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Health and Safety Statement
Cascade Drilling, Inc.’s goal is to build a safety culture
that is second to none, without sacrificing the quality, production, service, and dependability upon which
our reputation stands. Our first priority is the safety of our employees, clients, families, and the general public.
We are always searching for solutions to improve safety and provide continuous training for our employees and customers on
the latest safety enhancements.
We offer regular safety summits to our customers to help them identify safety concerns on drill rigs and work sites. At these
summits we demonstrate how we have engineered out potential hazards on our rigs and what safety items they should be aware of
on any rig at any project. These demonstrations are lead by our Drill Rig Operators who are individually responsible for the
safety and training of their team.
Cascade Drilling hired Mike Thomas, CSP, as Corporate Safety Manager several years ago to ensure our goals are met.
Mike has almost 30 years experience in the petroleum industry, of which, 25 years were as a safety professional. Mike has
worked as a safety specialist at a large petroleum research facility, as an environmental specialist for a pipelines and
terminal division, as a regional safety and environmental trainer, and as a safety manager. We also have safety officers
at each of our locations who provide constant field training and safety implementation.
Health and Safety Training
All Cascade Drilling work site personnel undergo a variety of safety training programs, including:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Standard 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1910.120(e);
- Forty and eight hour training is conducted by a Certified Safety Professional with over 25 years of experience.
- Cascade Drilling provides industry and company specific training for environmental drilling.
British Petroleum (BP) Passport Training;
- Cascade Drilling enforces a Safety Passport program, which requires anyone working on a BP Oil site to take an online safety test and, upon successful completion, be issued a passport that is good for 1 year. The test is geared to construction safety and covers topics such as falls protection, electrical safety and confined spaces.
Loss Prevention System (LPS) training through both ExxonMobil and Chevron;
- Loss Prevention Schemes are used to prevent or reduce losses using behavior-based tools and proven management techniques. Operators use these tools as part of their daily routines.
- Behavioral based safety includes regular observation of individuals carrying out their normal activities. Feedback is given on their performance and areas for improvement.
- Cascade Drilling has qualified trainers at our locations and all field employees are required to complete LPS training.
BNSF Railroad Safety Training;
- Burlington Northern and Santa Fe uses a safety process that systematically identifies and eliminates both risk conditions and at-risk work practices. BNSF's framework is called the "Closed-Loop Safety Process" and is composed of five steps: Workplace risk identification; risk--based problem-solving procedure; selection of preventive actions, solutions and countermeasures; implementation of preventive actions, solutions and countermeasures and measurement for results.
- Cascade Drilling training also emphasizes seasonal awareness programs, such as heat stress, cold stress, insect stings/bites, snakebites, etc.
Refinery training;
- Refinery specific safety training.
Smith System Defensive Driving;
- Smith System Driver Improvement Institute, Inc. was founded in 1952 as the nation's first fleet driver safety training organization with on-road, hands-on safety education techniques for experienced drivers. Smith System delivers behind the wheel instruction to more than 15,000 fleet drivers each year and has presented their program in 51 countries. In the past decade, Smith has provided services to more than half of the current Fortune 500® fleets and is the only company in the industry that guarantees the quality of their training.
- Smith System is the leader in professional driver training. Their trademarked Five Keys of Space Cushion Driving focuses on the core driving fundamentals of space, visibility and time.
- Cascade Drilling has qualified trainers of the Smith System in each of our four facilities.
American Red Cross First Aid and CPR classes;
A variety of CDI mandated job safety training programs.
Certification of training and medical surveillance records are on hand at CDI’s main office in Woodinville, WA.
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