Tools For Sustaining Safety

Phil La Duke

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Introduction

• Housekeeping• Introductions

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Uses For Safety Tools

•Process Monitoring•Culture Change

Reinforcement•Structure and Infrastructure•Training and Reference•Process Integration

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Process Monitoring Tools

•Scorecards•Dashboards•Reports

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Sample Score Card

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Considerations

Advantages• Provides “at a

glance” status for safety

• Red-Yellow-Green coding fits well with QOS or Lean Manufacturing

• Provides a good executive overview

Limitations• Does not identify

root causes

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Sample Dashboard

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Considerations

Advantages:• Provides real-time

data• Gives a macro-

level view of the state of safety

Limitations:• Data without

interpretation and action is useless

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Sample Report

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Considerations

Advantages:• Creates visual

representations of the process

• Can be used to track progress

• Can be used to monitor compliance and process slippage

• Easy to use

Limitations:• Are only as good as

the person interpreting them

• Need to be interpreted to change data into information

• Must be part of a robust safety infrastructure

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Change Reinforcement Tools

• HICCAT• Reports• Mobile Devices• Audit Tools

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HICCAT

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HICCAT Demo

http://safetyimpactdemo.oe.com/

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Considerations

Advantages:• Provides ability to identify

hazards• Can be integrated into

production monitoring software to reduce or eliminate lockout violations

• Documents hazard containment

• Provides reports• Provides workflow and email • Allows for data trending• Allows for forced

accountability• Can be used by multiple users

and locations simultaneously

Limitations:• Proprietary software

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Sample Reports

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Considerations

Advantages:• Identifies

noncompliance• Can be used to track

progress• Ensures containments

remain viable• Easy to use

Limitations:• Requires an

infrastructure for correction

• Can be difficult to generate using home-made databases

• Useless without appropriate action

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Mobile Devices

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Considerations

Advantages:• Allows for hazard data

collection at the point of occurrence

• Increases hazards found• Improves hazard data

integrity• Allows for photos of

hazards• Leverages 802.11 wireless • Easy to use

Limitations:• Requires a mobile device • Requires wireless coverage

location wide• Requires HICCAT

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Audit Tools

• Software• Hardware• Mobile Devices• Third-party Support

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Considerations

Advantages:• Reduces the time required

to audit a facility • Can integrate with HICCAT

or other software to document findings

• Can provide fresh perspective on hazards

• Can be used to document both behavioral and process hazards

Limitations:• Requires proprietary

software• Requires hardware

purchase or lease

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Structure and Infrastructure Tools

•HICCAT•Personal Security•RFID tagging•Personal Collaboration Platform

•Unified Communication

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HICCAT

Advantages:• Provides reports

necessary to building and maintaining a data infrastructure

• Allows Trend Analysis• Can be used to

support TPM, 5S and other production, materials, or quality initiatives

Limitations:• Should not be

integrated into WOMS• Should not be used to

track injury data

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Physical Security

• System for monitoring the workplace• Uses digital technology to activate

cameras in response to worker distress calls

• Uses RFID and similar technology to automatically detect workers who have fallen

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Considerations

Advantages:• Allows for tracking worker

locations for quicker emergency response

• Verifies worker evacuation in emergency

• Allows workers to call for help if they are injured or attacked

• Allows injuries to be videotaped for unprecedented injury investigation

• Could be used for untainted behavior observations

• Improves emergency response time

Limitations:• May be resisted by workers as

intrusive of their privacy• Far less effective if used for

disciplinary purposes• Proprietary system• May require hardware

purchases

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RFID tagging

• Installs low cost, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags on hazards, equipment, and vehicles

• Can be placed on the location where injuries occurred

• Can be used together to gather unobservable hazards

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Considerations

Advantages:• Can be used to document

vehicle safety hazards (for example unsafe intersections)

• Allows for the creation of virtual area maps that can be used in hazard trend analysis and departmental risk assessment

• May be used in conjunction with HICCAT to automatically capture the location of a hazard

• Can be integrated into dashboards or scoreboards

Limitations:• Requires purchase of RFID

tags• May require additional

software

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Professional Collaboration Platform

