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Pengrowth continued to show progress in the area of health
and safety in 2008. This was accomplished through the
development of clear goals and initiatives and by
actively involving our team members and contractors in
the process. We remain committed to protecting the
health and safety of our team members, our neighbours
and the general public by focusing on key safety
management system elements.
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To ensure compliance and ongoing
improvement in our safety
program, an internal audit of
Pengrowth’s safety management
system was conducted in the
fourth quarter of 2008. The
audit was a maintenance
requirement of our Alberta
Partnerships Certificate of
Recognition program and is
designed to ensure that our
safety management system
continues to function as
intended. Safety opportunities
identified from the audit will
be the focus of our ongoing
continuous improvement work in
2009.
Emergency response preparedness
continues to be primary for
Pengrowth. Safety for both team
members and the public is
maintained by ensuring that
emergency response plans are in
place and updated regularly.
Most importantly, ongoing
emergency response exercises and
drills are conducted with area
operations, leadership and
regulatory agencies in order to
ensure that personnel understand
their responsibilities in the
case of an unplanned event.
Ensuring our team members have
access to the most current
information related to critical
work procedures is a major
component of our safety
management system and
contributes to team member
competence in performing
designated tasks.
Ongoing safety training also
helps ensure that our team
members have the skills they
need to work safely. In 2008 we
provided our supervisors and
managers with incident
investigation training, giving
them the necessary tools to
conduct an effective
investigation. Conducting a
thorough incident investigation
and implementing effective
actions to prevent reoccurrence
is the key to effective incident
management. As driving is one of
the highest risk activities we
perform, our driving behaviour
and our hands-on training
programs were initiated in 2008
and will continue in 2009.
For the benefit of our
contractors, we continued to
implement safety forums in our
operational areas, in 2008. The
theme of our 2008 safety forums
was Safety Leadership which
encouraged all owners and
supervisors to take an active
role in team member safety and
raising awareness. The forums
also allowed for safety
information sharing and
providing contractors with any
required changes to our work
practices, procedures and
standards.
Success in managing health and
safety is dependent on engaging
our team members and contractors
in the process and raising their
safety awareness. We will
continue to implement the
recommendations identified from
our internal audits and from the
feedback received from all team
members involved in our
operations.
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