How Do I Report a Safety Observation?
Reporting Safety Observations are important as they include any safe and unsafe actions and conditions in the workplace. They can also help to identify and prevent accidents occurring in the workplace as well as help employees to gain awareness of risks in the workplace.
- On the left side menu, go to ‘Safety Observations.
- Click ‘+ New Safety Observation.
- Choose the Safety Observation Type and Classification from the dropdown options.
- Enter a Brief Description.
- Enter the Occurrence Date.
- Tick the box if the initial Safety Observation Report was raised previously.
- Select the priority.
- Select who the Safety Observation was issued by from the dropdown options.
- Choose the Subcontractor from the dropdown options - the Subcontractor must be assigned to one or more locations to be able to use the system, as subcontractors need this information to set up employees or accept jobs, for example.
- Select the Location and Project from the dropdown options.
- You can pinpoint the location of the safety observation on the map by clicking on the location.
- If you want to add more forms to the safety observation, you will first need to digitise the forms in the Form Builder section.
- When you have created the forms, they will show when you are adding a safety observation when you click 'Next'.
This is required before you can add a Safety Observation:
- Create Safety Observation Types
- Create Safety Observation Classifications
- Set up Administrators
- Set up Employees
- Set up Subcontractors
- Set up Locations
- Set up Projects
- Create Safety Observation Categories