Compliance verification activity type: Field Inspection
Team:
Regulated company: Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC
Operating company: Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC
Province(s) / Territory(s):
Discipline(s):
Related events:
Rationale and scope:
Burnaby and Westridge Terminals - Trans Mountain Expansion Project. Safety oversight of construction activities - worker safety [- Assess compliance with the OPR (Safety Management Program), CLC requirements and construction safety manuals/project specific safety plans.
Compliance tool(s) used:
Facilities:
Facility Types
Life-cycle Phases
Regulatory requirements that apply to this activity:
Observation 1 - General Observations - Burnaby Terminal
Date & time of visit: 2020-01-08 12:00
Discipline: Safety Management
Categories:
Facility:
Observations:
Compliance tool used: No compliance tool used
Observation 2 - General Observations - Westridge Marine Terminal
Date & time of visit: 2020-01-09 11:00
Observation 3 - CNC 1 - rigging sling
Date & time of visit: 2020-01-08 13:15
A rigging sling with broken stitching was observed on a zoom boom at Burnaby Terminal. The sling was immediately removed from service and destroyed by a company representative.
Compliance tool used: Corrected Non-compliance (CNC)
Regulatory requirement:
Relevant section(s):
Company action required:
Remove the sling from service and destroy it to prevent future use.
Due date: 2020-01-08
Date closed: 2020-01-08 Note: the date closed is the date that the inspector completed their review of the company corrective actions for adequacy and determined that no further actions are required.
Reason closed: Requirement met
Compliance achieved: Yes
Observation 4 - IR 1 - hearing protection for vacuum truck operators
The project-specific safety plan requires single hearing protection for noise-exposed workers including hydrovac operators. The only activity identified as requiring double hearing protection is piling.
Compliance tool used: Information Request (IR)
Provide evidence that noise exposure for hydrovac workers has been measured, and workers are not exposed to noise levels that exceed the limits listed in the Trans Mountain Expansion Project Lower Mainland Project Specific Safety Plan, Hearing Conservation. The response should include a summary of a noise measurement study for the affected workers.
Due date: 2020-02-21
Date closed: 2020-02-21 Note: the date closed is the date that the inspector completed their review of the company corrective actions for adequacy and determined that no further actions are required.
Observation 5 - IR 2 - manlifts
Date & time of visit: 2020-01-09 14:00
Several man lifts were observed at both Burnaby Mountain and Westridge Terminal.
Provide the safe work procedures for manlifts used at Burnaby and Westridge Marin Terminal expansion.
Observation 6 - IR 3 - health and safety trends
Date & time of visit: 2020-01-09 15:00
Document review evidenced health and safery performance indicators are collected. Missing was evidence these data are analyzed for trends in hazards, incidents, and near misses.
Provide the methodology in use which will help to identify potential trends when assessing health and safety data.
Observation 7 - IR 4 - internal focus inspections
The project specific safety plan contains requirements for internal inspections and audits conducted by the Contractor (pre-use, daily, weekly, monthly, and annually). The company has developed templates for focus inspections of high risk activities that will be performed by the Company independant of the construction contractor.
Provide one sample of completed “Focus Inspections” for each activity. Provide the template to be used for those inspections yet to be utilized.
Observation 8 - IAMC Observation
Date & time of visit: 2020-01-08 11:00
Discipline: Indigenous Monitoring
Additional Observation recorded by IAMC Indigenous Monitors participating in the CER Inspection (see attached document). Any compliance related observations that require specific regulatory follow-up have been recorded above.The information requests at the end of the attached document have been referred to the Indigenous Monitoring and Advisory Committee’s Issues Management System for proper follow up.
Observation 9 - IAMC Observation
Additional Observation recorded by IAMC Indigenous Monitors participating in the CER Inspection. Any compliance related observations that require specific regulatory follow-up have been recorded above.
Identified non-compliances to company plans or procedures are non-compliances either to:
- the condition of an authorization document that requires the implementation of that plan or procedure; or
- the relevant section of the regulations that requires implementation of that plan or procedure including those sections that require implementation of plans or procedures as a part of a Program