Health and Safety

Health and Safety is always our first priority when it comes to our staff and employees. 

To provide our employees with most knowledge of health and safety, before working in the field. 

We also offer other courses with certificates for through our WorkHub; 

•  WHMIS  
•  First Aid Awareness 
•  Hazard Management 
•  Equipment and Tool Hazards 
•  Ground Disturbance Awareness Lvl 1&2 
• and many more. 

 A.G. Chapman Enterprises (the “Business”) is committed to the health, safety, and wellbeing of its workers and of all individuals who enter its workplace. For the purposes of this Policy, the terms “worker” and “workers” include any volunteers, trainees, and apprentices.

 It is our policy to provide a safe work environment for all of our workers at all times by continuously promoting safe work practices, educating, and training our workers regarding all applicable health and safety laws and best practices (including their specific duties and obligations under health and safety legislation) and regularly inspecting and evaluating our workplace in order to identify any existing or potential hazards so that they can be avoided, if not eliminated.  

 The duty to maintain a safe workplace is shared equally by all our workers. Supervisory personnel and members of our management are responsible for ensuring that our workers are aware of and carrying out their duties in accordance with all the health and safety policies and procedures that we have in place from time to time, including those that are set out in this policy manual. 

 It is our goal to foster and maintain a culture of health and safety compliance within our enterprise so that workplace safety becomes an attitude that all our workers carry with them both on and off the job. However, we also recognize that the creation, maintenance and promotion of health and safety programs, policies, procedures, and protocols is an organic exercise, and as a result, our own programs, policies, procedures, and protocols will need to be amended, revised, updated, and modified from time to time as the Business changes and matures to ensure that our workplace is safe. The Business will ensure that the manual and program will be reviewed annually to ensure compliance and validity. 

 It is the policy of the Business to abide by all the rules and provisions contained in the applicable Legislation, Regulations and Codes, and as all of them may be amended from time to time. For further clarity, if any provision of any of our health and safety programs, policies, procedures, or protocols conflict with the provision of the applicable legislation, then the provisions or any other applicable legislation shall prevail.  

•   Take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances to protect the health and safety of workers. 
•  When appointing a supervisor, appoint a competent person. 
•  Regularly monitor the levels of biological, chemical, or physical agents in a workplace and keep and post accurate records thereof as required by law. 
•  Cooperate with third parties in the event of a medical emergency. 
•  Cooperate with third parties in the event of a medical emergency. 
•  Limit the exposure of workers to biological, chemical, and physical agents to the amounts and standards prescribed by law. 
•  Ensure that all workers are working safely and using protective devices, equipment, and clothing properly at all times. 
•  Immediately inform a worker of the existence of any potential or actual danger to their health and safety, and if necessary, or if required by law, provide the worker with written instructions as to the measures and procedures to be taken to protect the worker. 

 Hazard Identification Before hazards can be eliminated or controlled, it is necessary that they first be recognized. The goal of hazard identification is to find and record possible hazards that may be present in your workplace. It may help to work as a team and include both people familiar with the work area, as well as people who are not – this way you have both the experienced and fresh eye to conduct the inspection.

 Every workplace consists of four major components. These are: 

1.  The people (employees, visitors, clients, suppliers, sub-contractors, etc.). 
2.  The environment they work in. 
3.  The materials they work with; and 
4.  The equipment and tools they use.