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Early in Sloan’s career there was one supervisor who “was running around in sweatpants, running shoes, and a hard hat.” Sloan says safety knowledge and the level of priority it is given has evolved over the years, “you look back and go, ‘wow, that’s a lot of risk there’.”
That heightened safety awareness also needs to come from the top down, according to Sloan. He says there was an “old school mentality of people get hurt, that’s the cost of doing business.” But now that’s changed. “We can stop and take the time to do it safely, that’s the cost of doing business.”
It is the kind of culture he’s helped create at Birchcliff Energy. Sloan says one of the big challenges right now for oil and gas is attracting people to the industry. “We want people to want to come to work for us, and their family members to see that we’re a company that is going to help them get home at the end of the day.”
Sloan says reputation in a small community like Spirit River, Alberta goes a long way. Part of building a solid safety reputation is creating a culture of positive reinforcement. Sloan says they do it by celebrating safety. “Find somebody doing something right, and promote that and recognize it,” he said.
It is one strategy Sloan uses to change behaviours and shape the way workers think.
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