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Health & Safety Consulting, Auditing, & Site Supervision

Service List:

Certificate of Recognition (COR) Audits (AASP & ENFORM)

· AASP External Auditor

· ENFORM External Auditor

Health & Safety Program Building
· Legislatively Compliant
· Turnkey service to take the program from start to full implementation
· Follow up to assist with
re-development and re-implementation

ISN Database Specialist (RAVS approved programs)-
· Questionnaire & Statistics updating
· RAVS / T-RAVS / Required Documents uploads

Complyworks Database Specialist-
· Questionnaire, Statistics & Orientation updating
· Required Documents uploads

PICS Database Specialist-
· Questionnaire, Statistics & Orientation updating
· Required Documents uploads

WCB Claims Management and Administration-
· Ensuring proper reporting and follow up with employee
· Ongoing WCB caseworker and employee liaise

Accident/Incident Investigation-
· Ensuring proper reporting and witness statements
· Contributing factor, Basic & Root Cause analysis
· Corrective action recommendations & follow up

Office/Shop/Field Inspections-
· Flexible to accommodate clients needs and dates

Transportation Compliance Consulting-
· Hours of Service compliance
· CAODC MOA compliance
· Permitting and Audit Preparation

Safety Meeting Chairperson-
· Organize agendas and keep meetings on track

Training-
· WHMIS Training In-house
· Red Cross First Aid Training In-house
· Hazard Assessment and Identification In-house
· Accident/Incident Investigation techniques In-house

10/29/2026

Halloween is almost here, and while we're all for a few tricks and treats, workplace hazards are one thing we don't want sneaking up on us!

Whether you're celebrating at work, heading out with the kids, or just enjoying the spooky season, here are a few safety reminders to keep in mind:
- Watch for Things That Go Bump! Keep walkways clear of decorations, cords, and other trip hazards. A spooky surprise is fun, but a slip, trip, or fall isn't!
- Be Seen, Not Scary! With darker mornings and evenings, make sure you're visible to drivers and equipment operators. Reflective clothing and proper lighting can make a big difference.
- Don't Let Costumes Create Hazards! If your workplace is dressing up, make sure costumes don't interfere with required PPE, visibility, or the safe operation of equipment.
- Watch Out for Little Monsters! If you're driving on Halloween evening, slow down and keep an extra eye out for trick-or-treaters, especially around intersections and residential areas.
- Keep the Scares for Halloween! Don't let shortcuts, poor housekeeping, or overlooked hazards become the real workplace horror story.

At Kasa Consulting, we know safety doesn't have to be scary! A little planning, awareness, and common sense can help keep everyone safe while still enjoying the fun.

Wishing everyone a safe, fun, and spooktacular Halloween weekend! 🎃👻

10/22/2026

ARE YOUR CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ACTUALLY GETTING COMPLETED?

Identifying a hazard or deficiency is only the first step. What happens next is what really makes a difference.

Whether a deficiency is identified through an inspection, incident investigation, COR audit, or worker concern, the goal is the same: implement meaningful corrective actions that prevent incidents and improve workplace safety.

But how often do corrective actions get documented, assigned, and then forgotten? What does an effective corrective action process look like?
- Identify the issue: Clearly document the hazard, deficiency, or underlying cause.
- Develop meaningful actions: Look beyond the immediate issue, consider root causes, and apply the hierarchy of controls.
- Assign responsibility: Ensure someone is accountable for implementing each action.
- Establish timelines: Prioritize actions based on risk and set clear completion dates.
- Track progress: Regularly review outstanding items to ensure nothing gets overlooked.
- Verify effectiveness: Confirm actions have been implemented and are effectively addressing the concern.
- Communicate results: Keep affected workers and supervisors informed of improvements.

Digital solutions can make corrective action follow-up easier!
Rather than relying on paper reports, emails, or separate spreadsheets, digital tools can make it easier to monitor corrective actions through to completion.
Of course, technology is only part of the solution. Someone still needs to take ownership, implement the action, and verify its effectiveness.

One of the most common opportunities for improvement we see when supporting organizations is the follow-through on corrective actions.

