b'CSAM NEWSFIND OUT HOW YOURCOMPANY MEASURES UPWith CSAMs New INDICATOR Dashboarddecrease in building construction time-loss injuries since CSAMs inception By Carly Nicholson, Marketing & Communications Coordinator, CSAM in 1989there are still significant hazards. In 2017, workers in Manitobas The Construction Safety Association offor evaluating their organizationsconstruction industry had the highest Manitobas vision is to foster a cultureresults compared to others inrate of injury, of which half were time-of safety in the building constructionManitobas building constructionloss injuries. industry by offering Practical Solutionsindustry. By enabling organizations to perform a for a Safer Workplace.Data was collected from over 910full-spectrum scan of their health and At the 2019 CSAM: THE Safetycompanies, including approximatelysafety program to achieve efficiencies Conference, your Construction Safety250 small businesses. This baselineand increased effectiveness, INDICATOR Association of Manitoba proudlydata will offer participating firms anwill advance the protection of premiered INDICATOR, a web-basedopportunity to benchmark their safetyconstruction workers in Manitoba. The tool designed to help your organizationperformance against other companiescomparative data also allows companies improve its safety performance. Thiswithin their trade and region ofacross the building construction tool will change the conversation onManitobas construction industry inindustry to evaluate their safety construction safety in Manitoba, saysareas such as safety culture, employeepractices and utilize the successes Derek Pott, Operations Manager forengagement, hazard identification andof other trades as a template. This CSAM. The dashboard not only tellsergonomics. It will give firms a wholisticprovides several possibilities, including you where you need to improve, itperspective on their safety efforts.coordination across subsectors to lower shows you how. In keeping with providing practicalthe risk category for their entire WCB Developed in conjunction with thesolutions, INDICATOR then providesclassification, as well as evaluating Institute for Work and Health, a leadinglinks to resources to help improveareas of weakness province-wide and not-for-profit health and safety researchscores for each of the survey measures.providing further resources, training organization in Toronto, the ManitobaThe intention is to move the needleand education in those areas.Construction Safety Performance Surveyon an organizations average score forIt is my hope that this tool will was released in September 2017. Theeach measure and raise the standardcontinue to be refined by the building survey was the first step in developingof safety in Manitoba. Though theconstruction industry in Manitoba, and the organizational data needed forimplementation of safety programsthen adopted by other industries across companies to evaluate and define bestand standards has greatly reducedthe province, and across the country, to safety and health practices.injuries in the building constructionfurther improve the standard of safety Over the past year, buildingindustrythere has been a 68 per centfor all workers, says Pott.construction companies from theFor more information or to experience INDICATOR for yourself largest prime contractor to the smallestand help move the needle in your organization, please visit local construction crew have beenconstructionsafety.ca/indicator. If you have questions, contactinvited to take part in the survey to204-775-3171. To see more of your Construction Safety Association provide the baseline data. Participantsof Manitobas offered programs, initiatives and resources, visit received their own benchmarkingconstructionsafety.ca.report, laying out a statistical snapshot GKW Construction Inc.Masonry ContractorHenry Mirau, GM: henry@gkwconst.com 24-hour service Special hazard suppression systemsAutomatic re sprinklers Installations, inspections, repairs Glenn Briggs, Project Manager:Residential re sprinklers and maintenanceglenn@gkwconst.com Fire alarm systems and devices Backow preventionNotier engineered systems distributor Certied techniciansSecurity/Alarms Monitoring ServicesPh:204-633-7000Fax:204-694-5042 Ph: 204-783-2420www.vipond.caFax: 204-786-1321Issue 1SpringEdition 2019 BUILD MANITOBA 27'