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26 • ROCK products • May 2015 www.rockproducts.com Rate the following as way to get information you missed when you were absent. • Field employees rated conversation (Score 2.8) and crew meetings (Score 2.7) as the most effective way to get infor- mation you missed; they rated hand signals (Score 1.3) and notes on a bulletin board (Score 1.7) as not being effective. • Conversation (Score 2.6) and crew meetings (Score 2.6) as the most effective in this case and hand signals (Score 1.0) and notes on a bulletin board (Score 1.5) to not be effective in obtaining missed information. Rate the following for communicating with contractors, visi- tors, or others at your site, project or at you plant. • Non-supervisors indicated conversation (Score 2.9) and crew meetings (Score 2.3) as the most effective for dealing with others and notes on a bulletin board (Score 1.5) and hand signals (Score 1.7) to not be effective. • Supervisors found conversation (Score 2.8) and crew meetings (2.0) to be most effective and notes on a bulle- tin board (Score 1.1) and hand signals (Score 1.4) to not be effective. Rate the following as processes to notify others of work that was not completed or goals not attained on your shift. • Conversation (Score 2.9) and crew meetings (Score 2.6) were selected as the most effective in this situation while hand signals (Score 1.5) and notes on a bulletin board (Score 1.6) were not thought to be effective. • Supervisors rated conversation (Score 3.0) and crew meetings (Score 2.4) to be most effective; the felt and notes on a bulletin board (Score 1.1) and hand signals (Score 1.4) to not be effective Rate the following as ways to discuss situations where is- sues or problems have occurred in the past. • In this case, conversation (Score 2.9), task training (Score 2.8) and crew meetings (Score 2.8) were considered the most effective; hand signals (Score 1.4) and notes on a bul- letin board (Score 1.6) were not considered to be effective. • Supervisors indicated conversation (Score 2.9), task train- ing (Score 2.8) and crew meetings (Score 2.8) most effec- tive and hand signals (Score 1.0) and notes on a bulletin board to not be effective. Rate the following on how effective they would be at chang- ing your mind about the hazards and risks associated with the work you are about to do. • Field employees suggested conversation (Score 2.9) and crew meetings (Score 2.7) to be the most effective in chang- ing someone's mind; notes on a bulletin board (Score 1.5) and hand signals are not effective in this situation. • Conversation (Score 3.0), crew meetings (Score 2.8) and task training were identified as being most effective by supervisors; hand signals (Score 1.4) and notes on a bulle- tin board (Score 1.4) were not considered effective. Rate the following for communicating to others that your risk assessment indicates they should take the appropriate actions to control the hazards associated with the task. • Non-supervisors indicated conversation (Score 2.8) and crew meetings (Score 2.7) to be the most effective in this case and hand signals (Score 1.7) and notes on a bulletin board (Score 1.8) to not be effective. • Supervisors found conversation (Score 2.9) and crew meetings (Score 2.8) to be most effective; and they believe hands signals (Score 1.0) and notes on bulletin boards (Score 1.2) not effective in this situation. Rate the following as ways of letting a co-worker know what he or she is doing appears to be unsafe and might result in an accident or getting injured. • In this situation, non-supervisors rated conversation (Score 2.9) and crew meetings (Score 2.6) as the most effective communication processes to use; they believed notes on a bulletin board (Score 1.6), hand signals (Score 2.0), telephone/radio (Score 2.0) and T5s (Score 2.0) to be not as effective. • Supervisors rated conservation (Score 3.0) and task train- ing (Score 2.4) to be the most effective in this case; they found notes on a bulletin board (Score 1.0) and hand sig- nals (Score 1.4) to not be effective. A quick review of the data generated by this survey indi- cates non-supervisory or field employees and supervisors agree that face-to-face conversation, crew meetings or task training are the most effective communication processes to use when: • Informing employees of changes in operating procedures, co-workers, equipment or hazards at the site, plant or project. • Providing or identifying hazards associated with operat- ing a new machine or equipment. • Encouraging co-workers to conduct risk assessments. • Making others aware of issues that were found and cor- rected during their shift. • Giving pre-shift information and assignments. • Getting information they may have missed when they were absent from the job. • Communicating with contractors, visitors and others who are on the site or project. • Notifying others of work that was not completed or goals not attained during the shift. • Discussing situations where issues or problems occurred in the past. • Changing someone's mind about the hazards and risks associated with work they are about to do. • Your risk assessment indicated they should take appropri- ate actions to control the hazards associated with the task. • Letting your co-worker know what he or she is doing that appears to be unsafe and might result in an accident or get- ting injured. SAFETY