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Jim Burns

Apr 10, 2017
1 min

Points about Safety Cultures

This discussion slide summarizes several major points about Safety Cultures: It is important to recognize the cognitive approach (Attitudes) which is the foundation for our observable behaviours for ourselves and other members of our organization. The community perception of these behaviours will be the foundation of the community’s perceived culture of our organization. Mythologies are often simply the result of perception (accurate or not) over time. Safety Culture consists

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Been a Strong Supporter of PASS since 2007

Built in 1931

Mar 5, 2017
1 min

Been a Strong Supporter of PASS since 2007

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Jim Burns

Mar 5, 2017
1 min

Participative Change Cycle

I modified Paul Hersey’s and Ken Blanchard’s “Participative Change Cycle” diagram from their book, Management of Organizational Behaviour, by adding the Decision Making step. This Decision Making process is where a person learns to Gather, Organize and Evaluate information before exhibiting a Safety Behaviour. At PASS, we believe in providing training (knowledge transfer) in order to emphasize the importance of Safety Attitudes and how these attitudes underpin the Decision M

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Jim Burns

Mar 5, 2017
1 min

Maturity Of Safety Systems

The old psychologist in me had me thinking about using the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs model for looking at the maturity of Safety Systems/Cultures. The pinnacle is when an organization has established a Safety Culture of Continuous Improvement that will Improve Safety at Work, as well as in the Home and the Community. Make it a Safer Day! #PASS

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One of my older PPT Slides that we updated. One

Dec 2, 2016
1 min

Wisdom, Courage and Patience

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New Gold New Afton: 2 Million Hours LTA Free

Jim Burns

Nov 14, 2016
1 min

New Gold New Afton: 2 Million Hours LTA Free

Since 2008, the project phase of building the underground New Afton Mine, at New Gold's operation in Kamloops, BC, the PASS Process has been an integral part of everyone onsite daily routine. Along with experience, their enthusiastic involvement in the process and thirst for new and better methods and approaches for creating a positive and employee involvement Safety Culture (SupLex®™). This was celebrated recently in their milestone of achieving over 1 million hours LTA fre

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Ciner Mine 2,000,000 Hours without a lost time accident!

Jim Burns

Nov 2, 2016
1 min

Ciner Mine 2,000,000 Hours without a lost time accident!

I would like to thank everyone at the Ciner Mine for their constant and vigilant approach to safety that benefits them, their families and their communities. What a fantastic accomplishment! Ciner Resources LP has been a client of ours since 2004 (formerly OCI Resources LP - underground soda ash mining operation in Wyoming). On Thursday, October 27 2016, we reached a significant milestone; 2,000,000 hours worked without a lost time accident. It's been around 25 years since we

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Hudbay Minerals: World Class Results in Safety!

Jim Burns

Feb 28, 2016
2 min

Hudbay Minerals: World Class Results in Safety!

Hudbay Minerals' Canadian operations in Flin Flon and Snow Lake Manitoba include mines, mills, processing plants and maintenance shops with new mine and mill projects well underway, employ almost a 1,000 employees and contractors. In 2011 and 2012 they had record years in Safety and now have achieved a 73% improvement in their LTA frequency over the last four years. In 2009, we began implementing the PASS process in the Hudbay organization and across all their operations in

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Hudbay Minerals Constancia Project: Implementation of PASS

Jim Burns

Feb 25, 2016
1 min

Hudbay Minerals Constancia Project: Implementation of PASS

On the heels of success (Safety culture and their statistics) with PASS at Hudbay Minerals Canadian operations, we have recently begun implementing our process in Peru with their Constancia Copper Project ($1.5B). This is a large implementation with over 3,000 employees, contractors and staff onsite and synergies will be created by developing a common Safety language and process Hudbay’s organization internationally. In addition to developing a Positive Safety Culture onsite,

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Rio Tinto Kestrel Mine & Kestrel Mine Extension (KME): 87% Improvement in AIFR

Jim Burns

Feb 24, 2016
1 min

Rio Tinto Kestrel Mine & Kestrel Mine Extension (KME): 87% Improvement in AIFR

We are very proud of Rio Tinto Kestrel & Kestrel Mine Extensions' excellent Safety record and results! The implementation of PASS began when the mine was first known as Gordonstone mine in 1999 and when Rio Tinto purchased the mine, its' name became Kestrel mine. In 2008, the $1.3 billion Kestrel Mine Extension (KME) project which extended the life of Kestrel Mine by 20 years ramped up and over 400 contractors started work onsite. Some of the extension project features, just

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Cementation USA: One Million Man Hours without a Lost Time

Jim Burns

Feb 20, 2016
1 min

Cementation USA: One Million Man Hours without a Lost Time

In March of this year Cementation USA passed a significant milestone, One Million Man Hours without a Lost Time Injury. Starting in 2006 with the Resolution Copper Project in Arizona, Cementation has worked very hard to establish a Positive Safety Culture throughout all of their USA projects. This has been demonstrated by the numerous awards and accolades they have achieved over the last few years including the Sentinels of Safety (Rio Tinto’s Resolution Copper Project). Thei

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The 36th International Conference of Safety in Mining Research Institutions

