: Februay 1, 2012
Safety Topic: Risk and Hazard Identification
Leader: Baker-Hughes
Food Sponsor: Jack Alexander (Wellsite and Road Construction)
Discussion Summary: The Safety Meeting on February 1, 2012 was instructed by Baker Hughes. It covered the hazards in the workplace, and risk management.
Hazards in the Workplace:
· They explained about different types of hazards that could be found in the work place.
· How to spot these hazards
· And how you can prevent accidents from happening from these hazards.
· Talked about putting signs up and actually paying attention to these signs.
· Some examples they showed were a work place that was overcrowded and had things laying around.
o They asked question on were these hazards were and what we would do to fix them or either prevent them from happening.
· They also showed a pyramid that had different things that could happen.
o They used an example of someone spilling oil and walking away and not cleaning it up.
o Then someone else walking by slipping on this oil and gets seriously hurt or if hit his head the wrong way could turn deadly
o Best solution clean up after yourself
Risk Management
· On risk management they talked about the risk that people take on the job every day
· Talked on helping your coworkers following procedures
· Like lifting. Use the correct way to lift items so you don’t hurt your back
· Pay attention to your surroundings
· Use the stop work method correctly
Safety Topic: Defensive Driving
Leaders: Matt Telfer, Becky Wood
Discussion Summary
1. Each employee evaluated their drive to work and identified risks
2. Driving in bad weather
3. Defensive driving
Everyone spoke about how the meeting impacted their outlook on safety and described how the safety issues were being implemented in their companies. Interesting points included: Safety issues were often discussed with their families, BBX policies such as fabrication of materials at the yard and giving vendors lots of notice before jobs, were leading to better safety.
