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Jamie Creswell, General Manager

Health & Safety, Redpath Canada Limited

Participation in Technical Program, Wednesday May 6, 11:20-11:45, Room 11 

Jamie Creswell, General Manager, Health & Safety, Redpath Canada Limited, will give a presentation on "Engaging Employees Through Modern Workplace Inspections" as part of the Safety Culture, Human Performance and Risk Management stream of CIM Connect's technical program.

Underground mining leaders, supervisors and miners face increasing demands to proactively manage safety in the workplace through high-quality, sustainable tools for workplace inspections and meaningful engagement. This presentation explores Redpath Canada Limited's new 5-Point Workplace Inspection System. This is far from the 5-point card many may remember from decades past.

The 5-Point Safety System was developed in 1942 by Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee and Mining Engineer, Neil George. This simple 5-point system institutionalized proactive safety thinking, originally in the province of Ontario. The use of the system soon saw decreases in injury frequencies for those using the tool and helped many mines to obtain John T. Ryan trophies. The system spread internationally and for many years was widely used by many mining companies and contractors alike.

While many chose to leave the 5-Point Safety System behind, Redpath sought to make it better. Part of the motivation to keep the system in place, was to build on a strong existing foundation of knowledge, but equally important was the desire to avoid the adoption of transient or superficial safety trends. A full redesign of the card was undertaken in 2023 to expand on Neil George's original points by adding detailed workplace and task-specific questions, embedding Fatal Risks, connecting the card to Critical Controls and a Field Level Hazard Assessment for nonroutine tasks without fatal risks.

This presentation will highlight a modern approach to workplace inspections and supervisor/worker engagements in active mining environments.

In the presentation, Jamie will cover:

• Review the history of the 5-Point Safety System
• Overview of the redesigned tool
• Training
• Outcomes and lessons learned
• Next steps
• Interactive Q & A

By sharing real world examples and concrete takeaways, we aim to have participants return to their organization with practical workplace inspection and engagement strategies to employ in their own workplaces.

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