Occupational health and safety (OHS) should never be a paper exercise or an administrative burden. For it to work, it must be integrated into daily operations, experienced on the floor, by the right people, at the right time. That’s exactly what a well-structured floor tour allows.
And with a tool like Gemba-Walk, you turn your inspections into a continuous improvement engine, with concrete results from the first weeks.
🔍 Why floor runs are essential in OHS
The floor tour is often perceived as a mere inspection tour. Yet, when used properly, it becomes a proactive activity that allows for the detection, correction and prevention of risks before they turn into incidents.
What a good OHS tour allows to do:
Identify gaps between actual practices and safety standards
Give a voice to workers by involving them in prevention
Quickly correct risky situations
Document the actions to ensure their follow-up
🧭 Structuring an OHS tour: the key elements
To be effective, an SST tour should not be improvised. Here are the pillars to implement:
1. A targeted verification grid
Adapt your questions to your reality (factory, warehouse, construction site, etc.). Avoid generic forms. Gemba-Walk allows you to customize your tours according to your priority issues: equipment, dangerous products, traffic, PPE, etc.
2. Visual evidence
A picture is worth a thousand words. Gemba-Walk allows you to add photos to each observation, which speeds up the understanding of the problems and strengthens accountability.
3. Mandatory comments
Don’t just settle for a ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Encourage your supervisors to comment on each anomaly to better understand the causes and plan solutions.
4. An automated follow-up of corrective actions
With Gemba-Walk, you can assign actions in real time, track their progress and receive reminders. No more need to send manual emails or constantly retry.
👥 The role of each person in the SST tour
Managers: define priorities, support the safety culture
Supervisors: lead the tours, document, correct
Employees: report risks, propose improvements
When each role is clear and supported by a simple tool like Gemba-Walk, OHS becomes a shared responsibility.
📊 Measure to improve
One of the strengths of digital technology is the ability to quantify your efforts. Gemba-Walk allows you to track:
- The number of OHS findings per week
- The average processing times
- The recurring risk areas
- The unresolved actions
This data feeds your OHS committees, your management meetings, and your strategic decisions.
✅ Results observed among our clients
- Decrease in minor incidents in a few months
- Better involvement of the teams
- Faster and more rigorous processing of findings
- Up-to-date documentation for audit or investigation purposes
🧰 Practical resources to get started
🚀 Ready to structure your SST tours with Gemba-Walk?
No longer let security depend on chance or memory. Plan an effective tour, follow corrective actions, and build a strong prevention culture.
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