The Western Fair Association is committed
to the protection of its employees from injury and occupational
illness by providing and maintaining a safe and healthy
workplace.
For this reason it is extremely important that we announce
that the Western Fair Association has reached an extraordinary
milestone of 1,000,000 hours worked with no-lost-time accidents.
This is a tremendous achievement reached after 31 months
of no injuries or accidents with no lost time.
“We strive to ensure that our employees work within
their scope of training and we are diligent in overseeing
our employees work in a safe environment that does not affect
their safety or the safety of others” says Rob Lilbourne,
Co-Chair of Western Fair Association’s Health and
Safety Committee. “We are constantly training in a
number of areas which include safe work practices in all
areas, WHMIS, first aid, CPR, safe fork-lift operation and
more.”
Employees minimize the potential for workplace accidents
and occupational illness by performing their jobs and maintaining
their workplace in accordance with established procedures
and operating philosophy. “A safety record like this
is very important to Western Fair Association, not just
for the obvious safety of employees, but it speaks to who
we are as an organization and the competency and care our
qualified staff take in everything they do.” Hugh
Mitchell, Chief Operating Officer.
To commemorate the No-Lost-Time achievement, staff will
receive a Western Fair jacket with the marker of 1,000,000
hours no-lost-time accidents.
It is acknowledged that the prevention of accidental injuries
and occupational illness is a shared responsibility of the
Association and its’ managers, supervisors and employees.
The Association, through its’ managers, provides
a cooperative work environment to ensure compliance with
current health and safety legislation.
Heather Blackwell
Corporate Affairs Coordinator
Western Fair Association
(519) 438-7203 EX 261
hblackwell@westernfair.com
