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Safety: Wood’s Homes is driven by unwavering persistence in situations most difficult where we are guided by a call to service and expectations of excellence. Our commitment to Safety is central to our mission. As an organization, Wood’s Homes is dedicated to cultivating a learning culture, where ongoing hazard analysis, communication and training will further our collective skills and knowledge to perform the work we do more efficiently and with reduced risk.
In early 2020, Wood’s Homes established a Joint Health and Safety Committee, along with several site-specific safety committees. These are important forums for all staff to participate in Occupational Health and Safety. They identify opportunities and recommend initiatives to promote physical and psychological health and safety and continuous improvement in the operation and effectiveness of the Woods Homes’ Health and Safety Program. A current list of the members of these committees can be found on the Intranet’s Safety site by clicking HERE.
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Wood’s Homes has several long-established safety policies that pertain to staff safety; client safety; and Facilities and Environmental Safety.
These policies can be found on the Intranet’s Reference Centre. Click HERE.
Recognize that the Joint Health and Safety Committee and the Site Committees are important forums for all staff to participate in OHS. These committees ensure management and staff discuss health and safety issues in the workplace and work collaboratively to find ways to address them.
Over the next two pages, you will find Wood’s Homes’ management commitment to safety, signed by our Chief Executive Officer Bjorn Johansson.
You will see this commitment on plaques posted across the agency.
Our Commitment to Safety
Wood’s Homes is driven by unwavering persistence in situations most difficult where we are guided by a call to service and expectations of excellence. Our commitment to Safety is central to our mission.
We commit to protecting our people’s safety in all that they do, and in holding their physical, psychological, and social well-being foremost. In order to accomplish this goal, to ensure the safety of our staff, contractors and the general public, every employee at Wood’s Homes must be keenly aware of their health and safety-related responsibilities and prepared to do their part towards advancing workplace safety. These responsibilities are detailed in policy and made available at all worksites.
There exists an obligation to protect one’s own health and safety, but this cannot solely remain an individual effort; it must be collaborative and we must consider each other’s well-being, too. Together, we can become exceptional about safety.
As an organization we are dedicated to cultivating a learning culture, where ongoing hazard analysis, communication and training will further collective skills and knowledge to perform our tasks more efficiently and with reduced risk.
Incidents and injuries are preventable, and all staff are obligated to take reasonable care to protect the health and safety of themselves and of other persons. Harassment or violence at the worksite will not be tolerated. All staff must be aware of their occupational health and safety rights and will be supported in exercising them without reprisal;
The Right to Know The Right to Participate The Right to Refuse Dangerous Work
Senior Management will ensure staff have a respectful, open forum to identify and share any health and safety concerns. These will be addressed thoughtfully, collaboratively and in a reasonable time.
To minimize staff exposure to the hazards and risks associated within our operation, Wood’s Homes is establishing and will maintain a health and safety management system consisting of the following elements:
• Management Leadership & Organization
Commitment • Hazard identification assessment • Hazard control • Joint Worksite Health & Safety Committee • Worksite inspections • Employee education, orientation, & training • Emergency Response Processes • Incident Investigation (injuries, near misses, vehicle collisions, etc.) • Contractor Management & other parties at/ or in the vicinity of the worksite • Health & safety program administration
All Occupational Health and Safety Act, regulation, and Code, and required programs and procedures will be adhered to and applied. Management and supervisors are accountable for the health and safety of staff under their supervision and responsible to ensure employees are properly trained, follow all required procedures and utilize safety equipment provided. Contractors and sub-contractors will be held to the same standard.
Please join me in our commitment to ‘Be exceptional about safety’.
