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White Paper Industry Insiders Identify Top Health & Safety Risk and Opportunities in Food Manufacturing

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BY THE INDUSTRY, FOR THE INDUSTRY PAGE | 9 Sarao highlighted the positive aspect of the process which enabled conversations between management and workers. "It's a good thing that these perspectives came out," she noted. "Management representatives in the room heard it directly from the worker representatives in the room because the workers felt safe to share." Kiran Kapoor, vice-president of service delivery at WSPS, said the fact management and workers didn't see eye-to-eye on the top issues is a "bit of a signal" that more conversation needs to be taking place. PRIORITY PRIMARY CASUAL FACTOR 1 Leadership commitment 2 Lack of procedures (program) 3 Inadequate training 4 Low risk perception/acceptance of risk 5 Rushing 6 Procedures not followed 7 Inadequate monitoring and enforcement Inadequate LOTO devices 8 Lockout point not accessible 9 Inadequate procedure 10 Inadequate metrics (production rate, downtime, financial growth) 10 " " "Great experience, feel it will make an impact." — Riz Arshad, MARS Inc. LIST OF TOP PRIMARY CAUSAL FACTORS " " "Very insightful! It was great to collaborate with others from the industry." — Alexandra Hamilton, RDJ Bakeries Ltd. "It may come down to the basics in terms of do you have a psychologically healthy and safe work environment, where workers feel safe to speak up? Do you have the right environment for those conversations?" remarked Kapoor. "Temporary workers, new and young workers are also potentially at higher risk, as not all of them will be familiar with the hazards that are present in food manufacturing," said Kapoor.

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