CORky’s Back! Health & Safety Audit May 3 – 6
We’re all responsible for safety at work!
May 3 – 6, Menno Place will be having our annual COR Health & Safety Audit.
You may be asked to meet with the auditor. Let’s all be ready!
Strengthen your COR knowledge by reviewing these safety questions and answers:
RESPONSIBILITY
Q: WHAT ARE MY HEALTH AND SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES AT WORK?
A:
- Protect my health and safety and the health and safety of others
- Follow established safe work procedures
- Use protective equipment, devices and clothing
- Don’t engage in horseplay
- Report unsafe conditions, equipment and acts
- Don’t work under the influence of alcohol or drugs
- Work with the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee
- Cooperate with WorkSafeBC
Q: DO CONTRACTORS HAVE HEALTH AND SAFETY OBLIGATIONS?
A: Yes, they sign a health and safety contract before working on the Menno Place campus.
PPE & EQUIPMENT
Q: HAVE I BEEN TRAINED IN THE USE OF PPE?
A: Yes, there is training in orientation and ongoing training on Surge Learning.
Q: DO I KNOW WHAT TO DO IF I ENCOUNTER BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT?
A: Yes. Use the tag-out process to have the equipment removed and repaired.
EDUCATION
Q: DOES THE EMPLOYER HAVE A FORMAL SAFETY ORIENTATION?
A: Yes, this happens for all new staff, all newly-transferred employees and all who are returning after a lengthy absence.
Q: WHERE DO I FIND SAFE WORK PROCEDURES?
A: They are available in each department and through SharePoint.
EMERGENCY
Q: DO I KNOW HOW TO CONTACT FIRST AID?
A: Yes. Through training in Orientation and signage on OHS bulletin boards.
Q: HAS TRAINING BEEN GIVEN TO EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE A LEAD IN AN EMERGENCY?
A: Yes. Leaders and team members have regular emergency training drills.
REPORTING
Q: IS THERE A SYSTEM FOR ME TO REPORT UNSAFE / UNHEALTHY CONDITIONS OR PRACTICES?
A: Yes. Report to supervisor or submit a WorxHub request.
Q: DO I KNOW HOW TO REPORT AN INCIDENT OR AN ACCIDENT?
A: Complete Near Miss or Incident report.
LEADERSHIP
Q: ARE MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS LEADING BY EXAMPLE?
Q: ARE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS COMMUNICATED TO WORKERS?
COVID-19
Q: DOES MENNO PLACE HAVE A COVID-19 EMERGENCY PLAN?
A: Yes.
…Remember, safety is no accident!
Memo – Menno Place staff working across the Menno Place campus
Effective April 15, 2021 Menno Place team members will once again be able to work across the Menno Place campus in the different buildings. Up until the COVID outbreak at Menno Home, we considered Menno Home, Menno Hospital and Menno Apartments as “one site”, allowing employees to work additional hours in multiple of the buildings. Since the COVID outbreak in Menno Home, we have cohorted employees to one building and one unit with minimal exceptions.
With the high rate of vaccinations in both employees and residents, we are once again consider all of the buildings of Menno Place to be “one site”. Staffing will contact you for shifts in areas you previously worked.
As the rate of COVID-19 and its variants is the highest it has ever been in the community, Menno Place is requiring a strict adherence to the infection control protocols that must take place when working between units of buildings.
This includes showering and a change of clothing when working between units or buildings in a single day. There are more than 30 residents on our campus who have not had opportunity for vaccination, making them especially vulnerable in the current scenario of social visits and more movement of staff.
We are grateful to all of you on the Menno Place team who have worked so hard to keep yourselves safe from COVID, thereby keeping your co-workers and the residents safe. Let’s keep up our strongest defense against this virus as we open up employment across the campus once again – vigilant following of infection control protocols, including vaccination, social distancing and wearing masks/goggles. We are very proud of our amazing Menno Place Team!
CORky’s Back! Health & Safety Audit May 3 – 6
We’re all responsible for safety at work!
May 3 – 6, Menno Place will be having our annual COR Health & Safety Audit.
You may be asked to meet with the auditor. Let’s all be ready!
Strengthen your COR knowledge by reviewing these safety questions and answers:
RESPONSIBILITY
Q: WHAT ARE MY HEALTH AND SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES AT WORK?
A:
- Protect my health and safety and the health and safety of others
- Follow established safe work procedures
- Use protective equipment, devices and clothing
- Don’t engage in horseplay
- Report unsafe conditions, equipment and acts
- Don’t work under the influence of alcohol or drugs
- Work with the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee
- Cooperate with WorkSafeBC
Q: DO CONTRACTORS HAVE HEALTH AND SAFETY OBLIGATIONS?
A: Yes, they sign a health and safety contract before working on the Menno Place campus.
PPE & EQUIPMENT
Q: HAVE I BEEN TRAINED IN THE USE OF PPE?
A: Yes, there is training in orientation and ongoing training on Surge Learning.
Q: DO I KNOW WHAT TO DO IF I ENCOUNTER BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT?
A: Yes. Use the tag-out process to have the equipment removed and repaired.
EDUCATION
Q: DOES THE EMPLOYER HAVE A FORMAL SAFETY ORIENTATION?
A: Yes, this happens for all new staff, all newly-transferred employees and all who are returning after a lengthy absence.
Q: WHERE DO I FIND SAFE WORK PROCEDURES?
A: They are available in each department and through SharePoint.
EMERGENCY
Q: DO I KNOW HOW TO CONTACT FIRST AID?
A: Yes. Through training in Orientation and signage on OHS bulletin boards.
Q: HAS TRAINING BEEN GIVEN TO EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE A LEAD IN AN EMERGENCY?
A: Yes. Leaders and team members have regular emergency training drills.
REPORTING
Q: IS THERE A SYSTEM FOR ME TO REPORT UNSAFE / UNHEALTHY CONDITIONS OR PRACTICES?
A: Yes. Report to supervisor or submit a WorxHub request.
Q: DO I KNOW HOW TO REPORT AN INCIDENT OR AN ACCIDENT?
A: Complete Near Miss or Incident report.
LEADERSHIP
Q: ARE MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS LEADING BY EXAMPLE?
Q: ARE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS COMMUNICATED TO WORKERS?
COVID-19
Q: DOES MENNO PLACE HAVE A COVID-19 EMERGENCY PLAN?
A: Yes.
…Remember, safety is no accident!
Kathrin McMath – Chief Operating Officer
Congratulations to Kathrin McMath!
Newly appointed as Chief Operating Officer.
Kathrin has served 12 years with Menno Place, as both Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of Finance and Operation.
As Chief Operating Office (COO), Kathrin will now have both Directors of Care reporting to her, Home: Kim Scott, Hospital: Smitha Varghese.
Also reporting to the COO will be the Recreation Manager, Joanne Sweeney. All who reported previously to Kathrin will continue to report to her.
Kathrin’s skills and capabilities are evident to all who work closely with her. We are grateful to have her provide an expanded leadership for the Menno Place Team.
Menno Place is seeking a Director of Finance to join our team.
Please congratulate Kathrin on her new appointment!