Jim Burns

Oct 2, 2015
2 min

The 36th International Conference of Safety in Mining Research Institutions

Presentation by Jim Burns Harmonizing Traditional Safety Systems with an Attitudinal Approach Creating a Positive Safety Culture of Continuous Improvement October 2015 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Since 1985, Jim Burns has been consulting with numerous organizations to implement and establish his positive and proactive system that focuses on Safety Decision-Making and Attitudes. He and his associates have worked with the world’s largest mining companies and have been consulting

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Jim Burns

Sep 2, 2015
1 min

Jim Burns travels to Tipperary County, Ireland to lecture at Vedanta’s Lisheen Mine

In September 2015, Jim Burns accepted an invitation to visit Vedanta's Lisheen Mine, Europe’ second largest underground Zinc Mine and provide lectures on the importance of Positive Safety Attitudes. In addition to the lectures, he had ample opportunities, on the surface, in the plant and underground, to discuss the benefits of SupLex®™ with their 210 employees. Jim's message was well received and people agreed that they need to come to work every day with the Attitude of try

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Jim Burns

Sep 10, 2014
2 min

Brother John Koczka

Materi Girls School The School Director - Brother John Koczka (1930 – 2014) Religious order: Brothers of the Sacred Heart, and Order of Christian Educators founded in 1821 in Lyons, France by Fr Andre Coindre, a diocesan priest. The order has three houses in Kenya, a scholasticate in Lang’ata for young Brothers doing their studies; another at the United States International University for Brother Vincent teaching Spanish their; and a third at Nkubu where Brother John lived. B

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Our Inaugural PASS Masters’ Course in Australia

Jim Burns

Sep 19, 2013
1 min

Our Inaugural PASS Masters’ Course in Australia

The inaugural Australian course took place in September 2013 in Brisbane, QLD and it was a great success. We were joined by personnel from Rio Tinto, Glencore Xstrata and Emeco. List of Participants: Bob Marsh, Marc Patenaude, Ben Fullerton, Phil Dent, Tanya Gilbert, Steve Felice, Donald Corey, Hayley Francisco, Andrew Swiericzuk, Belinda Morris, Dave Stark, Jeremy Brown, Tony Chaplain, Claire Burns and Jim Burns. #PASS

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Jim Burns

Aug 2, 2013
1 min

Our Unique Concept of a Safety Culture

The integration of all PASS components, through Safety Leadership, develops alignment across, up and down the organization. PASS is an employee-involvement vehicle that clearly demonstrates our Core Value of Safety. When the PASS components and philosophies are integrated into an organization, we have now established a culture that has evolved into what we call SupLex®™. SupLex®™ is a unique Leadership Approach for developing and establishing a Safety Culture where the emplo

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Cementation’s 4 Shaft Project at Hecla Lucky Friday Mine

Jim Burns

May 18, 2013
1 min

Cementation’s 4 Shaft Project at Hecla Lucky Friday Mine

We are happy to announce that Cementation US, Hecla - Shaft 4 Project, has been ‘Lost Time Accident’ Free since November 17, 2011 and ‘Medical Treatment’ Free since May 17, 2013. These are excellent results for a shaft project and we would like to congratulate all those involved. The Lucky Friday Mine is located in Mullan, Idaho, USA and is owned by Hecla Mining. #PASS

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PASS Inc. is Pleased to Announce a New Company for providing PASS Consulting Services for Australia

Jim Burns

Nov 2, 2010
1 min

PASS Inc. is Pleased to Announce a New Company for providing PASS Consulting Services for Australia

PASS Consulting Services Australia Pty. Ltd. (ACN 146 343 633) Jim Burns, the Creator of the Positive Attitude Safety System and the Founder of PASS Inc., is pleased to announce that PASS Inc. has granted a License to PASS Consulting Services Australia Pty. Ltd. (PCSA) to provide PASS consulting services in Australia. This is an exciting time for PASS Inc. as Jim Burns, Chief Operating Officer of PCSA, is enjoying implementing and establishing the comprehensive PASS System in

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33 Miners Rescued and Reunited with their Families in Chile

Jim Burns

Oct 14, 2010
1 min

33 Miners Rescued and Reunited with their Families in Chile

Positive Attitude Safety System Inc. (PASS) is proud to have played a small but significant Safety role in the rescue effort recently completed in Chile where 33 miners had been trapped since August in the San Jose Mine (Please Note, this mine is not a PASS Client). Shown above is the Geotec Boyles Bros. S.A. drilling crew celebrating after the completion of their narrow shaft that was used for the rescue capsule. Each shift, the Geotec drilling crew conducted their PASS Safe

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Adventure West: Human Resource Development

Jim Burns

Mar 2, 2009
1 min

Adventure West: Human Resource Development

Adventure West is an Australian human resource company promoting the growth of PEOPLE. Leadership, team development and facilitation are the key foci. Corporate and cultural change is their passion and they want to be a part of global change. PASS Inc. highly recommends their excellent services and has been involved with Adventure West and their founder Peter Adamson for almost 15 years. Peter Adamson is in the grey shirt. Please explore their web site and learn about their o

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