Safety Visit Workshops

AUGUST 2004
Contents
 Introductions
 Workshop Objectives
 Classroom Session
 - Why Safety Visits?
 - How to Recognise Hazards?
 - How to do Safety Visits?
 Safety Visits - in photo
 Feedback on the Safety Visits and The Way Forward
 Additional Hazard Recognition material
Objectives of Safe Visits and of this Workshop

 To provide the opportunity to discuss safety on site

 To identify and reduce the number of unsafe

practices

 To raise the actual safety standards on-site

Where are we coming from?

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Policy statement form the HSE Plan

 The implementation of the HSE Plan is a line responsibility,

active participation is required of all persons involved
throughout the organization.

You get the standard of Safety you show you want

Why Safe Visits?

 Because they provide managers with the opportunities to

demonstrate their concern and their commitment to HSE

 No blame HSE discussion in the workplace

You get the standard of Safety you show you want

Why Safety Visits?

 Because over 90% of accidents result from Unsafe Acts

 Safety Visits focus on people and their actions.

 Safety Visits identify the unsafe acts and
prevent the incidents

You get the standard of Safety you show you want

Why Safe Visits?

Fatalities Lost Time In juries

Medical Treatment First-Aid Cases

Unsafe Acts
Near Misses

Hazardous Situations
 Why Safe Visits?

Operator falls and hits head on

the structure. Fatal injuries to the 1
head Fatality

Operator falls 4m and breaks 30

both legs Disabling
Injuries

Operator falls into missing 300

section but manages to hold on Reportable Injuries
(LWC/RWC/MTC)
and climb out. Sprains and cuts
Operator sees the missing 3,000
section before walking on it First Aid Cases and Near Misses

Cleaner does not replace

30,000
section of grating on elevated
Unsafe Acts and Unsafe Conditions
platform
How do we do Safety Visits?

 Allocate at least 30 minutes. Dedicate it to HSE

 Decide which area to visit - where is the activity?

 Choose a time when people are working

 Maximum two visitors - the visiting manager and line

supervisor of the area

 Set a Good Example by wearing all PPE required and

following all safety rules
Observation
 Stop for 10 - 30 secs. and observe the activity
 Concentrate on people working, not on things
 Be alert for the ‘evaporative act’
 ABBI - look Above, Below, Behind, Inside
 Question 'Why?' and 'What if....?'
 Use all your senses - smell, hearing
 Think of solutions to the problems you see
 Recognize good working practices
 Do not take notes while observing and discussing
Discussion
 The main aim of the discussion is to get the
workers to recognize their own unsafe acts, and to
commit themselves to working safely.

 Don’t rush. Take time to put the workers at ease.

 Be open and direct, but don’t challenge or blame.
 Question and discuss. Keep listening. Don’t lecture.
 Encourage the workers to identify the hazards and to
suggest safer ways of working.
Discussion (contd.)
 Commend safe working practices.
 Correct the unsafe acts and conditions at once if
possible. ‘Actions speak louder than words’.

 Encourage workers to discuss their safety concerns and

to offer their ideas.

 Write down their concerns and ideas and make sure that
they are followed up and the outcome fed back.

 Thank workers for their participation.

Reporting and Follow-up
 Write brief notes of the observations and agreed actions
 Categorize the observations - checklists can help
 Make sure there is feedback to the persons visited

HSE Department:

 Analyse the Safety Visit reports to identify recurring

weaknesses, and additional HSE programmes needed
 Set the Safety Standards based on International standards
and Shell advice
 Audit the quality of Safe Visits and need for further training
in hazard recognition and observation/discussion techniques
What kind of observations are we talking about?

 Examples from the Check-List / Report

What kind of hazards are we talking about?

 Examples from the Site

Questions

Safety first
Feedback

 What did you observe and should be discussed?

 How was the experience?
 Do you think the Safety Visit process will work here?
The Way Forward

 Workshops for all managers and superintendent in

construction
 Start to do regular Safety Visits – one per week
 If needed, start the program together with the HSE staff, one
to one
 Continue the normal application with monthly report by the
HSE staff
 Safety Standards Safety standard
PPE
Hazard Management Safety Processes Respirator apparatus
Material movement Medical examination Housekeeping and Offices
Machine HSE Plan and POS Fire prevention
Obstacles Job Hazard Analysis Warehouse
Dangerous floor Permit to work Excavation
Danger from height Confined space entry Welding and cutting
Fragment, sliver Energy isolation Working at heights
Electricity Inspection and Scaffolding and ladders
Hot or cold surface maintenance Steel and concrete erection
Noise Training Demolition
Fire and explosion Communication and Abrasive work
Gas release involvement Painting
Construction activities Security Cranes and lifting operations
with live plant Traffic management Diesel engines
Chemicals, H2S, HF Investigation NC/CA Fork lift trucks
Asbestos/demolitions Environmental aspects Machinery guarding
Ionising radiation Chemicals Tools / portable power tools
Lighting levels Emergency response Powered platforms
VDT Electrical Safety
Pressure testing
The Secret of Success!

 Every time you walk past an unsafe practice you lower

the standards of the Site.

You get the standard of Safety

you show you want
Why Safety Visits?

 Because Enhanced Safety Management and Safety Visits

have worked for other site

 Visible Management Commitment

 Line managers and superintendents taking
responsibility for HSE
 Involving everyone in the HSE activities
 Investigations and audits - no blame, learning activities

You get the standard of Safety you show you want