Honing the ability to proactively detect and prevent occupational safety hazards
What is risk sensitivity training?
Risk sensitivity refers to the ability to detect and prevent risks before they occur. In recent years, increased workforce mobility due to the retirement of veterans and labor shortages has resulted in fewer opportunities to encounter actual occupational accidents, raising concerns about a decline in risk sensitivity. To prevent occupational accidents, it is necessary to enhance risk sensitivity so that workers can quickly sense where hazards are lurking on-site and understand the conditions that make accidents more likely to happen.
Three Methods to Enhance Risk Awareness
- Hazard Prediction (KY) Activities
For example, work groups discuss how falls from scaffolds might occur, identify potential hazards on-site, and take preventative measures in advance. - Risk Assessment
We identify potential risks associated with scaffold work, evaluate the frequency and severity of potential accidents for each risk, estimate the overall level of risk, and prioritize our countermeasures accordingly. - Sharing Near-Miss Incidents
We report experiences of near-misses and surprising moments during on-site work, and brainstorm solutions together to help prevent similar hazards in the future.
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*All content is based on cases in Japan.