SAFETY AT AECON

SAFETY AT AECON AECON GROUP INC.

CEO

AECON GROUP INC.

COO

OPERATIONS SVP SAFETY &

CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER

EHS PERSONNEL

DIRECTOR OF TRAINING

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSE

WORKERS COMPENSATION

MANAGER

EHS Personnel –

September 2013

Atlantic Canada 5

Ontario 56

Western Canada 99

TOTAL 160

SAFETY ORGANIZATION

EHS PROGRAM OVERVIEW

#1 Core Value = SAFETY FIRST

Proactive and best practice-focused

Behavioural, safety-driven

Developed in-house by Aecon EHS

Department

Complies with all jurisdictions; in many

cases, exceeds legislative requirements

Audited annually by external third-party

safety associations (Canada and USA)

Recognition and Safety Awards throughout

North America

Continuous improvement focus

Annual EHS program review

Best-in-Class focus on Aecon EHS

Management Systems

SAFETY AT AECON

Embracing the concept that safety is the responsibility of all parties

• Each employee, manager and owner must have a common goal and vested

interest in the safety throughout the entire project

• All Health and safety program elements must include input from those involved

(hazard assessments, training, inspections, auditing etc.)

• There must be checks and balances in the processes and systems to ensure all

safe practices are followed

• i.e. Work must be safely planned and hazards controlled

• If not, workers have the right to refuse

• i.e Workers must follow the safe work practices and procedures

• If not, peers, supervisors and management must enforce the rules and

correct the issue

THE KEY TO SUCCESS

PREVENTION / DUE DILIGENCE MODEL –

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

ESTABLISH

STANDARDS

IDENTIFY

COMMUNICATE

TRAINING /

COMPETENCY

INSPECT & MONITOR

CONTROL

DOCUMENT / UPDATE

• Aecon EHS Program • COR Certified • Audited by 3rd parties

Supervisors and workers assessing hazards, identifying controls and planning work together

• Provide orientation • Hazard Specific Training • Supervisor Training

Continuous communication of safe work practices, procedures and objectives

• Supervisor Inspections • JOSH Committee Inspections • Behavioural Observations • Safety Opportunity Reporting

Implement corrective actions and recommendations from: • Supervisors • JOSH Committee • Workers

• Document all actions of supervisors and workers

• Update policies and procedures

FOCUS ON “LEADING INDICATORS”

# of Workplace Orientations

# of Safety Meetings and Topics

Tool Box Safety Talks

Supervisor EHS Inspections

Hazard Assessments: JHA’s, JARR, FMEA

Behavioural Observations

Training Activities (Supervisor, Fall Arrest, Traffic Control, Confined Space

etc.)

Safety Committee Meetings

Safety Opportunity Reports

Workplace-specific initiatives based on trending analysis

(i.e. workplace changes, training, Standing Operating Procedures (SOP’s,

etc.)

LEADING INDICATORS

LEADING INDICATORS VS NLTI FREQUENCY

*2014 Data ending May

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

70000

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 *2014

Leading Activities NLTI

Non-Loss Time Injuries (NLTI) includes all First Aids and Medical Aids NLTI Frequency is per 200k hours worked

SAFETY OPPORTUNITY REPORTING

• Aecon has launched a program focused on tracking key leading indicators such as:

• Safety Opportunities

• Behavioural Observations

• Safety Suggestions

• The program is flexible to allow for reporting onsite through:

• Computers - online

• Mobile devices

• Traditional paper reports

• This process will provide key data on Aecon EHS leading indicators to drive continuous improvement

• Increased reporting from all site employees is key to successfully driving this process

This tells us where we can focus our incident prevention efforts Maintain access / egress ways

Ensure safe tools are supplied and in use (also increases production)

Ensure workers are trained and following safe work practices

Identifying hazards

Category of Opportunity

# Most Common Second Most Common

Environment 303 Weather - rain, ice, snow

(50%) Housekeeping

(35%)

Hardware / Tools & Equipment

161 Defective or failed

(41%) Inadequate tool for job

(30%)

People 199 Failure to follow practice /

procedure (39%)

Worker inattention (39%)

Process/Procedures 112 Hazard not identified by

signage or barriers (53%)

Procedure unclear or no instruction

(35%)

303, 39%

161, 21%

199, 26%

112, 14%

Environment Hardware / Tools & Equipment

People Process/procedures

Cursory Overview of Safety Opportunities

SAFETY OPPORTUNITY REPORTING

SAFETY AT AECON LTI Frequency Ending May 2014

• Aecon Frequency = 0.00

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

LTI Freq

SAFETY AT AECON NLTI Frequency Ending May 2014

14.5

12.6 12.2

10.31

8.88 8.34

7.03

6.28

4.55

Target, 5.97

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

13% Reduction 21% Reduction 29% Reduction 39% Reduction 44% Reduction 57% Reduction

