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Safety Observation Card

1) The document provides guidance on how to conduct risk reduction observations and effectively address unsafe behaviors with employees. 2) It advises speaking to employees privately to explain what was observed, the expected safe behavior, and making suggestions to reduce injury risk. 3) The observer should make the conversation positive by also noting what the employee did correctly and emphasizing their value to prevent injury.

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Safety Observation Card

1) The document provides guidance on how to conduct risk reduction observations and effectively address unsafe behaviors with employees. 2) It advises speaking to employees privately to explain what was observed, the expected safe behavior, and making suggestions to reduce injury risk. 3) The observer should make the conversation positive by also noting what the employee did correctly and emphasizing their value to prevent injury.

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Guidance On How To Conduct Risk Reduction Observations

Safety Observation Respond by talking to the employee about what you observed:

Work location:_______________________ Date:_______


• Don’t merely observe an unsafe behavior and fail to say anything.
Take action to change the situation for the better.
Fatal and Life-Changing Injury Precursors: • Make it private. Take the employee aside – out of earshot of others.
 Unusual and non-routine work  Work where sources of high energy Be mindful of volume and tone of voice. ‘Loud and angry’ just gets
 Non-production activities (electricity for one) are present in the way when you’re trying to teach someone the expectation.
 Confined space entry  Work completed during construction
 Jobs that require lock-out tag-out operations • Explain. Both what you observed; as well as the expected behavior.
Lifting operations with cranes and hoists  Operation of mobile equipment (and

 Driving interaction with pedestrians)
• Make it positive. Let the employee know the correct things they did
 Working at heights  Manual materials handling also (PPE use, correct lifting, etc). Tell them that you value them and
don’t want to see them get injured.
Employee Personal Protective Equipment Employee Tools/Equipment
• Ask them for any suggested changes to get their involvement and
 Head  Ears  Right for the job buy-in (e.g., how can we reduce your injury risk doing this task?)
 Eyes & Face  Trunk  Properly used
 Legs & Feet  Respiratory System  Good/Safe Condition • Remind them to take 3 Seconds to think consciously about
 Hands & Arms “what could go wrong”, not “what has gone wrong in the past”
Safety Procedures & Training Environment & Work Area
Observations/Corrective Follow up action:
 Available  Understood  Clean action suggestions
 Known  Followed  Orderly
 In Safe Conditions

What Did You Do to Intervene or Correct the Unsafe Act/Conditions?


 No Action Taken  Informed Supervisor
 Intervened with Employee  Removed Hazard
 Other _______________________________________

Note Positive Observations:


_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Observer (please print names):___________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

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