Who's Your Champion?

Everyone has the ability as well as the responsiblity make the workplace safer. We want to encourage people to work within their departments collaboratively to build a better Safety Culture.

Have you seen a co-worker take time out of their day to improve workplace safety? Has someone done something with the safety of others in mind? Has your team come together to solve a problem and make it safer for everyone?

 Here are some examples of pro-safety performance:

• Ensuring Personal Protective Equipment is regularly inspected, cleaned and properly stored
• Taking time before working to consider all the hazards have been addressed
• Coming up with creative solutions for office setups to promote physical distancing
• Assessing renovated space for safety supplies like AEDs and First Aid Kits
• Filing a hazard report to your supervisor

Then let us know who's a safety champion!

This month's Safety Champions:

Aaron Amado – Recreation Services. Aaron supervises community and facility attendants in the Duckworth and Recplex. He uses Campus Optics to supervise daily opening and closing inspections conducted by the attendants, as well as periodic rover check inspections to ensure the facility is free from hazards and is demonstrating a high level of professional presentation. As of this writing, Aaron has logged in to Campus Optics 377 times. He says it’s something he uses every day.

Ramin Vakili – Chemistry Department. Ramin is a technician in the Chemistry department who prepares laboratory materials for teaching, as well as maintaining the University of Winnipeg Nuclear Magnetic Resonance device. He recently identified the need to perform a decommissioning and disposal of controlled products in a laboratory in order to prepare it for a new researcher. He contacted the safety office of a hazardous condition. The Safety Office staff investigated and Ramin assisted in the packing and segregation of the materials in order to decommission the lab.

Joey Cabrera – Facilities Service Worker – Joey works as a service worker who maintains small engines and other fleet vehicles. He recently prepared a Safe Work Procedure for using an electric vehicle on short notice while preparing for the University of Winnipeg to potentially house Wildfire evacuees to the Recplex which was being set up by the Red Cross as a service center.

Habtemu Seneshaw – Security Guard –  Seneshaw is a guard who works overnight and is singly responsible for discovery and safe disposal of syringes.