Leadership Health and Safety Tour - MR SMT

Some useful questions to ask……
New Employee / Existing Employee
• Ask about experience of first day
• What (induction) training have you received?
• Were you made aware of the main hazards in you job? What are they?
• When do you feel unsafe?
• Tell me about what PPE you were given and what instruction in its use were you given?
• How often do you see management on the shop floor?
• Did you contribute to the site H&S plan? If yes, in what way? If no, why not?
• How else do you contribute to the safety on site?
• Do you get involved in risk assessments? If so, how?
• If you were given a large sum of money to improve safety or wellbeing at this site – what would you do?

Office Worker
• What are the key risks in your job?
• What risks do you see in terms of international travel and driving on company business?
• What controls are in place for the above?
• Describe a time when you have felt unsafe when visiting production areas or customer premises.
• Do you have a way of feeding this back to your leader? Is anything done about it? If not, what should be done to improve the situation?
• Have you been given instruction and training in the safe use of Display screens? If yes, what did that involve? If no, how could we rectify that?
• What would you do on discovering a fire? What does the alarm sound like?

Contractors
• What is the selection criteria for contractors?
• What work are you doing? Does it involve any major risk and was a risk assessment process carried out?
• Has a Permit to Work been issued? If so, what are the key things the permit requires of you?
• What is your view on the usefulness of the permit as a control measure?
• Was a Method Statement required to win the work / contract?
• Have you, the workers, seen the Method Statement? Are you able to comply with it?
• Are you ever monitored by Berry CPI (site) Management? What was the outcome?
• What Berry CPI H&S processes are you involved in? Such as H&S committee (for permanent or regular contractors)
• How could things be improved?

First Aider
• What was the last injury you treated?
• Were any actions taken to prevent it happening again?
• What is the most common accident you treat?
• Do you have any suggestions on improving the situation?
• Is advice given to workers on healthier living (diet, exercise etc)?
• Is there an automated external defibrillator (AED) on site? What training has been given?

Recently Injured Person
• What happened?
• Was the treatment adequate?
• Were you interviewed and were any actions you suggested acted upon?
• Do they now feel safe doing the same job? If not, what needs to be done?
• Are there any other tasks you feel unsafe doing?
• Are workers supported when returning to work following an injury or illness?