Health & safety bulletin
Peer On Peer Audits
24th June 2010
At our safety awareness day in December, we announced the introduction of peer on peer audits where site operatives audit each other using the F1.3.1 audit form that was previously only used by the management team. The objective of this is to encourage more time “talking” about safety issues, as opposed to ticking boxes.
Generally, I am pleased with the detailed information that some of our teams are recording; however, two areas require more attention:
Positive and negative comments - we ask for these to be recorded because we do a lot of things well and you should be acknowledging this to the person you are auditing. On every site I have visited we do some things really well, but there are always areas in which we can improve - no site is 100% safe and none of us are 100% perfect. The negative comments are also important as they encourage us to think outside the box; if you can do things better others can too - we can all learn from each other.
100% safe? - Many of our peer on peer audits don't pick up anything wrong. This isn't a blame exercise; it is designed to encourage on-site discussion to identify where the risks are and how we can work even safer. We want you to find things wrong and tell us what you did, or what we can do to reduce the risk to you and others working around you.
We are making good progress and are identifying more hazards and addressing them at source than ever before; please keep up the excellent work.
If we all take note of the two areas outlines above, I believe that we can make 2010 our best ever year.