Keira Andrews, CRSP

Experience

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  CCCSI - Canadian Contract Cleaning Specialists Inc.

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  Safety Coordinator

  Directed safety in a large industrial setting, located at Cargill Meat Solutions, High River AB. Developed, implemented, trained, audited, and updated Canadian Contract Cleaning Specialists Inc. (CCCSI) formal health and safety program.• Conducted all job hazard assessments and procedures.• Conducted all orientations with new hires of multicultural backgrounds.• Developed spreadsheets to maintain and sort all safety statistics within the company.• Ensure that the company met all OH&S Acts, Regulations and codes provincially and federally. • Conducted all incident investigations, near miss, and property damage reports.• Worked night shift and often traveled from location to location to ensure safety throughout all facilities being cleaned. Show less

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  Nose Creek Forest Products Corp.

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator

  Reported directly to the General Manager. Responsible for the development, implementation, training, periodic updating and auditing of Nose Creek Forest Products formal health and safety program. Maintained the large employers COR certificate. Managed all WCB claims and modified duty return to work program.• Completed all hazard assessment analysis for each job and trained entire facility.• Conducted safety orientation with all new hires and completed all job task specific training.• Conducted monthly facility inspections• Conducted all incident investigations, near misses and property damage reports and lead the Joint Health & Safety Committee to go over root cause analysis of each incident. Show less

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  RS Technologies

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Health and Safety Coordinator

  Responsible for the development and implementation of the RS safety program to ensure that the company met all Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Acts, Regulations and Codes provincially and federally. Developed and implemented the RS training program with in all levels of the company and conducted safety orientation with all new hires. • Was hired to correct outstanding citations from OH&S to prevent a stop work order. All citations were completed on time and no stop work order was issued.• Main contact to OH&S on compliance matters and developed a very close working relationship with several OH&S officers.• Audited all incident investigations, near miss, and property damage reports to ensure all corrective actions were being properly completed.• Organized monthly safety meeting to communicate with the entire facility all incidents, the safety index, and WCB statistics.• Managed all WCB claims and the modified duty return to work program.• Conducted preliminary interviews for all plant production workers. Show less

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  Canadian Freightways Ltd

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2013

  Health and Safety Specialist

  Responsible for the development and implementation of an ongoing safety program to prevent harm to workers, property, the environment, and the general public. Provide advice on investigating and recommends remedial action to all levels of management and employees if an injury or accident were to occur for 15 separate companies under the Canadian Freightways (CF) Corporate Office group. Review all company motor vehicle collisions and industrial injuries to ensure that the regular occurring patterns and root causes are identified. Managed all Canadian Freightways Workers Compensation Board (WCB) claims and injuries, providing guidance and advice to ensure claims were being reported on time and investigated efficiently. Maintained the ISNetworld, ComplyWorks and PICS safety subscriptions for various companies within the CF Corporate Office group.• Report all preventable collisions, non-preventable collisions, industrial injuries to the president and CEO for all 15 companies under the CF Corporate Office group.• Developed and maintained all WCB premium rate spread sheets and forecasts each year for the entire CF Corporate Office group.• Active member of the Calgary health and safety committee.• Lead and continually conducted facility investigations to ensure compliance for COR.• Managed the CF Corporate Safety groups PIC audit reports quarterly to sustain our PIC program status.• Developed and maintained close working relationships with government regulatory agencies such as WCB, Labour Canada, Transportation regulators, environmental authorities, auditors and safety associations.• Active United Way corporate committee member. Responsible for planning corporate fundraisers and activities to raise money. Show less

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  Cargill

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Environmental Health and Safety Manager

  Responsible for the development, implementation, training and updating of comprehensive formal Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) programs, Ergonomics program, contractor safety and behavior based safety programs. Hands on interaction with plant operational personnel to maintain safe work standards. Lead incident investigations of all medical aids, lost time injuries, near misses and property damage to identify root causes that drive effective corrective and preventative actions.• Supervise the Health and Safety Coordinator as well as their safety team.• Represent Cargill in meetings with government officials.• Coordinated and sustained Certificate of Recognition (COR) audits.• Provide statistical information to all levels within the company.• Coordinate and lead periodic plant safety inspections• Responsible for hiring within the management group. Show less

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  EHS System Solutions

  Oct 2016 - Feb 2021

  Health & Safety Advisor

  Provides professional, customized consulting, training and mentoring services that satisfy client goals and objectives also taking into consideration time, internal resources and budgetary requirements. Providing advice, instructions and training for employer and employees. Develops and/or fine-tunes Environment Health & Safety processes and programs. • By reviewing, revising, updating and improving the Town of Turner Valley’s Environment Health and Safety Management System we were able to obtain Certificate of Recognition (COR) within 2 months of hire providing them with Worker Compensation rebates. External audit was completed using the Alberta Municipal Health and Safety Association Audit Protocol.• Completed an External COR audit for Byblos Bakery using the Alberta Food Processors Association Audit Protocol.• Conducted an internal health and safety audit for the Town of Turner Valley Shop using the Alberta Municipal Health and Safety Association audit protocol. Show less

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  SMS Safety Services

  Feb 2020 - Jan 2022

  Health Safety Environment Advisor
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  Partners Development Group

  Feb 2021 - now

  Safety Manager / HR Representative