Corporate Health, Safety and Environmental Policy

 

Q’Max Solutions Inc. strives to achieve Health, Safety and Environmental excellence in providing drilling fluid services and integrated service solutions to its customers. Q’Max Solutions Inc. Management is committed to a strong Health, Safety and Environmental Management System that protects the health and safety of its employees, outside contractors and the public while protecting the environment in which we live.

In fulfilling this commitment, the company will:

• Comply with industry and customer standards for operating practices and procedures as well as all applicable laws and regulations in the countries where we operate
• Set and review health, safety and environmental objectives and targets periodically to ensure that the health and safety hazards and environmental impacts of our business are managed responsibly.
• Provide all company employees with appropriate training to ensure that their work is conducted in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.
• Implement reasonable actions to prevent pollution through proactive environmental management initiatives that promote waste reduction and resource conservation.

Employees at every level are responsible and accountable for the company’s overall health, safety and environmental initiatives:

• Senior managers are responsible for the establishment of a healthy, safe and environmentally responsible workplace and for the integration of health, safety and environmental practices into all company activities.
• Supervisors are responsible for providing an example for others by always directing and performing work in a safe manner; enforcing all established health, safety and environmental procedures, regulations and rules and for taking corrective action as necessary to ensure compliance with the rules and regulations.
• The HSE department is responsible for the administration of the Health, Safety and Environmental Management System.
• All employees are accountable for implementing the company’s Health, Safety and Environmental Management System and for follow ing all applicable rules and regulations.

Through continuous improvement on our Health, Safety and Environmental Management System, we can achieve our goal of an injury and incident free workplace.

Reg Northcott
President and Partner

  Q'Max Solutions Participates in Safety Stand Down Week

In the Western Canadian Sedimentary belt, industry takes time each year during its' peak work effort to talk safety. Safety Stand Down week is a designated time for senior executives to visit frontline workers at their worksites, and talk to them directly and informally about safety issues.  It is also an opportunity for employers to carry this same message to their contractors and subcontractors.

Senior management from Q'Max took time from their schedule to deliver this years' message of Fatigue Management, marking our fifth year of participation. This also marked a year of our highest participation rate ever for this event.

For the second year winning, Q’Max Solutions has been selected a Work Safe Alberta 2007 Best Safety Performer Award for ongoing commitment to employee health and safety.