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Field Safety Observations

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Field Safety Observations
Expectations:
McCutcheon Enterprises, Inc. has implemented the use of Field Safety Observations and they are to be used on any job at any time. It need not matter whether or not the job was scheduled, or emergency response, Field Safety Observations may still be completed.

Outline:
MEI encourages all of our employees to observe and mitigate hazards in the work place. This is achieved through by using the Field Safety Observation Process. The focus of the observation is on the work task being performed and how employees react to it. Employees observe other employees performing normal job activities and document all questionable activities or conditions. If an unsafe activity or condition is viewed, stop the work …show more content…

Potential hazards and concerns are shared and discussed as well. The benefits of such discussions are:
Immediate positive reinforcement of the tasks performed which can dramatically increase the chance that correct behavior will be repeated and become habits.
Prompt feedback and correction of questionable activities or conditions. The constructive criticism reinforces to the personnel that performing the job safely is their highest priority.
Methods asking for recommendations to improve the safety of the job being performed enable personnel to be involved in the entire observation process.
Finally, the discussions are a tool used to track and identify both positive and negative safety trends. Combining the trends of the two is most effective in changing behavior for incident-free operations. Observation data enables the organization to focus proactively (bottom of pyramid figure 1) and note those key areas where greater risks are present.

FSO Process
Identification of Target …show more content…

MEI can improve this process during bi-monthly company-wide safety meetings and through the meetings of the Safety Committee. MEI Supervisors shall assist all employees in the proper completion of FSO forms. MEI Safety Personnel can also assist an employee when on field visits or whenever the employee returns to the office. The observer must be trained so that they can:
Note work practices that are correct and consistent with the onsite JSA.
Identify potential deviations from standard job procedures that could possibly result in an incident.
Assist in the development of sound solutions to prevent the root cause from recurring.
Tracking and Trending Data
MEI employees submit their completed Field Safety Observation Forms to the MEI Safety Department for review. The MEI Safety Department then takes the reports and classifies them under the 4 major categories:
Recognition
Unsafe Acts
Unsafe Conditions
Stop Work Authority
The MEI Safety Department then further breaks down the data to include Critical Factors such

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