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Incidents · UK duty guide
Observations
What was seen on the job.
On the file
What was seen, a photo if it helps, and the action if it failed.
Duty
MHSWR 1999
Where it is used
On the spot, before the supervisor leaves.
What the duty covers
- A safe act or an unsafe one. A photo if it helps.
- A fail becomes an action before the supervisor leaves.
- It sits on the same record as the inspection.
On the file
- A safe act or an unsafe one
- What was seen
- A photo, where it helps
- The place
- The person who saw it
- The action, if it failed
How this duty should sit
These notes describe how the duty can sit on a digital record. This page is a guide to a UK duty. It is not a screen in EHSync Safety.
- Filed on the spot. Not a notebook for someone else to type up.
- A fail does not wait until the end of the week to become an action.
The duty
The UK law we work to, by name.
MHSWR 1999
Monitoring. An observation is how you know the controls are actually in use.
Who uses it
Anyone on the job can file one. A fail is owned before they walk away.
Sits with
On the same record as the inspection. A fail is an action, not a note for later.
What good looks like
Filed while they are still there. A fail does not wait until the end of the week.