Organizations may be doing a great job identifying hazards and completing inspections, but without effective follow-up, the same issues can continue to appear.

If the same deficiency keeps showing up, is the organization actually addressing the problem?

At Kasa Consulting, we help organizations identify gaps, develop practical corrective action plans, and implement meaningful improvements to their Health and Safety Management Systems. We also help to implement and monitor digital solutions to better track these corrective actions.

Remember: Identifying a hazard is important. Taking action is what helps prevent the next incident.

10/16/2026

CHANGING SEASONS, CHANGING HAZARDS!

Colder temperatures, frost, snow, ice, and shorter daylight hours can all impact how we perform our work safely.

And this year, Alberta employers have another important change to consider!

Alberta is moving to permanent daylight time. Beginning November 1, 2026, Alberta will no longer turn its clocks back in the fall. Instead, we will remain on Alberta Time (equivalent to Mountain Daylight Time) year-round.

While this means more daylight in the evenings compared to previous winters, it also means darker mornings, with sunrise occurring later than many workers are accustomed to. The latest sunrise we can expect will be close to 10:00am at the end of December!

For organizations with early morning shifts, outdoor work, vehicle and equipment operations, or employees commuting to work, this is an important consideration when reviewing workplace hazards.

What should employers and workers be thinking about as the seasons change?

- Reduced Morning Visibility: With darker mornings ahead, review lighting in parking lots, yards, loading areas, and outdoor work sites. Ensure workers, pedestrians, vehicles, and mobile equipment can be clearly seen.
- Driving and Vehicle Safety: Darkness, frost, snow, and changing road conditions can increase driving hazards. Encourage workers to adjust their driving habits, allow additional travel time, and ensure vehicles are prepared for winter conditions.
- Slips, Trips, and Falls: Frost and ice can develop quickly, particularly during early morning hours. Review snow and ice removal procedures, walking surfaces, and footwear requirements.
- Cold Weather Exposure: Ensure workers have appropriate clothing and PPE, access to warming areas where needed, and an understanding of the signs of cold stress.
- Outdoor Work Activities: Consider whether tasks involving mobile equipment, material handling, working at heights, or other higher-risk activities need additional lighting, revised schedules, or other controls.
- Fatigue and Alertness: Earlier starts in prolonged darkness can present additional challenges for workers. Encourage adequate rest, recognize signs of fatigue, and consider how work schedules may affect alertness.

Most importantly, don't assume that because the task hasn't changed, the hazards haven't changed either.

This is a great time to review your formal hazard assessments, discuss seasonal hazards during toolbox meetings, and ensure field-level hazard assessments reflect the conditions workers are actually facing.

At Kasa Consulting, we encourage employers to take a proactive approach to seasonal changes rather than waiting for an incident to identify where additional controls may be needed.

The work may be the same, but the conditions are changing. Are your hazard assessments keeping up?

10/08/2026

A healthy workplace isn't just about physical safety. Mental health matters too.

October 10th is World Mental Health Day, an opportunity to raise awareness about mental health and remind ourselves of the importance of creating workplaces where employees feel supported, respected, and comfortable speaking up when they need help.

In the health and safety industry, we often focus on preventing physical injuries, identifying hazards, and implementing controls to keep workers safe.
But psychological health and safety deserves just as much attention.
Workplace stress, heavy workloads, tight deadlines, organizational changes, and challenging work environments can all have an impact on an employee's mental health and overall well-being.

While we can't always eliminate stress from the workplace, we can take meaningful steps to create an environment where employees feel valued and supported.

So, what can organizations do to promote positive mental health in the workplace?
- Encourage open communication: Create an environment where workers feel comfortable discussing concerns, asking for support, and speaking up without fear of judgment.
- Recognize the signs of stress and burnout: Encourage supervisors and managers to check in with their teams, recognize changes in behaviour, and respond with understanding.
- Promote work-life balance: Encourage reasonable workloads, regular breaks, and opportunities for employees to disconnect and recharge.
- Provide resources and support: Ensure workers know what mental health resources are available, including Employee Assistance Programs, community resources, and other support services.
- Build a positive workplace culture: Foster respect, inclusion, teamwork, and meaningful recognition. Small actions can make a big difference in how supported employees feel.

