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Daily Safety Task Instruction (DSTI) : Supervisor/Manager/Team Leader
Daily Safety Task Instruction (DSTI) : Supervisor/Manager/Team Leader
(DSTI)
Supervisor/Manager/Team Leader
Daily Safe Task Instruction (DSTI)
Daily Safe Task Instruction also known as Field Level Risk Assessment will be
implemented in the following manner:
The DSTI is to be carried out at the work area by the Construction Supervisors and
Team Leaders in the following manner:
The Supervisor is to review the work to be carried out for the day, from which
he must identify the hazard, assess the risk and decide on a methodology to
minimize or mitigate those hazards and risks.
The hazards and risks are to be written into the DSTI form and the controls
are to be listed.
Once the DSTI form is complete, the Supervisor is to communicate the
hazards and risks to the workforce and discuss how they can be minimized
and/or mitigated.
At the end of shift the Construction Supervisor/Team Leader is to use the
DSTI Close-out form, to confirm that on completion of work the area is left free
of hazards and risks to employees entering the area.
The DSTI should be signed by all team members acknowledging the items
were discussed.
The Contractor’s Safety Officer should also sign all DSTIs in every work area.
Introduction
FLRA checklist
Hot work permits
Entry to confined spaces
Ground disturbance checklists
Working aloft or at heights checklists
Critical lift checklists
Mobile lift equipment checklists
Field Level Risk Assessment is a way for workers and crews to:
Identify hazards associated with work tasks and assess their risks on the day
of the job.
Put controls in place so that risks are kept to an acceptable level.
Tools that help workers stop, think and put controls in place.
Training for supervisors and workers.
Sample forms that can be used to document field level risk assessments and
make improvements.
A manager’s handbook.
A. For companies
Improved work methods and productivity
Direct cost savings
Decreased costs to pass on to customers. A competitive edge.
Better data to improve company safety
Reduction in the “emotional” costs of accidents and injuries
Increased trust and confidence of workers
Due diligence
B. FOR WORKERS
Reduced probability of injuries
More security for their families
Improved morale
Opportunity to make work place improvements
Opportunity for recognition of increased contribution to the company
Improved ability to think critically
Making this system work in your company will take effort. You will need to:
THE MODEL
Supervisor and crew discuss the work to be done on the day of the job. Together
they:
The Supervisor:
Each worker:
Stops and thinks about hazards, risks and controls while working.
The supervisor thinks through the process to prepare for meeting with the
crew.
The supervisor leads a discussion with the crew encouraging their analysis
and feedback.
The worker does it as a mental process as he/she works.
To fulfill the employer requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act:
Note that Field Level Risk Assessment does not replace other planning and risk
assessment processes. Methods such as Hazop and Job Safety Analysis are used
before construction begins. Field Level Risk Assessment incorporates the
information from these processes and adds day of the job information.
ASSESS:
How bad could this be?
How likely is it to happen?
CONTROL:
Who should I contact for help?
Are permits, written practices, procedures, etc. required?
What can I do to control the risk?
Will the control affect another part of the task being done?
Do I need to tell anyone else?
Are emergency response plans required?
1. Field Level Risk Assessment requires workers to stop and think before doing
even routine tasks. It is easier just to work as usual. Changing any habit is
hard. Thinking before doing will get easier with practice and reinforcement.
2. Field Level Risk Assessment requires critical thinking skills that may be
underdeveloped in some workers. As workers develop these thinking skills,
they will improve their performance in many other situations.
3. Field Level Risk Assessment requires individuals to accept responsibility for
thinking and taking action. Many people expect to be told what to do but they
like to give ideas. With input comes a greater commitment to good work.
4. Doing Field Level Risk Assessment may mean challenging authority for some
people. Supervisors may expect to do the thinking and the telling. They may
be uncomfortable having workers tell them that something at the work site
needs to be done differently. Workers may be uncomfortable playing that role.
Using this process builds teams.
5. Using the forms requires more paperwork that most foremen do not enjoy.
The process of writing assessments requires crews to think through
conditions more carefully. It also means that their ideas and suggestions are
recorded and used by the company to improve safety.
Implementing Field Level Risk Assessment represents a change for your company.
Understanding what people need to motivate them to change is helpful. You can
then address their needs in your plan.
Every time a worker changes a task they do a mental Field Level Risk
Assessment.
Possible Indicators: You see workers putting controls in place,
reporting concerns to foremen, stopping to think before starting a new
job step.
At the end of each month, the Field Level Risk Assessment forms will
be reviewed at a joint work site committee.
Possible Indicator: Person assigned to this task submits a summary
of hazards identified and suggestions for changes to improve how work
is done.
