December 6, 2024
The purpose of this guideline is to help organizations in the energy sector (and others) design and implement an effective journey management program. The goal is to assist in assessing journey hazards and in minimizing unnecessary trips.
Journey-Management-Guideline-Nov-2024.pdf
November 25, 2024
This guideline provides a strong foundation for the development of a comprehensive program for working on or around oil sands tailing ponds.
Working-On-and-Around-Oil-Sands-Tailings-Ponds-Guideline.pdf
February 21, 2023
This guideline has been developed to provide light and medium duty vehicle operators in the energy industry with general information to avoid injury and damage while attempting to recover stuck vehicles. While acknowledging that every situation is unique and must be evaluated, this document gives an overview of commonly used equipment, and the general process to use, as well as identifies common hazards.
IDS-GDL-034-Vehicle-Recovery-Guideline-2023-Final.pdf
February 3, 2023
This guideline provides information and instructions to classify and report process safety events (PSEs) at a corporate level and within the secure members-only Energy Safety Canada (ESC) Data Gateway.
Process-Safety-Metrics-and-Event-Reporting-Guide-June-2023.pdf
April 11, 2022
The guideline focuses on outdoor lighting requirements for mobilization and demobilization of drilling equipment on a lease site, ancillary drilling activities and lease site servicing operations. The intent of this guideline is to clarify roles and responsibilities, assist operators and contractors with determining minimum lighting requirements, and improve the safety and security of people and property on lease sites.
Lease-Lighting-Guideline-April-2022.pdf
December 1, 2021
A Joint Work Site Health and Safety Committee (HSC) is a group of worker and
management representatives collaborating to reduce injuries and incidents and to
promote health and safety in the workplace.
Joint-Work-Site-Health-and-Safety-Committee-Program-Development-Guideline.pdf
October 13, 2021
The guideline provides a framework for recording and calculating occupational health and safety metrics for the Canadian energy industry.
Health-and-Safety-Metrics-Guide.pdf
February 25, 2020
Energy Safety Canada is developing Fit for Duty: A Program Development Guideline. This guideline provides direction for developing an effective fit for duty program that ensures workers have the capacity to safely conduct work. The guideline goes hand in hand with the Fit for Duty Life Saving Rule.
Fit-for-Duty-Toolbox-Talk.pdf Fit-for-Duty-Toolbox-Talk-(Notes-Included).pdf Fit-for-Duty-Workplace-Exposures-Toolbox-Talk.pdf Fit-for-Duty-Covid-19-Toolbox-Talk.pdf
February 6, 2020
The purpose of this guide is to outline and encourage a standard set of directional signals for guiding vehicles at worksites. Standard directional signals across the industry improve communication between drivers and guides and reduce the risk of vehicle related incidents. The goal is to prevent accidents and injuries that could occur due to blind spots and undetected movement of personnel and equipment.
Workers-Guide-to-Hand-Signals-for-Directing-Vehicles-Aug-16-2018.pdf