In 2022, the easing of health measures by Canada’s authorities

gave us the opportunity to refocus our efforts on initiatives that

we had previously undertaken and on a more stringent implemen-

tation of our procedures. Our OHS and work site teams had been

responsible for our COVID protocol since 2020 in addition to their

regular duties. Unfortunately, during this period, we lost a few of

our hard-won achievements since 2014, such as compliance with

wearing safety glasses.

We also saw a slight drop in our health and safety performance.

This can partly be explained by the labour shortage that we are cur-

rently facing. Several tens of thousands of new workers joined our

industry over the last year, and new employees are often less aware

and less experienced, which can increase the risk of incidents.

Despite these results, our lower insurance premium rate proves

that our performance is above the industry average, coast to coast.

The contribution rate to various provincial OHS organizations is

calculated based on the risk of accidents and their cost for every

$100 of insurable payroll. Given that our rate is impacted by our past

performance and by the performance of other industry employers,

our 2022 rate demonstrates our strong management of OHS chal-

lenges compared with all other industry employers.

To better develop OHS leadership and culture among our trade part-

ners’ supervisors, we created a new mandatory online self-training

module. In 2022, these supervisors participated in 169 training

courses. The Influence Program for all our superintendents was

also a key factor in developing our OHS leadership and culture. As

of December 31, 2022, we had trained 80% of our superintendents,

and we are maintaining this momentum in 2023. By developing the

emotional intelligence of our superintendents, we’re promoting

dialogue and sensitivity on our work sites, and this means more

effective control of OHS.

With the aim of improving our performance, we’re relying on our

sense of innovation, our leadership and our presence on our work-

sites so that we can develop awareness-raising tools and train our

employees to prevent incidents.

Our company is growing and we’re working on

ever-more complex projects, but we’re still uncompromising

when it comes to the health and safety of our people,

our partners and the general public. In fact, we’re

exponentially increasing innovative ways to train and

support our people and avoid accidents while exceeding

clients’ expectations.

Mitch Flannigan, Field Health and Safety Coordinator,

Canadan Building Operations, Halifax

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