Enterprise level construction companies typically have ongoing projects at various locations nationwide, where their employees and contractors encounter hazardous situations despite adhering to industry standard risk mitigation strategies. When an incident occurs, critical information such as the location, type of incident, and severity are a few key factors (in a long list) that can determine an EHS team’s response. But time delays and inconsistent communication are the major obstacles which can hamper a team’s ability to effectively respond to the incident.
Imagine a scenario where a Hot Work job must be performed on a construction site. All appropriate precautions are taken, including a Fire Watch presence on site, but an errant spark causes a fire to break out leading to some minor burn injuries. The onsite safety teams respond to bring the situation under control and administer first aid. But its highly likely that some time has elapsed before all required paperwork has been completed and communicated to the EHS department. This could lead to a significant lead time in the EHS team’s response to the situation. There are several additional issues which compound over this time window. As an EHS lead, it is imperative that you are mitigating these issues, and your first line of defense is to shorten this timeline in a methodical and strategic manner.
An Incident Rapid Reporting app in the hands of personnel on site, can be a game changing option. The SafetyStratus Incident Management System provides a highly configurable desktop and app-based rapid reporting tool that helps gather critical incident information on a neat and simple interface. In the above scenario, all relevant details, documents and pictures can be entered on the app. Depending on the severity of the incident, the tool will instantly send out Email or SMS alerts to designated individuals or groups. The SMS alerts are especially handy to communicate Critical severity incidents that might otherwise get lost in an email in-box. Having received these instant alerts, the EHS team is able to react quickly and conduct the necessary investigations to identify root causes and issue any corrective actions.Â
It can help gather all the critical incident details and communicate them to the EHS Team in a centralized online database, so that these incidents can be referenced with a moment’s notice for an audit or necessary follow up.
A clean and simple reporting interface.
Instant alert received by the team
The ability to quickly and effectively respond to an emerging situation is undeniably the cornerstone of any EHS team’s safety program, and an Incident Rapid Reporting system is a vital tool in a team’s toolbox to achieve their safety goals.
Users of this Incident Rapid Reporting System also adapt and become stronger stewards of safety on your various construction sites. By having a reliable tool, they can quickly log these incidents, so they can focus on mitigating and providing high level aid to the impacted employee.
AUTHOR BIO:-
Krishna Durbha is a Lead Subject Matter Expert at SafetyStratus with over three years of experience guiding enterprise clients across construction, real estate, higher education, and IT infrastructure.
He writes to connect practical safety challenges with technology-driven solutions and is passionate about helping organizations strengthen their safety and compliance programs through effective strategies.