2. Make monitoring a standard process. Decide how you will monitor, who will
monitor, and when you will monitor. Here are some examples:
What you will do: Verbal reports at management and safety meetings,
reports during performance discussions, spot checks at the work site,
spot checks of documentation, audits, etc.
Who: Senior management, foremen, supervisors, health and safety
staff.
When: Consistent and persistent time frames set for each activity.
3. Keep records. Decide what you will record to check your progress toward
your objectives, who will do the recording and how it will be recorded. Here
are some examples:
What: Field Level Risk Assessment Forms, monthly reports of
suggestions, spot check results of crews and individuals
Who: Management, foremen
How: In personnel files, in data bases, hard files
There are three ways that using Field Level Risk Assessment can improve your
business results. They are:
By reviewing Field Level Risk Assessment forms, you can identify trends and
patterns of hazards. An analysis of these trends and patterns may uncover
ways to improve work methods. To achieve this result, it is crucial that you
assign specific people to gather and analyze Field Level Risk Assessment
data, solve the identified problems, and take action on making changes.
Improvements will not happen without effort and good management.
Although the impact of morale is not as easily measured as cost and profit,
most managers agree there is correlation between high morale, productivity
and quality of work. Field Level Risk Assessment has the potential to improve
the attitudes people develop about work and the company.
Location: Company:
Step 1 – identify main Step 2 – identify hazards Step 3 – assess risk
job tasks (risk = probability x
consequence)
Follow up required
COMPLETED BY:_________________ SUP/LEADER REVIEW:______________
Jobsite General
Y N Comment
Posters and safety signs/warnings?
First aid kit available and adequately stocked?
Housekeeping and Sanitation
General neatness of work area(s)?
Passageways and walkways clear?
Adequate lighting?
Waste containers provided and used?
Sanitary facilities adequate and clean?
Adequate potable water supply?
Adequate drinking cups?
Nails, boards, debris removed?
Eye flushing facilities available?
Emergency showers available?
Construction Area - Secured Access (After hours)
Warning signs in place?
Open ditches protected?
Drop-offs protected?
Ladders lowered?
Hazard lights utilized?
Equipment secured?
Utility ditches flagged or barricaded?
Hazard Communication
Written program?
MSDS’s on file and available?
Material properly stored and labeled?
Log of all chemicals on site available?
Labels legible?
Fire Prevention
Adequate number and type of fire extinguisher(s)
available?
Phone number of fire department posted?
Fire extinguisher(s) provided on appropriate
equipment?
Are flammable liquids in approved containers and
correctly labeled?
Are flammable liquids properly stored?
“No smoking” signs posted and enforced?
Flammable Liquids/Materials
Empty containers removed?
Only approved containers being used?
Containers stored in approved and appropriate
area(s)?
Cylinders stored/secured in upright position?
Electrical
Equipment properly grounded?
Proper fire extinguisher(s) provided?
Are terminal boxes equipped with required covers
(cover used)?
Personal Protective Equipment
Protective equipment adequate for exposure?
Adequate fall protection provided?
Eye protection?
Face protection (glasses, goggles, shields)?
Hearing protection?
Respirators and masks?
Respirators used for harmful dust, asbestos, sand
blasting, welding (lead, paint and galvanized zinc or
cadmium)?
Head protection?
Hand and foot protection?
Hand Tools
Proper tool used for the job?
Handles free of cracks and attached to tool properly?
Inspections and proper maintenance accomplished
prior to use?
Neatly stored, safely carried?
Power Tools
Good housekeeping where tools are used?
Inspections and proper maintenance accomplished?
Tools grounded properly or double insulated?
Guards in place and used correctly?
Damaged or malfunctioning tools tagged out until
repaired or replaced?
Tools protected from unauthorized use?
Competent instruction and supervision?
Cords included in electrical inspection?
Ladders
Ladders inspected and in good condition?
Ladders used properly for type of exposure?
Ladders secured to prevent slipping, sliding, or
falling?
Are ladders spliced?
Do fixed ladders in excess of 6 metres have fall
protection?
Are aluminim ladders of sufficient strength for the
task?
Scaffolds
Erection properly supervised?
All structural members free from defects and meet
safety factor?
Are all connections secure?
Are scaffolds erected on solid footing?
Is scaffold tied to structure?
Are working areas free of dirt, debris, grease, etc.?
Are workers protected from falling objects?
Is scaffold plumb and square, with cross-bracing?
Are guard rails, intermediate rails, and toeboards in
place?
Are ropes and cables in good condition?
Fall protection available and in use?
Excavation and Shoring
Are holes, trenches, and cuts over 1.5m deep
shored, sloped or trench boxes used?
