Blanchard Contractors offers several safety programs and policies in practice, because we want to ensure our customers and employees that safety is one of our top priorities.

• BCI Safety Manual – The BCI Safety Manual is used in side-by-side comparisons with all major oil and gas operators and best practices are commonly taking from and added to the BCI Safety Manual.
• Stop Work Authority - All employees, BCI and contractors’ are empowered and expected to stop the work of coworkers or contractors if any personal safety, environmental risk, property damage, or company reputation are at risk. NO repercussions will result from this action.
• Behavioral Based Safety - (S.T.E.P Safety Through Employee Participation.)
  The BCI behavior based safety program is called STEP, which stands for Safety Through Employee Participation. This program uses an Informal Audit Review card as a tool to help in observing people as they work. STEP recognizes safe behavior as well as unsafe, or at risk, behavior. It provides guidelines for use to determine the proper reaction when observations are made of personnel doing something that, good or bad, attracts attention. If someone is working safely, STEP gives instruction on how to take the time to commend them for safe behavior. Conversely, if someone is observed doing something that could cause an accident or property damage, necessary corrective action must be taken to prevent a dangerous incident from occurring. It is the duty of all employees to prevent incidents that can cause injury or property damage and to take the initiative to monitor the behavior of everyone in the work area and take the necessary steps to ensure that no one gets hurt. Completed STEP cards should be sent in to the Safety Department to track observations and detect any trends, which may assist in providing a safer work environment.
• Permit to Work - The Permit to Work system is a formal written document designed to control certain types of work that have been identified as potentially hazardous. It not only authorizes the performance of potentially hazardous work, but is designed to identify the hazardous aspects of the work and to specify appropriate safety measures to be taken in the performance of that work. It should not be taken as a statement that all of the hazards and risks have been eliminated. It should ensure, however, that authorized and trained personnel have reviewed the foreseeable risks and hazards, and that these risks and hazards are avoided through the use of suitable safety precautions. Ultimately, the permit holder and those personnel performing the job must bear the responsibility for taking the necessary safety precautions for which they have been trained and directed to use by the Permit to Work. The implementation of this policy is a line management responsibility and to this end, all managers and supervisors are urged and required to play an active role in the development of personnel.
  The Permit To Work system is designed to ensure that authorized and properly trained personnel have considered all potential hazards and that all reasonable precautions have been taken to reduce risk to personnel involved in performing the task. It is essential that all personnel who are signatory to the permit fully understand their responsibilities.
• Job Safety Analysis - The Job Safety Analysis process is used to determine the hazards of, and safe procedures for, each step of a job. A specific job or work assignment is separated into a series of relatively simple steps; the hazards associated with each step are identified; and solutions are developed to control each hazard.
• Pre-Job Safety Meeting Checklist/Rigger Checklist - The Pre-Job Safety Meeting Checklist and Rigger Checklist is one of most valuable tools available in accident prevention. The Pre-Job Safety Meeting checklist format is designed to be a simple and effective safety tool to be used prior to beginning any routine job task that does not require a (JSA) Job Safety Analysis. Using proper planning techniques prior to beginning any job can prevent unwanted incidents and accidents before they occur.
• Annual Supervisor HSE Expectation Meeting - An important part of our Safety Management System is to insure that all personnel comply with all appropriate safety policies and procedures in place at each of our facilities and locations.
  With that in mind, BCI holds an annual Health Safety and Environmental Awareness Meeting for its Supervisors.
• Approved Equipment List/Approved Safety Equipment List – These lists were designed to insure that our employees receive best and safest equipment available to them. The equipment is of the highest quality domestic equipment available that meets or exceeds current standards.
• Bonus Point Program - In recognition of the effort that our employees have made in promoting Safety, qualified employees receive Bonus Points on a quarterly bases.
• Risk Matrix - The Risk Assessment Matrix is a tool to assess the potential outcome of an incident in a standardized qualitative manner. The vertical axis displays the potential consequence of an incident and the horizontal axis displays the likelihood of this consequence to happen. The combination of potential consequence and likelihood defines the risk classification.
• Safety Meeting Reports - Formal weekly safety meetings are conducted on a day designated by the supervisor. Attendance records are kept on the Safety Meeting Form, noting date, time, and topic of discussion. Supervisors can assign different individuals to conduct safety meetings.

  Years Service	Monthly Accrual	3 Month Total	1 Year Total
  5+	30	90	360
  1-5	20	60	240
  0-1	15	45	180

• Safety Alert / Notice – Safety Alerts are identified hazards in the workplace that can cause injury or damage to equipment and must be addressed to ensure that personnel are aware of the hazards and that corrections have been made. The Safety Notice is used to raise the awareness level for potentially hazardous work. Safety meetings are conducted to discuss both Safety Alerts and Safety Notices.
• Injury Reporting / Management – All injuries, no matter how slight are reported immediately by the employee to the immediate supervisor. Specific guidelines have been developed to ensure that proper care and treatment are promptly received. An investigation is conducted as soon as practicable after the incident with the goal of finding the cause of the accident and prevention of recurrence.
• Short Service Employee Program (SSE) - This program is used as means of identifying employees who are new to the Company and may be at higher risk than those who are familiar with Company policies, procedures and job duties, and to provide them with the tools to become safe and productive employees.

Safety performance for BCI
HSE expectations are communicated throughout the company during daily meetings.

Training courses offered include:

For more information about our safety programs, please contact us today!