In many sectors and fields, organisations and businesses are using digital inspection platforms to inspect and recording safety checks in their facility or operation. But some organisations and businesses are using the same inspection solution to carry out other types of inspection and other types of checks.
Among these are those that record safety procedures, safety behaviour and workplace safety induction. As central parts of the workforce’s daily routine, understanding safety is paramount in preventing workplace incidents and is just as important as the procedures and equipment in the facility being safe. So, what can be gained from taking other types of business inspection and other organisational checks onto the same digital inspection platform that you use for your equipment pre-start checks?
The benefit from digital platforms is that the system is often versatile depending on what you want to achieve. Some businesses simply want to take their safety inspection of their rental crane harness digital; others wish to completely digitalise their pre-start checks of their agricultural machinery. The perk of a digital solution is that it often can be tailored to what you want to inspect. Similarly, many inspections across a business are linked to other inspections and data. The performance of a machinery piece is dependent on the operator being sufficiently trained and educated in using the asset. But whilst the equipment receives digital inspection, some organisations forget to understand the importance of monitoring the machinery operator. As part of a pre-start check, inspectors can regularly find reference material as manuals and industry guidelines, but there are sometimes ways that human error can creep into operations. Inspections of personnel helps to eliminate this. For example, a machinery piece can only be so safe, but if a user doesn’t know the proper way to operate it, there is a risk for an incident. This highlights the issue of training and monitoring of staff so that they are adequately educated to use machinery. But it also raises the opportunity for organisations to synthesise their equipment and staff inspections so that they can understand better how they can work together whilst minimising risk. It becomes incredibly easy to comply with industry or national regulations for workplace safety in a factory, when your inspection solution is set up to be able to inspect both machinery and the safety behaviour of the operators.