Operation supervised by competent person?
Spoil banks at least 0.5. from edges of cut?
Ladders placed to ensure no greater than 7m of
lateral travel by worker?
Ladder properly secured?
Are adjacent structures properly shored?
Is shoring and sheathing correct for soil and depth?
Are roads and sidewalks supported and protected?
Excavation barricaded and lighting provided?
Are equipment ramps adequate?
Have underground utility installations been identified?
Registered professional engineer design/approval
accomplished?
Confined space entry permit required plan
established?
Are daily inspections completed by a competent
person?
Tunneling
Testing of atmosphere accomplished?
Adequate ventilation?
Electrical approved for hazardous locations?
Adequate fire prevention?
Rescue plan?
Confined space entry permit program?
Hoists, Cranes and Derricks
Are daily inspections completed by operators?
Outriggers used?
Power lines deactivated, removed, or warning signs
posted warning of at least 3m clearance from
overhead power lines (voltages 50,000 volts or
below)?
Hoists designed by a competent professional
engineer?
Proper loading for capacity at lifting radius?
Operation in accordance with manufacturer’s
instruction?
Competent person inspecting crane?
Equipment properly lubricated and maintained?
Load testing accomplished?
Signalmen where needed?
Alarms working and audible?
Heavy Equipment
Seat belts provided and used in equipment with
ROPS?
Backup alarms working and audible?
Slow moving vehicle emblem attached to rear of
equipment operating at less than 30km/hr?
No employees riding equipment without proper
seating?
Lights, brakes, warning signals operative?
Wheels chocked when necessary?
Haul roads well maintained and laid out properly?
Equipment properly secured when not in use?
Noise arresters used?
Spark arresters used as necessary?
Motor Vehicles
Qualified operators?
Local laws observed?
Brakes, lights, warning devices operative?
Weight limits and load stress controlled?
Personnel carried in correct manner?
All glass in good condition?
Backup signals provided?
Fire extinguisher(s) installed?
Seat belts worn?
Tie down straps or chains inspected?
Are all vehicles checked at the beginning of each
shift?
Garages and Repair Shops
Fire hazards controlled?
Oily rag containers used and emptied daily?
Good housekeeping?
Adequate lighting?
Adequate ventilation?
Are fuels and lubricants in proper containers?
Are fire extinguisher(s) provided, proper type and
rating?
Ample absorbent materials available and in use?
Barricades
Floor openings planked over or barricaded?
Roadways and sidewalks protected?
Adequate lighting provided?
Barricades or covers installed (shafts, wall openings,
stairways, stairwells, trenches, outriggers, etc.)?
Handling and Storage of Materials
Materials properly stored or stacked?
Are shelves, racks, and overhead storage load rated?
Are passageways clear?
Sufficient employees to do the job?
Lifting correctly?
Materials protected from weather?
Employees protected from falling into hoppers and
bins?
Is dust protection used?
Correct type of fire extinguisher(s) and other fire
protection available?
Traffic controlled through the storage area?
Rigging inspected prior to use?
Competent person responsible?
Demolition
Engineering survey in writing?
Are material chutes provided and used?
Are operations planned ahead?
Is there shoring of adjacent structures?
Utilities shut off?
Hazardous materials/chemicals removed from any
pipes, tanks, or equipment?
Welding and Cutting
Are operators qualified?
Screens and shields in place?
Are oxygen and acetylene stored properly?
Are bottles not in use secured with caps in place?
Proper eye protection and PPE used?
Fire extinguisher located near operations?
“Hot work” permit completed and posted in areas
requiring such permit?
Are valves shut-off and regulators backed off each
night?
Flashback arresters placed on hoses (O2 and fuel
gas)?
Electrical equipment grounded?
Area inspected for fire hazards?
Gas lines and power cables protected and in good
condition?
Proper Welding permit program?ventilation?
Steel Erection
Safety nets or planked floors?
Hard hats, safety shoes, gloves and other PPE used?
Taglines for controlling loads?
Fire hazards covered and barricaded?
Floor openings covered and barricaded?
Hoisting apparatus checked?
Adequate fall protection?
Concrete Construction
Forms properly installed and braced?
Adequate shoring, plumbed, and crossbraced?
Proper curing period and procedures used?
Adequate PPE?
Nails and stripped form material removed from area?
Masonry
Proper scaffolding?
Masonry saws properly equipped, dust protection
provided?
Safe hoisting equipment?
Are limited access zones established as required?
Work Permits
Safe work permit procedures followed?
“Hot work” permit procedures followed?
Excavation permit procedures followed?
Control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout)
procedures being used?
Confined space entry permit procedures followed?