5.1        Recognition / Reward for Desired Behaviors

Category 1

Category 1 is intended to recognize those safety behaviors that lead to a significant improvement in performance, or directly prevent a serious incident from happening.  These types of outstanding behaviors will receive significant recognition and reward.

Examples of behaviors that fall into this category include:

·              Identification and implementation of a safety improvement opportunity which delivers a step change result.

·              Prevention or avoidance of a probable serious incident through direct intervention.

·              Consistent demonstration of safety leadership well beyond that of peer group.

·              Key enabler of workgroup safety culture change.

Category 1 behaviors shall be consistent across ICM Inc., and the decision to provide Category 1 recognition will involve the Corporate Manager of Health and Safety.  Individuals or teams receiving Category 1 recognition will become the nominees for the President’s Safety Award.

Category 2

Category 2 is intended to recognize those behaviors that are above and beyond normal expectations and enable an improvement in safety performance.

Recognition / reward for Category 2 safety behaviors could include things like lunch or dinner for an employee, clothing, movie tickets, small gifts, or written recognition.

Examples of behaviors that fall into this category include:

·              Repeated intervention with others which leads to a measurable change in behavior or performance.

·              Achieving significant group or individual safety improvement milestones.

·              Developing safety best practices and sharing those with other work groups or locations.

·              Improving safety performance through the championing of improvements tools or practices.

·              Demonstrated leadership on a safety related activity.

Individuals or teams receiving Category 2 recognition will be determined by local leadership.

Note:  Category 2 recognition and reward guidelines may be modified by individual sites and organizations to reflect existing local programs which are achieving the desired results.  Local modifications will be reviewed with the Corporate Manager of Health and Safety to ensure consistency with the intent of this policy.  The review will occur prior to change being made.

5.2        Consequences for Undesired Behaviors

Category 1

Behaviors that have the potential to endanger life will subject an employee to an immediate termination review.  The following are examples of behaviors that fall into this category:

·              Violation of a life-critical standard or policy (examples include, but are not limited to the below).  Note that this not intended to include minor technical violations of a standard, but rather a significant deviation.

·        Lockout / Tag out

·        Confined Space

·        Fall Protection

·        Failure to wear a life jacket where required

·        Hot work violation in an area where flammables are present

·        Failure to ground flammables during a transfer operation

·              Grossly negligent or willful behavior, examples of which

include:

·        Instructing an employee, contractor or visitor to violate or compromise a life critical standard for policy

·        Falsification of records related to injuries or safety incidents.

·        Repeated Category 2 violations.

To ensure consistency across ICM, the Corporate Manager, Human Resources and the Corporate Manager of Health and Safety will participate in these reviews. 

Category 2

Serious, but non-life threatening violations, will subject an employee to an immediate suspension review.  Examples include, but are not limited to the below:

·        Failure to complete (and document) the following required safety

reviews

·        Pre-job analyses required by the Contractor Standard

·        MSHA daily work-shift exams

·        Mobile equipment checklists (JLG, forklifts, aerial lifts)

·        Critical checklists are defined by the site

·        Failure to report injuries of safety incidents

·        Operating equipment without required task training.

·        Reckless operation of mobile equipment (this could move up to Category 1 depending upon the circumstances).

To ensure consistency across ICM Inc., the Corporate Manager, Human Resources and the Corporate Manager of Health and Safety will participate in these reviews along with the local / functional leadership team.

All other violations of safety rules

Company safety policies, procedures and rules exist to ensure the safety of employees and compliance with regulations.  Safety violations falling outside the categories described above will subject the employee to either the disciplinary actions identified in the policy, procedure, or rule which has been violated, or to the progressive discipline policy.

Decisions on progressive discipline will be determined locally by local leadership.

Note on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

The proper use of PPE is critical to ensuring personal safety.  Individuals will be held accountable for properly using area and task specific PPE.

5.3        STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDE

While ICM acknowledges that it cannot control what people “think, say, or do,” it is a commitment of the Company to suggest and attempt to influence personal attitude and behavior.  The rationale for this effort is based on general knowledge that attitudes have a bearing on performance and safety.  The Company will add training components on the following areas. 

·        The Four Way Test (as adopted by Rotary International)

o       It is Truth?

o       Is it fair to all concerned?

o       Will it build Good Will and better Friendships?

o       Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

·        What is meant by living truthfully?

·        What is meant by a positive attitude?

·        How to live without resentment and anger.

·        How to live in an assertive way.

·        How to be a “willing” employee.

·        What it takes to be concerned for others.

These and other positive areas of training are part of our training, safety, and management program.  It is the company’s commitment to improve the lives of our employees, contractors, and clients through our example.  At ICM, we set a higher standard in our ongoing effort to create a fair, responsible, and healthy working environment.

6.0        COMMUNICATIONS:

Local / Functional Managers are responsible for communicating this policy to all employees.

7.0        TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:

New Employees training

Annual Refresher

8.0        RECORDS:

All records associated with this policy will be kept in accordance with the company’s Record Retention Policy.

9.0     REFERENCES:

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                                                                                 Burnell Zercher

                                                                                 President

                                                                                 Industrial Constructors/Managers, Inc