Supporting mental health shouldn't be something we focus on for just one day of the year. It should be part of how we lead our teams, communicate with one another, manage workloads, and approach health and safety every day.

At Kasa Consulting, we recognize that behind every successful organization is a team of people, and taking care of those people means supporting both their physical and psychological well-being.

This World Mental Health Day, we encourage employers and workers to ask themselves:
What is one thing we can do to make our workplace a more supportive and mentally healthy environment? Because a strong safety culture protects more than just our physical health.

09/28/2026

RIGHT TO KNOW DAY... DO YOUR WORKERS KNOW THEIR RIGHTS?

Today is Right to Know Day, a great opportunity to remind workers and employers about one of the fundamental rights protected under Alberta's Occupational Health and Safety legislation:

The Right to Know.
In Alberta, workers have the right to be informed about the hazards they may be exposed to at work, how those hazards are eliminated or controlled, and the work practices and procedures they need to follow to work safely.

But the Right to Know is about more than simply providing a safety manual or having an OHS program available.

Workers need access to information that is relevant to the work they are actually performing. That can include:
- Workplace and task-specific hazards
- Hazard assessments and identified controls
- Safe work practices and procedures
- Required PPE and how to use it
- Emergency response procedures
- Training and competency requirements
- WHMIS and hazardous product information
- Changes to equipment, processes, or work activities
- Information about incidents, lessons learned, and corrective actions

Alberta employers are required to keep information related to work site hazards, controls, work practices, and procedures readily available to workers. Employers must also ensure workers are adequately trained in matters necessary to perform their work safely.

So, here's a question for employers:
If we asked a worker today, "What are the hazards associated with the work you're about to perform, and what controls are in place?"
Would they know the answer?
And if they didn't, would they know who to ask and where to find the information?

A strong Health and Safety Management System doesn't just provide information, it makes sure workers understand it, can access it, and have an opportunity to participate in the safety process.

Right to Know Day is a great reminder that safety information should never be something that workers have to search for after something goes wrong.

Know the hazards. Know the controls. Know your rights.

09/16/2026

Sometimes a staff meeting doesn't need an agenda.....

The past few months have been a busy and, at times, stressful period operationally for our team. With everything that comes with supporting clients, managing projects, and keeping things moving, we decided it was time to take a little break.

So instead of our usual staff meeting, we gathered at the office for an afternoon of diamond art coasters, casual conversation, and a chance to slow down.

No deadlines.
No presentations.
No spreadsheets.

Just a low-stress craft, some laughs, and time together.
It was a simple reminder that sometimes the best thing a team can do is pause, reconnect, and enjoy each other's company.

We're incredibly proud of how our team has continued to show up for our clients and for one another through a challenging few months. Taking some time to step away from the day-to-day gave everyone an opportunity to reset and recharge.

And, of course, we may have discovered that some of us are much more patient with tiny little diamonds than others!

At Kasa, we believe that building a strong team isn't just about meetings and deadlines. It's also about creating opportunities to connect, have some fun, and support each other along the way.

Sometimes you just need a little sparkle and a few hours away from the to-do list.

09/10/2026

September 12th will be World First Aid Day. This is a great opportunity to recognize the workers who step up when someone needs help and to remind ourselves that effective first aid starts with being prepared before an emergency happens.

In the workplace, having a first aid kit isn't enough. Employers need to ensure that appropriate first aid services, supplies, equipment, and trained first aiders are available and accessible when they're needed.

In Alberta, workplace first aid requirements are established under Part 11 and Schedule 2 of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Code.
The requirements for your workplace depend on several factors, including:
- The hazard level of the work: low, medium, or high hazard
- The number of workers at the work site per shift
- The location of the work site and the normal travel time to the nearest health care facility
- The required level and number of trained first aiders
- The required first aid kits, supplies, equipment, and facilities

Alberta employers must also ensure that designated first aiders have successfully completed the required first aid training through an approved training agency, and first aid equipment and supplies must be readily accessible and maintained in a clean, dry, and serviceable condition.

