Improving Employee Hazard Recognition

1. Improving Employee Hazard Recognition Cory McBride-Curt Krambeer International Paper Cedar River Mill Cedar Rapids, IA

2. Cedar River Mill • Largest 100% recycle-based paper mill in western hemisphere • Two paper machines • Work force of 220 team members • We produce brown paper for boxes

3. Cedar River Mill SAFETY VISION Everyone enjoying a superior quality of life Unsurpassed personal commitment to the safety, health, and well-being of self, family, friends, and community.

13. Awareness – Attitude - Action • Do we automatically know about the “Golden Poison Frogs” in our work places? • Everyone’s hazard recognition abilities will need a little help.

14. Our Message • Communication • Communication • Communication

15. Further: • Build Systems of Communications

16. Training • Training for new team members • General safety training • Overview and specifics on safety processes • Overview of papermaking and related hazards

17. Some Topics for New Hires • General Safety Rules • Lockout-ZES • Confined Space • Hazard Communication • Hot Work • Stop Program • Safe Start • Chemicals • Rigging • Environmental Concerns • Behavior-Based Safety • Papermaking Process • Housekeeping

18. Classroom training for new hires • Permitted processes are covered in classroom settings • Electrical training is included

19. Lockout Board for #2 Dry End • After covering topics in the classroom, trainees are able to see processes used on the operating floor.

20. Training for Specific Job Skills • Raw Materials • Shipping • Winder • Stock Prep • Wet End Paper Machine • Dry End Paper Machine • Control Room

21. Training • Training for job skills • Task training including job hazards • Assisted time and unassisted time • Standard procedures that include hazard listing

22. Training Checklist • Checklists for Job Skills include all SOP’s related to that particular job and contain safety items that the trainer and trainee must review and initial.

23. Winder Checklist • Seven pages of items (safety aspects, standard procedures, known hazards) that must be reviewed by trainers with all trainees.

24. Standard Operating Procedures • SOP’s are step-by-step flow charts showing reliable methods for completing tasks • Warning boxes show hazards that need to be avoided during tasks

25. On-The-Job Risk Assessments • Job Performance Safety Analysis • Group discussion of project or task • Pocket Cards • Individual-based reminder card • Behavior-Based Safety Observations • One-on-one discussions • Vehicle/Crane/Tool Inspections • Looking for hazards every shift

26. Team Members Help with Audits • VPP Audits • Key Element Survey Audits • Wall-To-Wall Conditions Audits • Winder Audits • Housekeeping Audits

27. Mill-Wide Communications • Incident Flashes • Documented within 24 hours of incident • Distributed using several modes • Email • Morning leadership meetings • Bulletin Boards • Preshift meetings for process and maintenance teams • Entered in database for corporate distribution

28. Incident Flashes • One page document to show what, when, and where • Printed on yellow paper and posted in main hallway • Lists immediate corrective actions to be taken • Does not include names of people involved in incident • How & why determined in investigations

29. Incident Investigations • Conducted by trained team members • Reports distributed as widely as flashes • Significant investigations include power point presentation for quicker & easier description of incident as well as communicating root causes and corrective actions company wide

30. Corrective Actions

31. Contractor Meetings • Monthly meetings with on-site contractors • Quarterly meetings with safety and leadership representatives from all contractors • Held the day before a major maintenance outage • Review of safety performance • Review policies and procedures • Discuss changes and updates on hazard prevention

32. A Wide Variety of Visuals • Posters and Bulletin Boards • Hazard labels • Warning signs • Danger & caution tape with barricade tags • Yellow paint on steps • Black and yellow floor stripes near winder • Stripes for crane use near reel

33. EHS&S February 21, 2013

34. In 2010 International Paper launched the LIFE initiative, a multi-year effort to identify and mitigate the potential hazards and risks that lead to serious injuries and fatalities. 34

35. LIFE Definition What is a LIFE Incident?

36. 2012 LIFE Incidents Other* *Other – Primarily struck by or caught between objects 36

37. LIFE Lessons • One-page summaries of LIFE incidents are shared among company sites to allow all employees in International Paper to learn from each incident. • A picture, brief summary, root causes, and corrective actions are included in the lesson.

38. 5 LIFE Focus Areas and a New Contractor Safety Emphasis New for 2012 38

39. How do we get there? “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” -Peter Drucker

40. Local LIFE Initiative Work • Traffic flow analysis and controls • Machine guarding inventory and improvements • Cell phone policy implementation

41. Driver Safety-Cell Phones Absolutely no cell phone use when driving: -in company vehicle -in company-rented vehicle -in any vehicle on company property -including any powered industrial truck -in private vehicle on company business

42. Her last call was from a cell phone.

43. Combinations of Hazards • What do we get when unsafe behavior A intersects with unsafe behavior B in time and space?

44. At an estimated 85 mph, the motorcycle driver could not react when the automobile driver on a cell phone pulled out from side street.

45. More IP employees work safely today than ever before ... • 70% improvement in TIR since 2000 • IP leads the paper industry in safety • Many facilities are working injury-free • Numbers show downward trend in recordable injuries … but there is more work to do

46. Safety is not about numbers. It’s about our health and well-being … it’s about our teammates… it’s about friends… It’s about family… …and our ability to go home safely to them