4.5 Safe Act: A set of behavior exhibited by employee or contractor that has taken into consideration all at risk conditions and acts that will prevent an incident while performing
activities.
4.6 Unsafe Act: It is a conduct (whether witnessed or not) that unnecessarily increases the likelihood of injury, violates established safety rules, or is contrary to expected conduct. Employees' unsafe acts show poor safety attitudes and indicate a lack of management commitment. An unsafe actะ-
- Offers injury potential to the employee involved and may expose other people to injury.
• Could be a violation of either an established safety rule or procedure, or of an unwritten rule of common sense or good judgment
• May not have been previously recognized as injury potential conduct, and may not violate applicable existing rule or procedure but has potential for injury.
• Need not be limited to a specific job.
• Can be an action or inaction that may lead to an accident or injury if not corrected.
4.7 Unsafe Condition: It is a condition, which may or may not have been directly caused by the action or inaction of one or more employees in an area that may lead to an incident or injury if uncorrected. It may also be caused by faulty design, incorrect fabrication or construction, or inadequate maintenance and subsequent deterioration. The key point that differentiates unsafe conditions from unsafe acts is that unsafe conditions are normally beyond the direct control of employees in the area where the condition is observed.
4.8 Safety Interaction : Safety interaction is a structured and planned pro-active two ways safety conversation process with people at their work place to achieve positive change in people’s behavior towards safety in order to:
• Recognize and reinforce positive safety behavior
• Identify and correct behavior at risk
• Engage in conversation regarding safety concerns or issues
4.9 UCAR : Unsafe conditions Corrective Action Request
5 Standards/ Guideline
5.1 Introduction
Safety Interaction is a structured and planned pro-active two ways safety conversation (interaction) process with people at their work place to achieve positive change in people's behavior towards safety in order to:
• Recognize and reinforce positive safety behavior