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Equilibria have developed a new “state of the art” Safety, Observation, Feedback & Tracking System called iCU. During it’s development, the iCU project team conducted market surveys and then designed iCU based on feedback from the end users to improve in areas where legacy observation systems were lacking. iCU provides companies with an excellent Communications & Risk Management tool that can be used in a number of different environments.
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What is iCU?
iCU is a “two card” Safety, Observation, Feedback & Tracking System that uses cutting edge scanning and database technology to reduce data entry times drastically. Market research revealed that existing observation systems “were not prescriptive enough” and “focused mainly on equipment issues, not taking into account the human behavioral aspect of safety” and that “users were spending hours and hours every day doing data entry”. They also commented that “the data captured via the observation cards was not easily usable”.
iCU addresses each of these main concerns through it’s key features and improves the effectiveness of Behavioral Based Safety programs through the use of E-Colors human behavior concepts.
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“Two Card” System
The People Card lists aspects of human behavior that users should be aware of and look out for when making Behavioral Based Safety observations. It increases awareness of how a person could get hurt in relation to their own personality tendencies and leads people to the right behaviors.
The Equipment Card serves as a critical checklist to help users observe equipment more effectively. It can be customized to suit various environments and worksites such as rig, vessel , yard, plant or office.
Both cards have sections that lead the users to having the right types of safety conversations and sections that incorporate key management initiatives, action items and lessons learned. Additional card types can be customized and used with the system, for example, a Continuous Improvement Card.
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Automated Scanning
Completed iCU cards are fed through the scanner / scanning module and the data is automatically uploaded into a database. This reduces data entry times by up to 95% and enables the Safety Professional to spend more time making observations rather than performing data entry activities.
The scanning module has an intuitive / easy to use interface. There are less data entry errors than manual data entry and the system has the ability to scan multi-language cards. It also facilitates immediate access to the data.
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Tracking & Reporting
Once the data has been scanned and uploaded to the Web Reporting Module, users can access the data and generate management reports at the click of a button.
Key benefits:
Speed of access to data / reports available immediately
Analyze Safe vs Unsafe trends
Observe trends by installation, department, E-Color, card type
Track Open and Closed items
Ability to network multiple locations
Ability to access the data immediately from head office
Ability to export the data into other reporting systems
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Customizable & Incorporates Behavioral Based Safety
Two very unique features of iCU are that our clients are able to customize
both the Equipment & People Cards to incorporate items specific to their own environment or to include specific management initiatives that they are looking
to achieve and that iCU incorporates Behavioral Based Safety through the
E-Colors.
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How does iCU work?
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