b'SAFETY & SECURITYThe CCM approach toFATALITYPREVENTIONBy Nancy WilkCritical control management helps companies achieve a goal of zero fatalitiesA ttheOSSGA2019 Operations,Healthand SafetySeminarheldin Toronto last January, a presentation on Critical Control Management (CCM)wasdeliveredbyGolder AssociatesLtd.Thepresentation wasareviewanddiscussionof CCM, a well-established approach used for the prevention of material unwanted events (MUE) in many high-risk industries.The key focus of the presentation wasfatalityprevention.During andfollowingtheOpsH&S Seminar,anumberofattendees tookthetimetocommentand discuss information shared in the presentation and to express interest infurthersharingofCCMand itsapplication.Thissubmission provides a general overview of theNancy Wilk, a Senior Practice Leader at Golder Associates, shares her informationandopinionssharedinsight on safety at the OSSGA Operations, Health & Safety Seminarthrough the cited presentation to theOSSGAmembershipearlier this year.In2015,theCCMapproachwaspublishedbytheInternationalThe practice of occupational health and safety (OHS) often depends Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) to address the prevention ofupon the application of the Safety Triangle, also known as the Heinrich/MUEs such as workplace fatalities and other catastrophes.CCM isBird Safety Pyramid, as a prevention tool. While the Safety Triangle the process of managing the risk of MUEs that involves a systematiccanbehelpfulinbuildingandsupportingareportingcultureand approach to ensure critical controls are in place and effective.1 Golderencouraging employee engagement in OHS, reliance upon the Safety has studied and applied this approach to sharpen the organizationsTriangle may lead to the belief that the preventive approach to OHS is focus on events with potential to cause serious incident or fatality.mitigating the risk of all incidents, including rare, high severity events. 1ICMM (2015), Health and Safety Critical Control Management: The Safety Triangle theory indicates that major injuries are rare Good Practice Guide, p.5 events and that the more frequent, less serious events provide many 12 AVENUESFALL 2019'