Injury Severity Index measures the level of severity of an injury

Includes First Aids, Medical Aids and Loss Time Injuries

Severity based on a frequency of 200,000 hrs worked

SAFETY AT AECON

0

5

10

15

20

25

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Injury Severity Index Ending December 2013

Injury Severity Index

Linear (Injury Severity Index)

1. Aecon Health and Safety

Systems

2. Occupational

Responsibilities

3. Hazard Identification

4. Safe Work Practices and

Procedures

5. Orientation, Education &

Training

6. Personal Protective

Equipment

7. Workplace Inspections

and Audits

8. Emergency Planning and

Fire Protection

9. Accident / Incident

Investigation and Return to

Work

10. Occupational Health

11. Traffic Control

12. Public Safety, Security and

Environmental Protection

STANDARD TRAINING / AECON COMMON

CORE SUPERVISOR TRAINING

Entire organization under “One Aecon” umbrella

Able to drive consistent training at the supervisor level

Able to drive Aecon’s standard training program across all employees

HAZARD SPECIFIC TRAINING

Confined Space

Fall Protection

WHMIS

Transportation of

Dangerous Goods

Traffic Control

Surface Mines, Pits and

Quarries

COMMON CORE TRAINING MODULES

NEW WORKER AWARENESS PROGRAM

• Program is intended to identify new workers to the construction industry.

• Workers with less than 6 months of industry experience

• Program focus is to identify these workers and our supervisors can provide additional support and mentorship.

• A new worker orientation card and training will be implemented as part of this program.

• Workers will be recognized by wearing a unique Aecon green hard hat.

NATIONAL THIRD-PARTY AUDITS

Aecon undergoes third-party audits by the

Infrastructure Health & Safety Association (IHSA)

Audit consists of:

EHS program review

Site inspections

Verification through documentation,

observation and employee interviews

2012 Audit conducted in Canada

42 workplaces inspected

292 employees interviewed

Audit crossed multiple Aecon business units

Buildings, Utilities, Industrial, Civil, Mechanical

ENSURING CONSISTENCY

ACROSS AECON

COR CERTIFICATION

Provincial Certificate Of Recognition

(COR) Program

Aecon currently COR-certified in:

Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Alberta,

British Columbia, & Ontario

Aecon = first company to achieve

COR designation in Ontario

ENSURING CONSISTENCY

ACROSS AECON

AECON’S SAFETY DAY

Aecon-wide annual event promotes

health and safety

Tool Box Talk delivered by Aecon

CEO, John Beck to all employees

Launch of Aecon’s Annual Safety

Poster

Launch of Aecon’s Annual Children’s

Safety Calendar Contest

2013 Safety Day included staff,

contractors and clients:

> 15,000 participants

> 110 project sites

ENSURING CONSISTENCY

ACROSS AECON

Recognized by Bantrel / ConocoPhillips in 2013 for achieving 1Million

hours without an LTI for pipe fabrication and module assembly on the

Surmont 2 project

Presented the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) National

Safety award in February 2013

Shell VP Safety Award

Presented to Buildings Atlantic - Excellence in Workplace Safety

Award, 2011 – “Employer Safety Champion”

Multiple awards received by various construction associations across

Canada to recognize industry leading results in civil, industrial,

mechanical, electrical and pipeline work

AECON SAFETY

RECOGNITION

CONTRACTOR PREQUALIFICATION

Review/evaluate potential subcontractors:

EHS Management Systems

Historical safety performance

Training in Aecon’s EHS requirements and expectations

Managed by dedicated EHS Staff

BEST-IN-CLASS

PROCESSES

ACCIDENT INCIDENT

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (AIMS)

Centralizes all incident reporting

and tracking

Improves communication and

management of EHS-related

events

Timely follow-up of correctives

actions

BEST-IN-CLASS

PROCESSES

Exist across the organization

Improve safety culture and drive

safety from the top down

Members include Presidents, Vice

Presidents and Senior Managers

Six (6) Aecon Safety Councils:

Sr. Management EHS Council

Transportation EHS Council

Utilities EHS Council

Energy EHS Council

Social Infrastructure EHS

Council

Mining EHS Council

SAFETY

COUNCILS

Aecon Utilities hosts annual Joint

Health and Safety Committee

(JHSC) conferences

Participants include worker and

management representatives for

JHSC in Ontario

Focus placed on developing JHSC

members’ skills to help drive Aecon

safety culture within their business

units

In 2013: approximately 180

participants

JOINT HEALTH &

SAFETY CONFERENCES