Safety Stand Down - Intervention

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Introduction: What is a safety intervention?

To involve oneself in an at-risk situation so as to alter or hinder an action or the development if an incident or injury.

A safety intervention is action taken to prevent an injury or incident from occurring.

What is at-risk? At-risk behavior is a behavior that exposes a worker to a potential

injury. At-risk condition is a condition with the potential to cause injury, property damage or process failure.

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Why intervene?Every Employee has the Right and duty to intervene All Canadian OHS legislation requires employers to

promotes the right and the duty of every employee to intervene in the interests of safety

An intervention process facilitates feedback An intervention process is proactive

em·ploy·ee a person who works for another in return for financial or other compensation.

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Benefits of intervention Injury prevention Incident prevention Identification of at-risk behavior or condition Fewer equipment damage incidents Fewer material loss incidents Completion of work or task on time and budget

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Who should intervene? All employees have the obligation to speak up when

they identify an at-risk behavior or condition Employees in a leadership role need to be a role model;

if an activity doesn’t look right start to ask questions Employees in a leadership role give silent consent when

they ignore an at-risk situation; they need to speak up If employees don’t see leaders intervening they will not

think it is important – if it is important to the leader it will be important to the employee

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How do you intervene? Having the courage to stop at-risk situations is what is

important Stress the friendly, helpful protective nature of the intervention Interventions help each other – avoid personal criticism Coach employees to use words to stop at-risk without offending

– don’t lecture Keep it short Never ask for names If discipline is attached to a safety intervention employees will

not intervene – we don’t like to get our co-workers in trouble

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Where? Everywhere where work is being conducted In vehicle cabs In parking lots In offices, building and camps On drilling rigs, on service rigs, on well sites, Seismic operations Pipeline construction sites

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When do you intervene? When you see an at-risk behavior

Not wearing a seat belt Talking on a cell phone while driving When an employee is standing in the line of fire

When you see an at-risk condition A vehicle parked without the park brake applied Ice build up on a high pedestrian traffic path An unsecured load of pipe on a trailer

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Conclusion Why wait until it’s too late… Stop at-risk actions and conditions before injury or

incidents occur It is your duty and obligation to intervene on behalf of

safety.