Hand phone and risky behavior

Before I go future, lets me explain what is risky behavior at Nestle manufacturing. It is a behavior that puts you at risk for a bad consequence also known as an act that near miss to incident or accident.

 Therefore, what is the consequence of hand phone and risky behavior?

At the beginning I’m also wonder why management put it under risky behavior while at the same time the plant are operate with IT & IS (Information system) including Global excellence Business which is the integration of various system and mapping or migration with SAP core system and also including the application of intranet, extranet and internet to fluent our daily operation. It is contradicts between the safety procedure and our daily routine operation.

Unsatisfied rumors spread like a virus, until NCE (Nestle continuously excellent) and safety champion gave a talk. That the time everybody agree including me. Why?

Let’s me elaborate, Parato study have done at nestle around the world, and Philippines is the pilot and champion project for safety, which is the best safety practices in the world. The result from Parato study show that hand phone is the big contribution, which is more than 60% compare other factors (Nestle BO shah Alam complex, WOR SHE 2011). How?

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Most of the accident that related with hand phone causes from careless not focus and take grunted. Another simple accident but cases fall under first aid, is when the victims use phone while climbing to the canteen, consequently, he misses step and injured. Due to this circumstance, nestle was came out with risky behavior observation, which is for every staff, visitor, contractor regardless their position and interest, must stop walking while using the phone either for answer the call, sms, mms, or while using gadget such as I –Pad, I-Phone or smart phone. If the staff was caught more than 80% upon this risky behavior, the factory manager itself will give counseling, reminder or warning letter to the victims, and if he/she caught accident causes of hand phone, strictly warning letter will give to them.

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What’s next? Let’s take it as a positive behavior. Phone, smart phone or IT gadget is very important, and it is important in our daily routine, but the question is, how, when and what method is applicable, suitable and appropriate to apply. The answer is simple, “up to the users”. At any single things that we want to do, thing for the safety first, even as simple as to answer the call, the good and best safety practices is “stop and answer the call”, don’t think how hard or vied this behavior but think what will happened to our love one if the accident happened.

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