Health Safety and Environment Management

Our HS&E Management Program includes the following components:
  • Workplace inspections
  • Hazard and Risk Management
  • Chemical Management
  • Incident and Accident Management
  • Health Concerns
  • Safety Rules and Regulations (OSHA)
  • Environmental Responsibilities
  • Alcohol and Drug Testing
  • Regularly scheduled Safety Meetings
  • Risk Assessments
  • Management of Change
  • New Hire and Contractor Orientation
We believe that healthy employees with a sound safety attitude are productive employees.

Workplace Safety and PPE
One key to aviation safety is proper equipment. VIH Cougar Helicopters strives to provide its staff with the very best in personal protective equipment (PPE) by:
  • Exceeding FAA standards
  • Constantly improving on the industry standard
  • Communicating and sharing helicopter industry best practices
  • Researching new and innovative safety equipment
  • Investing our finances into excellent Personal Protective Equipment
  • Investing our time into training every employee on the use of their PPE and our safety culture
  • Attending safety workshops, seminars and conventions
VIH Cougar Helicopters maintains a strict auditing, monitoring and management review system to proactively manage safety on a daily basis. We also have an online reporting system that enables us to track trends in order to mitigate any potentially harmful actions or behaviors that may normally go undetected.

As a good corporate citizen, VIH Cougar Helicopters deems it important to work with others in the industry promoting aviation safety worldwide. As a result, we are involved with various safety committees including the Helicopter Safety Advisory Conference (HSAC) and the Helicopter Association International (HAI) Offshore Committee.