Bantrel | Company | Health, Safety, Environment

Our health, safety and environmental (HSE) management program is driven by an unwavering commitment to keeping people and sites "100% Safe." We believe every workplace incident is preventable. This core belief is embedded in our corporate culture and integrated into every aspect of Bantrel's operations.

It's the reason why, year after year, Bantrel posts some of the best safety results in the EPC sector:

Since 2005, our lost-time injury rate for employees and contractors has been less than 0.04 injuries per 200,000 person hours worked-significantly better than the industry average.
Our WCB rates have dropped by 40% over the past several years.
Employees at our corporate offices have logged more than more than 46 million hours without a lost-time incident.

Workforce Participation

Bantrel employees and contractors are actively involved in all aspects of our HSE management program. Every meeting within Bantrel begins with a safety moment. We support a policy of People Based Safety for our construction crews, which provide a supportive environment where workers are reminded to practice safe behaviours by peers trained in behavioural observation. This program also helps to collect data to provide a statiscal overview of our safety performance. Bantrel's proven behaviour-based safety program is one where volunteer employees observe work tasks in progress to positively reinforce "safe" behaviours and to identify and correct "unsafe" behaviours.

Continual Improvement

Audits of Bantrel's HSE performance are conducted at least three times during the life of every project to ensure we meet or exceed regulations as well as our own high standards. In addition, we diligently track and investigate all safety and environmental incidents to determine the need for new work practices, procedures and training. Our audits ensure all needed improvements are implemented correctly and in a timely fashion. In 1993, Bantrel was the first EPC company in Canada to earn ISO9001 certification, an internationally recognized standard for quality processes and managerial integrity.

Environmental Leadership

Bantrel's commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainable design puts the company at the forefront of the green movement in the EPC industry. Bantrel has years of experience and a wealth of expertise in environmental projects such as clean fuels (desulphurization) storm water system upgrades, and advanced water treatment. Our environmental excellence is backed by a pro-active, grass-roots steering committee that includes senior management and front-line workers who are dedicated to reducing Bantrel's footprint in the communities we operate in.