Digitized Behavior Based Observations for Safety Program Improvement
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Gensuite Safety Observations application
Tech Stack
- Mobile compatibility
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Employee Satisfaction
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems
Applicable Industries
- Electronics
Applicable Functions
- Quality Assurance
Use Cases
- Remote Asset Management
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
About The Customer
The customer is a world-leading provider of tools and storage, commercial electronic security and engineered fastening systems. They are a Fortune 500 American manufacturer with over 45,000 employees and 18 global sites. The company operates in a diverse range of industries and has a significant global presence. They are committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of their employees and have implemented a comprehensive Environmental, Health and Safety Management system. The company was in need of a digital solution to track safety observations and log corporate audits.
The Challenge
The company, a world-leading provider of tools and storage, commercial electronic security and engineered fastening systems, needed a comprehensive, digitized system for Environmental, Health and Safety Management. They specifically required a digital system for tracking safety observations to log corporate audits. The company wanted to develop a consistent behavior-based safety program across global sites with diverse operations. They aimed to simplify behavior-based safety program requirements and processes and provide a digital and mobile solution for convenient logging of behavior-based observations. The company also had specific EHS/IT needs such as site-specific custom forms for logging risks and behaviors based on site operations, equipment, etc., multilingual options for global sites, and mobile capabilities for on-the-go access.
The Solution
The company’s site leads and employees decided on the Gensuite Safety Observations application. This application supports behavior-based safety programs for real-time insights into safety risks in the workplace and for promoting safe employee behaviors and work activities. The solution allowed the company to create customized site observation forms including equipment-specific and site/ department/ sub-department forms. They could manage a standard list of applicable behaviors and conditions by risk category for use by trained observers. The company was also able to establish customized risk categories and associated behaviors and/or conditions for site safety observations. The solution was mobile compatible, allowing employees to record Safety Observations in the field using iPads, Windows Tablets, and Android Tablets.
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