2018 CONTRACTOR SAFETY MANAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS: • Implementation of the Team Professional Services Alert program which ensures contractor and consultant Drug and Alcohol programs are compliant and standardized. This gives Whiting visibility of individual contract employee involvement and compliance with the program. At year-end 2018, 96% of required companies and consultants were either compliant or pending. • A focus on contractor Health and Safety Management systems and programs ensures contract companies and their employees comply with Whiting and industry requirements including: • Extensive on-site Contractor Safety Reviews or audits conducted in conjunction with operations personnel. • Implementation of a New-Contractor desktop program which ensures expectations are met for contractors working on Whiting locations. • Over 10,000 contract employees completed Whiting’s Online Contractor Safety Orientation. • Nearly 3,300 Contractor Field Safety Audits were completed by field personnel. • Nearly 3,000 Hazard Identification Reports were submitted that identified potentially hazardous conditions and behaviors in the field; • Of these, 237 Unsafe Actions were identified and corrected, and Stop Work Authority was utilized 132 times. • Health and Safety incidents and subsequent analysis identified 229 corrective actions. • Three Comprehensive Internal Health and Safety Audits were conducted at the Ray Gas Plant and two North Dakota operating areas. The primary objective of these audits was to assess the effectiveness of Whiting’s Health and Safety Management Systems and to evaluate compliance with applicable agency regulations and industry consensus standards. • Internal Emergency Response Training and Drills were conducted in all major field offices. Realistic fire scenarios were used to test the Whiting Incident Command System (ICS) to ensure communication, coordination and overall readiness for emergency situations.
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