Bruce Power’s Health & Safety JourneyThe Program is Just the Beginning

Frank Saunders, VP, Nuclear Oversight & Regulatory AffairsMarch 23, 2016

• A Bit About Bruce Power

• Safety First and Always

• A Managed Approach

• How Have We Done?

• Where is Zero?

• Humans - Making it Real

• The Impact of Culture

• What About Contractor Safety?

Outline

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• World’s largest operating nuclear power facility

• Eight units on a 12-square kilometre site

• 6,300 MW(e) or ~ 30% of Ontario’s electricity

• Largest private investor in Ontario’s infrastructure over the last decade

• Majority of employees owners in the business

A Bit About Bruce Power

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• Safety First not just a priority - A Core Value

• Central to everything we do

• A duty of care to our employees, local communities and the Canadian public

Safety First and Always

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• Integral to all activities at the Bruce site and external facilities

• Factored into all aspects of our work planning, preparation and task execution

The Four Pillars of Nuclear Safety

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• A management

framework is essential

to success

• Began with Industrial

Safety Rating System

starting in 2001

• Moved to OHSAS

18001 in 2009

• Part of our overall

Integrated

Management System

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A Managed Approach

How Have We Done?

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• Managed approach

is absolutely

essential, but…

• People are a key

element in achieving

success

• How do we maintain

people’s active

engagement when

events are so few?

Where is ZERO?

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Making It Real

Monthly Safety Videos:

• Material is personalized through staff participation

• Wide range of timely topics

• Leaders discuss the broader impact of safety on business performance

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Weekly Safety

Message sent

directly to staff from

the CEO

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Making It Real

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Live Quarterly CEO Team Talks:

• Sessions engage

staff on topics

impacting safety,

quality and

performance

• Fully interactive

webcasts unite

the site and

external offices

Making It Real

• On-site medical clinics

• On-site fitness centres

• Health and Wellness fairs

• Daily stretching regimen available to work crews promotes fitness for duty

• Joint Healthy Workplace Committee

• Resources to set shift workers up for success

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Making It Real

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Encouraging Innovation:

• Online portal for

employee ideas to

improve safety, quality

and efficiency

• Rewards tied in to

ideas implemented

• Leaders and line staff

collaborate from idea

development to

implementation

Making It Real

Making It Real

Leaders in the Field:

• Observation and coaching in the field

• Visibility of leaders strengthens safety performance

• Reinforces general safety rules and behaviours

• Promotes a reporting culture for adverse conditions

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Making It Real

• Human performance advocates visible and available to staff during planned outages

• Support Core 4 Human Performance Tools

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Making It Real

Dynamic Learning:

• Hands-on exercises to confirm employee understanding of “Core 4” principles

• Dynamic Learning Activities completed quarterly by staff

• “Murphy’s Alley” simulation facility

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The Impact of Culture

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Pursued at All Levels

• Senior Leaders

• Field-based Leaders

• Shop floor employees

• External Collaboration

The Impact of Culture

Safety Culture Assessments:

• Site-wide assessment conducted every 3 years

• Insight from interviews, surveys and focus groups

• Monitoring panels 2 – 3 times per year

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Safety Culture Monitoring

• Nuclear Safety Culture Steering Committee

• Nuclear Safety Culture Working Group

• Senior Leadership Team Review and Reflection sessions

• Staff awareness building and training

The Impact of Culture

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What About Contractor Safety?

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Increasing Contractor Effort:

• Deal with IESO secures 6,300 MW and a multi-year investment in our site

• Secures operation to 2064

• Will generate up to 5,000

jobs annually throughout

the investment program

• Billions in benefits for

Ontario’s economy over

the course of the program

What About Contractor Safety?

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Contractors are required to

meet or exceed Bruce Power’s

established safety standards

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Onboarding and Training:

• Onboarding is more than just orientation

• Pre-arrival preparation

• General orientation

• Detailed goal setting

• Comprehensive training

• Benefits of doing it right• Shorter learning curve

• Stronger engagement

• Faster contribution

What About Contractor Safety?

Inclusive Supplemental Trade Worker (ISTW) Training:

• Two days of intensive safety

training with tests and field

work simulations

• Dynamic learning activities

strengthen human

performance skills

What About Contractor Safety?

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• Human Performance Tools for Workers

• Work Protection

• Hazard Assessment

• Pre-Job Briefings

• Foreign Material Exclusion (FME)

• Confined Space

• Access Control

• Fall protection

• Safety System Environmental Qualification

• Plant Status Control

ISTW examples:

What About Contractor Safety?

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Job-Specific Training:

• Delivered as required

for specialized tasks

• Examples include:

– Respiratory protection

– Fire safety / hot work

– Rigging and craning

– Pressure boundary

– Radiation protection,

e.g. Orange Badge

– Plastic suit, Rad PPE

What About Contractor Safety?

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New approaches to Human Performance and Safety Culture

Sharing of lessons learned

Increased collaboration on planning, training and oversight

Sharing Safety Culture Assessment results

Increasing Contractor involvement:

What About Contractor Safety?

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CEO Health & Safety Leadership Network:

• A distinguished group of leaders who share a

commitment to building sustainable businesses

and communities

• Helping to shape health and safety policy in the

province of Ontario and nation-wide

• Join us at the Network Roundtable on April 26th,

in conjunction with Partners in Prevention 2016

External Collaboration

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Questions?