TIM THE SAFETY GUY

Safety Compliance Made Simple and Attainable

About Me

Hi! I’m Tim The Safety Guy.

I provide a wide range of Safety Consulting services in Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Langley and the Lower Mainland.

I’m passionate about making safety compliance simple and attainable for your company. Whether you need to improve process, increase accountability, or work on achieving your COR certification, I’m here to help.

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Tim Ackah-Sanzah is a professional in Occupational Health and Safety practicing in Western Canada. His expertise focuses in Occupational Health Safety & Environmental leadership, guidance and advice to create a safer workplaces for clients . Tim has been featured in WorkSafeBC’s WorkSafe magazine’s highlighting a manufacturing company’s transformational journey in safety management systems and improvement in disability management practices under his leadership.

Tim’s credentials include a BSc. in Biology from Trinity Western University following which he began his career in occupational health and safety. His training experience includes a period where he provided technical industry expertise for BCIT’s Building Technologies diploma program as a part-time instructor in ‘Introduction to Safety Legislation’ course.

Tim attained the CRSP designation in 2011 through the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP), and more recently the CHSC designation through the Canadian Society for Safety Engineers (CSSE), where he remains as a member of the Fraser Valley chapter. He served as an advisory member of the Manufacturing Industry’s Tactical Advisory Committee (TAC), as well as a participant in the Manufacturing Safety Council through the Canadian manufacturer’s and Exporters of BC. His community involvement history includes volunteer work serving as the past secretary of the Ghana Canada Cultural Association of BC in Vancouver, BC.

Tim is passionate about developing and implementing safety systems and to see organizations benefit from the creation of positive workplace safety cultures. His professional practice is grounded in honesty, integrity, respect, and competence.

TIM ACKAH-SANZAH

CRSP, CHSC, BSc

Safety Services

“Employers want to run a profitable business without job interruptions due to workplace injury or illness. So we develop safety systems to equip workers with information to reduce workplace injury and illness and protect workers’ safety.”

General Safety Advice and guidance

Considering the ongoing changes to safety legislation and job demands it is important for employers to have accurate and current safety information, resources and direction needed to maintain regulatory compliance, and ensure the safety of their workers.

Occupational Safety Program development

Providing you with the tools, resources, and information to build an effective health and safety program, compliant with regulatory requirements, and specific to your operation and industry classification.

Workplace Inspections

Providing guidance and direction to this essential step of proactively identifying and assessing hazards in the workplace and the protecting worker safety by preventing the development of an unsafe condition.

Site Audits (Baseline, Maintenance & limited Scope)

Undertaking the process of reviewing and assessing your health and safety program to ensure it meets the requirements of the applicable legislation, followed by the development of a corrective action plan.

Exposure Control Plan development

Whenever a worker may be exposed to air contaminants exceeding the allowable exposure limit, we provide a resource support and develop procedures for ensuring all the applicable regulatory requirements of an exposure control plan is incorporated.

Injury Management/RTW Program development

The focus of this program is to prevent or reduce the injury frequency in the workplace, and to develop procedures for helping workers return to work sooner following a workplace injury or illness.

COR/OSSE Preparation Assistance & Advice

Providing direction and guidance to organizational strategic planning to be ready for the COR/OSSE Audit process, and to help you be successful.

Hazard Identification & Control development, documentation & training

The identification, assessment and control of hazards in the workplace is a key element to the entire health and safety program. We work with employers to develop a system for finding hazards and recommending controls to protect worker from injury and illness.

Joint Occupational Safety & Health Committee development and improvement Advice

Helping employers establish an effective JHSC based on trust and open communication for the purpose of ensuring the organization’s safety management system is functioning properly.

Claims Management & Guidance

“An improperly managed claim following a workplace injury or illness can significantly impact an employer’s insurance cost. So we provide advice and information on industry best practices to help employers see the benefits of well managed injury management program.”

Claims Management Advice & Guidance

We help employers undertand how workplace injury and illnesses directly impacts their insurance premiums, and work will employers to identify claims management solutions, claims adjudication representation, and implement best practices for return-to-work planning.

“TIM made it easy

For us to get COR Certified and all the workers loved having him on site. I couldn’t be happier with his expertise and ability.”

Blog

My Top 7 Books

Below are examples of some of the books that have inspired my professional practise; de Bono, Edward. Handbook of the Positive Revolution, 1991. Print Covey, Stephen M.R. The Speed of Trust, 2006. Print Lencioni, Patrick. The Advantage, 2012. Print Pink, Daniel. The...

5 Ways to Improve Workplace Disability Management and Return-to-Work Programs

What to do after a workplace injury can be one of the most challenging situations faced by many organizations mainly because this event impacts both the injured worker and the employer. An injury management program is a series of processes put in place by the employer...

What are the Benefits of COR/OSSE Certification?

Over the years numerous organizations have made the decision to get their safety management systems COR certified and almost all of which saw the benefits of successfully achieving the certification. The Certificate of Recognition (COR), and the Manufacturing...

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Tim Ackah-Sanzah

BSc., CRSP, CHSC,

Providing Safety Consulting services in Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Langley, Surrey, Richmond and the Greater Vancouver Area.