So, this week is a great time to ask:
- Are our designated first aiders current?
- Do we have the right number and level of trained first aiders for our workforce?
- Can workers easily locate our first aid supplies and equipment?
- Do we have an effective process for getting an injured worker to appropriate medical care?
- Have we reviewed our requirements recently as our workforce, work activities, or work locations have changed?
- Do workers know who the first aiders are and how to contact them?

First aid preparedness isn't just about compliance. It's about making sure that when something goes wrong, someone is ready to respond.

This week we are recognizing all of the workplace first aiders who are prepared to step in, provide assistance, and potentially make a life-saving difference.

Thank you for being ready when it matters most.

09/02/2026

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: WOULD YOUR WORKPLACE BE READY TODAY?

Imagine an emergency happens at your workplace right now.
Not tomorrow. Not after everyone has reviewed the emergency plan. Right now. Could your workers answer:
- Where is the nearest muster point?
- Who is the designated first aider?
- Who are the fire wardens?
- What happens if cell service or other communication systems fail?
- Where is the emergency equipment located?
- What is the evacuation procedure?
- Who is responsible for accounting for workers, visitors, and contractors?
- How do you contact emergency services and provide them with the information they need?

Emergency preparedness is more than having a document sitting in a binder or saved on a shared drive. Your emergency procedures need to be communicated, understood, accessible, and practised.
Regular drills and exercises can help identify gaps that may not be obvious when developing the plan on paper.

Take some time to review your emergency preparedness program and ask:
- Are our emergency procedures still current?
- Have our workers received the appropriate training?
- Have we tested our emergency plans recently?
- Have we incorporated lessons learned from previous drills or incidents?
- Would our plan work if our primary communication method or evacuation route wasn't available?

Emergency plans should be practised, not just written. The goal isn't simply to have an emergency plan. The goal is to have a workplace where people know what to do when it matters most.

Reach out to us at Kasa Consulting if you need support reviewing and implementing your Emergency Response Plans!

08/21/2026

Thinking about COR this year?

The best time to prepare for your COR audit isn't one month before the audit...it's every month leading up to it!
COR preparation shouldn't be a last-minute scramble to find training records, complete inspections, update programs, or close outstanding corrective actions.

Successful organizations build these activities into their regular Health and Safety Management System throughout the year.
That means:
- Completing and documenting workplace inspections,
- Closing corrective actions in a timely manner,
- Maintaining accurate training and competency records,
- Conducting meaningful safety meetings and toolbox talks,
- Reviewing and updating hazard assessments,
- Investigating incidents and identifying effective corrective and preventative actions,
- Tracking safety objectives and measuring progress,
- Regularly reviewing and improving your OHS programs and documentation.

When these processes are happening consistently, the COR audit becomes a verification of your safety system, not a last-minute documentation exercise.
And if you're finding gaps during your preparation, that's okay. Identifying those gaps early gives you time to address them properly and demonstrate continuous improvement.

Our Q3 schedule is filling up quickly, and we're already booking COR audits and audit support into Q4.

If your organization is planning for a COR audit or simply wants to strengthen its safety management system before the next audit, now is the time to start the conversation.

Don't wait until audit season to find out where the gaps are.
Reach out to our team to discuss how we can support your organization.

08/13/2026

Sometimes our work days bring us to the mountains! 🏔️

Our Client Manager Kristen Gobeil recently spent the morning in Banff National Park, supporting a client with a hazard assessment for a new piece of equipment.

While technology allows us to connect with clients from almost anywhere, there is still tremendous value in being on site and working alongside our clients.

Being there in person allows us to:
- See the work and hazards firsthand
- Better understand the organization's operations
- Work directly with supervisors and workers
- Provide practical, site-specific recommendations
- Build stronger relationships with the teams we support

A health and safety program shouldn't just look good on paper, it needs to work where the work is actually happening.

Whether you need support with hazard assessments, inspections, COR preparation, program development, or your overall Health and Safety Management System, we're happy to come to you and work alongside your team.

And sometimes... that means getting to enjoy a pretty amazing view while we're at it! 🏔️

Need some on-site, in-person health and safety support? Reach out to our team...we'd be happy to help!

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Calgary, AB
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+14036058641

Website

http://www.kasaconsulting.ca/

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