• Uses Wiki-style technology to allow multiple professionals to work on the same documents simultaneously

• Allows multiple authors• Encourages functional debate on

safety topics• Uses fuzzy logic and gooey interfaces

to make topic searches very easy

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Considerations

Advantages:• Allows for the development

of a “tribal knowledge” for safety

• Allows other locations to critique incident investigation

• Allows for best practice sharing

• Makes it easy to find topics by key-word searches

• Creates an environment of collaborative safety improvements

• Can be used to quickly disseminate safety bulletins

• Can be used to create a tool-box talk library

Limitations:• Requires the purchase of

proprietary software• Use needs to be hardwired

into the location’s safety culture

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Unified Communication

A method for combining:• Email• Voicemail• Wireless• Phone• Mobile Phone• Mobile Devices and• Radios into a single source

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Considerations

Advantages:• Allows for single point

communication• Reduces the number of

devices required • Provides greater

flexibility and mobility • Workers can spend less

time in offices or cubicles and more time on the shop or warehouse floor

Limitations:• Requires hardware

purchase

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Training and Reference Tools

• Electronic Performance Support Tools• Safety Kiosks w/embedded Safety

LMS• OSHA Accepted On-Line Safety

Training

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Electronic Performance Support Tools

http://winunix/SafetyImpactLG

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Considerations

Advantages:• Can be used as a job aid• Allows instant access to

reference materials usually found only in manuals

• Can be used to create JSA or SWIs

• Provides imbedded training on the safest way to operate equipment

• Provides reverence for infrequently performed tasks

Limitations:• Requires third-party to

create

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Safety Kiosks w/ embedded Safety LMS

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Considerations

Advantages:• Provides a closed portal to web

content• Provides standardization of

training• Can be used to access online

subscription services (JSA Builder, MSDS Online, etc.)

• Allows for instantaneous software upgrades and improvements.

• Fosters Continuing Education• Student information, courses, and

results can be centrally accessed at any kiosk

• Reporting capabilities that allow supervisors to quickly ascertain who has been trained and is qualified on a given job

• Training can be updated and presented quickly and easily

Limitations:• Requires hardware purchase

or lease• Dedicated space is required

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OSHA Accepted On-Line Safety Training

https://secure2.360training.com/vu3/index.cfm?event=home&cid=2829

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Considerations

Advantages:• Workers can complete

training in small groups• Minimizes disruption of

production• Low cost• Does not require a proctor• Increases compliance with

OSHA training requirements

• Can be badged to a company’s specific look and feel

• Can be integrated into a company’s intranet

Limitations:• Requires web access• Not all training is accepted

by OSHA as meeting its requirements

• Cannot be customized and still be accepted by OSHA

• Course titles are limited

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Process Integration Tools

• Safety Certifications• Safety Training• Safety Kiosks

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Safety Certifications

• Curriculum and courses are developed for each customer

• The certification requirements are set by the customer and the certification program can be a large or as small as the customer desires

• Participants follow different training tracks specific to their division

• Courses are conducted in a campus setting• Certifications can be maintained through

web-based CEU courses

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Considerations

Advantages:• Ensures workers have

mastered all safety skills required by the organization

• Ensures safety professionals are kept current on emerging safety topics

• Can be tailored to suit the needs of the organization

• Can include safety support skills (like coaching and leadership)

• Employs mixed instructional and delivery methods

• Provides an opportunity for safety professionals to meet and interact

• Frequency and participants are determined by the organization

Limitations :• Requires instructional design

to develop curricula• Requires training

infrastructure

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Safety Training

• Awareness Training • Requisite Skills Training• Regulatory Training• Process Training• Support Skills Training

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Conclusion

• There is a real danger of a loss of momentum and motivation to maintain safety improvements when the consultants leave

• Technology is rapidly changing and emergent technology can greatly aid in sustaining culture change and safety improvement

• It’s often possible to use technology that you already own to sustain safety improvements

• Even the most dedicated leader needs tools to help sustain safety improvements

Thank You!This presentation is

available at www.safety-impact.com.