Simplify your OHS Management System

3 years ago our company set up and began to implement a Safety Management System (OHMS) so that we could achieve COR certification with WorkSafe BC. Early on in the process, we realized that we would need a way to provide two-way communication with our workers (most of whom work remotely from our office locations) and also to record safety-related information relevant to our OHMS. Rather than try to create such a system we looked at several online, cloud-based options that could do the job for us with little or no set-up time and effort involved. Site Docs fit the bill perfectly. The templates that were immediately available to us for such things as incident reporting and investigation, site inspections, equipment inspections, risk assessments and toolbox talks enabled us to get up and running with our system quickly, efficiently and in a way that was easy for our field staff to understand and adopt into their daily work patterns. The system worked so well for us that we achieved our goal of COR certification in record time thanks, in no small part, to the ease with which our auditors were able to see our records. There is no doubt that the adoption of Site Docs into our OHMS has made us a more proactive company with respect to Safety and has helped encourage a much better safety culture among our employees. The numbers don't lie. Our rates of incidents and near misses have dramatically decreased resulting in a safer work environment and lower WCB premiums.

Pros

Templates for all of the major components of our OHMS such as: - Toolbox Talks Incident reporting and investigation Inspections of sites and equipment Accident investigations Risk Assessments Employee Certifications Analysis of stats

Cons

It would be great if the system could alert you (instant message/email) when someone has assigned a corrective action to you.

SiteDocs has ensured compliance and enabled growth and development of our Safety Culture!

Seamless integration, we were able to adapt our paper forms to SiteDocs and compliance and training use was an easy transition. It has completely changed the game for us in terms of knowing what is going on at site, responding to issues in the field, and understanding and addressing trends that are occurring.

Pros

The ease of building forms, the amazing and immediate customer service, the analytics services available to users, and the intuitive, user-friendly layout all made SiteDocs an immediate success in our company. It has been essential in attaining and maintaining our Certificate of Compliance (COR) designation, and has allowed us to develop a high-functioning hazard identification and corrective action process that ensures that the loop is closed on any deficiencies every time. Great value for the impact that this software can make. We now have safety statistics at our fingertips and have been able to identify trends and establish long term goals based on the information we gained form using this software.

Cons

Some features which I would like to see in the future would be smart forms that would trigger automatic outcomes (if I select this, then that happens, if this then that, etc.) currently you can not build a form that would automatically generate appropriate actions or responses based on the input, which would be handy for cause analysis and hazard recognition forms. Another feature that would be nice to see on the forms is a feature (apart from the flag and follow up feature) which would automatically prompt / notify necessary parties to review and sign forms.

Paper free Safety, Compliance & administration for the 21st Can turn

excellent 10/10

Pros

Ability to insert real time photos in toolbox / safety meetings. Ability to share documents easily over the internet - no more leaving an important document in the office.

Cons

Can crash when inputting multiple photos.

Good application for field use in construction. Can generate reports for job.

Pros

Very helpful tool for the Construction superintendents/foremen and construction safety managers. Daily safety reports can be produced and published using site docs like JHA (Job Hazard analysis). Fabrication drawings can be marked on field for issues and comments. The reports created in Site docs can be shared with the project team.

Cons

Its has good application in the AEC industry but it cannot handle the entire documentation control process like plangrid and procore. Its not as expensive as procore and plangrid, which can be used for projects smaller in size.

Site Docs Rocks!

We do not need to wait for files or reports they are in as real time as we can get them. Resources for SWP's are available immediately for the workers to review.

Pros

The Site workers, Supervisors, Managers and Safety Management team are able to review documents, hazard assessments and incidents in as near to real time; as you can get.

Cons

It is found that workers repeat their Hazard Assessments. New tasks and hazards are to be identified daily and control measures must be put in place for each hazard identified. There should be a second look, that if the same is repeated, the document will prompt a review of hazards and controls.