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Pengrowth is proud of its operating and safety record and
we work hard each day to make sure we improve our safety
management systems to protect the health and safety of
our team members, contractors and the public.
Our health and safety programs are about more than
regulatory compliance. We want to make sure that our
operations run smoothly, that our team members go home
safely each day and that we maintain our neighbours'
confidence and support.
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The year 2007 was one of change
and development in the area of
health and safety at Pengrowth.
Integrating new operational
areas resulting from the
acquisitions required focusing
on emergency response
preparedness and aligning our
safety management systems.
We ensure team member and public
safety is accomplished by
developing and maintaining
emergency response plans for our
facilities and drilling
activities. Plans are updated
regularly to account for changes
in infrastructure and
legislation. In order to ensure
we are prepared in the event of
an emergency situation, practice
exercises and drills are
conducted with area operations,
management, regulatory agencies
and first responders.
To help ensure compliance and
ongoing improvement of our
safety program, an internal
audit of Pengrowth’s safety
management system was conducted
in the fourth quarter of 2007.
The audit is an ongoing
requirement of our Alberta
Partnerships Certificate of
Recognition program and ensures
our safety management system
continues to function as
intended. As a part of our
continuous improvement plan,
identified safety opportunities
by the audit will be focus areas
for improvement in 2008.
In 2007, we continued focusing
on employee and contractor
hazard identification and
proactive report participation.
Key learnings from these
submissions, as well as from
incidents and inspections, are
tracked and shared with team
members at scheduled safety
communication meetings to raise
safety awareness and reduce the
risk of future incidents or
injuries.
Contractor safety continued to
be an area of focus for
Pengrowth in 2007. Safety forums
were conducted in our
operational areas which allowed
for information sharing and
provided contractors with any
changes to our work practices,
procedures and standards.
Our injury rate performance has
continued to improve due to the
focus we have placed on worker
safety and injury management.
Our lost time injury rate
performance in 2007 of 0.24 lost
hours per 200,000 hours worked
was one of our better
performances over the past nine
years. In 2007, we benefitted
from worker compensation board
premium rate reductions and
rebates due to strong safety
performance.
Going forward, our objectives
remain focused on devising
strategies and actions to
enhance worker safety and
performance.
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