Santa’s favourite ICBA elves — Kerry Vital and Jordan Bateman — talk about two upcoming ICBA Training courses:
- Leading and Managing Organizational Change (Dec 2-3)
- Holiday Debt Hangover (Dec 8) ***Free for ICBA Members***
Month: November 2020
ICBA NEWS: Safety Merits Contest 2020
Workplace Safety is a team effort – and ICBA is again going to reward one of our members’ workers for their safe work practices! All ICBA members are invited to submit the names of their safest workers — as long as they meet the criteria below.
The winner, drawn at random from all the workers’ names submitted, will win $1,500 from ICBA!
The submission deadline for ICBA’s annual Safety Merits Contest is noon Pacific, Thursday, December 17, 2020. Don’t miss your chance to submit the names of your company’s safest workers.
Entrants must be employed below the superintendent level (office staff are not eligible) and must have worked a minimum of 2,500 hours without any time lost due to an accident.
The construction industry recognizes that a safe workplace is the responsibility of management and of the workers on site. The industry realizes that those individuals who have taken great care to avoid injury to themselves and others are invaluable to their firm and an example for all workers. The purpose of the Safety Merits Contest is for the industry to recognize these individuals, draw attention to their achievement, and encourage others to follow their example.
CONTEST RULES
1) All entrants must be employed by an ICBA member company.
2) Entrants must be employed below the superintendent level. Office staff are NOT eligible.
3) Entrants must have worked a minimum of 2,500 hours for one employer without any time lost due to an accident as of November 15, 2020. Proof of hours may have to be submitted and verified. Note: The required hours need not have been worked consecutively with that one firm.
4) Names of those who meet the above criteria are to be submitted to the ICBA office by the employer to ally@icba.ca (Excel spreadsheet preferred) no later than noon Pacific time, Thursday, December 17, 2020.
5) Names of employees submitted in previous Safety Merits Contests may be submitted again.
6) One name will be drawn at random.
PRIZE: $1,500
#BCPOLI HOTSTOVE: Cabinet Making & Hope Breaking
John Horgan unveiled his cabinet yesterday, and our Jordan Bateman joined TheOrca.ca’s Maclean Kay to break down the winners and losers in this round of cabinet-making. Plus they discuss the wisdom of flashing a Vulcan salute during a swearing-in ceremony.
ICBA NEWS: Lincor Wins 2020 Gord Stewart Safety Award!
Congratulations to Lincor Enterprises Ltd., which has won the 2020 ICBA Gord Stewart Award for its outstanding Industrial Athletes Injury Prevention Program.
The Gord Stewart Award is presented annually by ICBA and WorkSafeBC to acknowledge individuals and companies for their efforts in the prevention of workplace incidents, injuries and illnesses. The award recognizes the employee or team of employees who come up with an innovative program, policy, tool or project that demonstrates a proven accomplishment in the area of health and safety for the construction industry sector. The Award comes with a $5,000 prize.
In 2020, Lincor Enterprises started a pilot program using technology and a team of contracted physiotherapists to provide a personalized, engaging and comprehensive physiotherapy program. This innovative new program initiative is designed to add value to their existing Health and Wellness program by connecting staff with a unique set of services not previously available to construction companies in British Columbia.
An initial screening of participants at the UBC Allan McGavin Sports Physiotherapy clinic provides a baseline and serves as the starting point for a daily warm up and cool down program. This screening is repeated every six months while weekly surveys are conducted between the physiotherapists and company employees to ensure the exercise routines are meaningful and effective. Another positive outcome of this experience is the team building taking place at the start of shift on site when employees do their daily warm-up together.
A key driver for this program was the current basic approach to injuries on site, send someone home or work through the pain. This new innovative program provides construction workers access to a personalized physiotherapy program as well as a physio on demand through zoom, phone or text during regular working hours.
A major barrier Lincor had to overcome was combating the stigma was associated with workers looking “soft” on the job site by doing yoga exercises or warming up in a group setting each morning. Another barrier was the technology required to provide an app-based program allowing video calling, text surveys and confidential relaying of information between the physio clinic and company employees.
The innovation reduces workplace risks by making construction workers aware of ongoing injuries, wear and tear, and things they may typically work through. Additionally, workers are being contacted by the same physiotherapist week after week and developing a relationship while working towards improving their baseline health and mobility. There is a mental health and wellbeing component that can be associated to this type of care.
The information is very current and is being updated on a weekly basis with feedback provided to and from both the physiotherapists and construction workers.
This innovation is transforming construction workers, who typically endure heavy loads of physical strain over extended periods of time, into industrial athletes who are being given the tools and resources to understand what is hurting them, how to take better care of their bodies on a daily basis and set long term health and wellness goals measured every six months in a renowned physiotherapy clinic.
Congratulations Lincor!