“Our app is a result of many years’ experience and know-
how about which challenges there are related to the HSEQ-work.
“We believe that one of the biggest errors many companies
make is to build their reporting systems way too difficult for the
users to understand. This very often results in a lack of reporting,
and the systems will in fact work against the company instead
of for it. HSEQ is understandable for everyone. Tap, send and
improve. That’s it. It cannot be done any simpler.
“There are plenty of brilliant systems for analysing data, but
few (if any) good systems for collecting the data from employees
who are not in front of a computer on a regular basis. Old
fashion systems like notepads and verbal communication are still
the most common, and that’s why we decided to develop an
up-to-date solution for this.”
CRC-Evans Offshore had found the application it was looking
for and the fact that it could customise its own version was even
better. Consequently, the CRC-HSEQ app was born.
As part of CRC-Evans Offshore’s ongoing drive for continual
improvement in HSEQ, culture and performance within its
business, the company launched its very own CRC-HSEQ app
designed for smartphone and Android devices to allow users to
submit safety and quality notifications and document any other
relevant HSEQ feedback in a simple, innovative and efficient
manner.
Using an iPhone, iPad, Android device or Windows phone,
the user can choose from six different HSEQ report types and a
system for carrying out a safe job analysis to documenting safety
inspections and audits. The app allows the user to choose from pre-
defined categories, write explanatory text and attach pictures as
further documentation of any deviations, proposed improvement,
safety observations, and SJA or safety inspections/audits.
Report type:
)
)
Quality non-conformance.
)
)
Quality observation.
)
)
Quality improvement.
)
)
HSE accident HSE.
)
)
Undesirable event.
)
)
H.O.C.
Inspections and audits
The CRC HSEQ app has a number of in-built checklists that can
be easily used to perform and document safety inspections,
quality audits and environmental audits. The user can choose
from the following pre-defined lists:
)
)
Safety inspection: office.
)
)
Safety inspection: workshop.
)
)
Safety inspection: outside area/yard.
)
)
Quality audit: ISO 9001 chapter 4 – quality management
system.
)
)
Quality audit: ISO 9001 chapter 5 – management
responsibility.
)
)
Quality audit: ISO 9001 chapter 6 – resource allocation.
)
)
Quality audit: ISO 9001 chapter 7 – realisation of product.
)
)
Quality audit: ISO 9001 chapter 8 – measurements, analysis
and improvements.
)
)
Environmental audit: ISO 14001 – system audit.
)
)
Safety 5-a-day.
As well as the standard fields in the app, Mellora was
also able to incorporate its hazard observation system and its
‘Safety 5-a-Day’. The ‘Safety 5-a-Day’ has been developed as a
tool to assist supervisors in having a safety conversation with
their people. Itprovides a more in-depth review of an activity
and is based around the company’s analysis of incidents and
identification of root causes. Historically, they have fallen into
one or more of the following categories:
)
)
People.
)
)
Equipment.
Figure 2.
CRC-Evans has customised the app to include its
own hazard observation process.
Figure 1.
Using an iPhone, iPad, Android device or Windows
phone, the user can choose from six different HSEQ report
types and a system for carrying out a safe job analysis to
documenting safety inspections and audits.
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