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Summit has implemented systems to ensure we complete our work safely,
efficiently, and to strict levels of accountability and excellence.
We have documented systems in
• Health and safety
• Environment
• Quality
Our systems have five interrelated components:
• Training
• Inspections
• Audits
• Investigations
• Documentation
Training
Every employee receives training prior to commencing work. It
is where we communicate values, and teach company policies and
safe operating procedures for all aspects of our operation.
Training also allows us to introduce the ethic that underlies
our systems-the critical importance of their implementation and
the consequences of their breakdown.
Inspections
Inspections ensure our facilities and activities are safe and
meet or exceed environmental regulations. Regular inspections
are carried out and documented on the following:
• Vehicles
• Camp facilities
• Fuel facilities
• Chemical storage areas
• Quality
• Work sites and field operations
Audits
Audits assess our safety and environmental systems as a whole.
These audits ensure that system components are being employed
as intended, and notes deficiencies to be evaluated and improved.
Investigations
Summit conducts a formal investigation of any incident or accident.
An accident is a situation that results in injury, property damage,
or the loss or process resulting in down time. An indecent is
a situation that has the potential to become an accident.
The intent of our investigations is to determine the root cause
of an incident or accident, not to assign blame to any one person.
This information is then communicated to employees to avoid similar
events in the future. It is also used to update our policies,
procedures, and training design on an ongoing basis.
Documentation
All of our training, inspections, audits, and investigations are
documented and signed off by a supervisor. These documents are
reviewed at the year-end safety meeting as part of our on-going
process of system improvement
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