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Safety Walks Workflow
Safety Walks Workflow
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Written by Jeanette Wilson
Updated over 7 months ago

Updated 12/11/2023

Completing a Safety Walk on the Web

  1. Sign into your account at https://www.ireportapp.com/login

  2. Choose the location for which you’d like to complete the Safety Walk

  3. Click on the Observation button

4. Choose Safety Walk and hit Create:

5. Optionally, choose an Area if there is a specific Area for your chosen location.

6. Enter the Inspection Location to identify where exactly you are completing this Safety Walk (example: Warehouse):

7. If you identify a hazard on your inspection, click the Add Hazard button to the left. Alternatively, if you identify an area worthy of praise, click the Add Bravo button to the left:

8. If a Hazard is found, fill out the appropriate information.

  • Click the Add Pictures button to upload files from your computer

  • Enter a Hazard Title

  • Choose a causal factor(s) (OPTIONAL)

  • Check this box if the hazard was immediately fixed

  • Choose the Hazard Class(es)

  • Type in a detailed description of what you saw

  • Type in the solution for this hazard (OPTIONAL)

  • Type in the exact location for this hazard (OPTIONAL)

  • Click the Save button when finished entering the hazard information

9. When a hazard has been added, you now have the ability to assign Corrective Action if needed. Click on Assign Corrective Action:

10. Enter all required information, and choose a due date and an assignee. Then click Create.

  • NOTE: Only employees who are active in the system can be assigned tasks like Corrective Action.

11. Repeat the actions for adding hazards/assigning corrective action as needed.

12. If a Bravo is found, fill out the appropriate information.

  1. Click the Add Pictures button to upload files from your computer

  2. Enter a Bravo Title

  3. Describe why the Bravo. What was done correctly and is praiseworthy?

  4. Describe the impact this has on the safety culture (OPTIONAL)

  5. If a specific employee was involved, you can assign the Bravo to them.

13. When you have completed your Safety Walk, sign your name in the box provided and hit Save Signature. You can then hit the green Create button at the bottom of the page to submit the safety walk:

The Safety Walk is now complete, and supervisors/collaborators/administrators who have access to the location for which it was submitted will receive notifications, according to their notification settings.

For any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Customer Success using one of the following methods:

Completing a Safety Walk on the Mobile App

  1. Log into your iReportSource mobile app

  2. Down in the bottom right, click on the + sign:

3. Then click on Make Observation -> Safety Walk. Click Confirm at the bottom:

4. Fill out the required information as indicated by the red * to begin the Safety Walk -- Company, Group/Establishment, Project (optional), and Inspection Location. Once you do so, you will be able to click the Add Hazard button when you notice a hazard that needs to be documented:

5. When adding a hazard, you can enter the following information:

  • Click the Add Images button to take or upload photos of the hazard

    • NOTE: If you take the photos within the iReportSource app, you can click on the pencil icon at the bottom left corner of the screen to annotate/draw on the picture before uploading

  • Check the box to indicate if the hazard was immediately fixed

  • Enter a Hazard Title

  • Choose the Hazard Class(es)

  • Type in a detailed description of what you saw

  • Type in the solution for this hazard (OPTIONAL)

  • Type in the exact location for this hazard (OPTIONAL)

  • Choose a causal factor(s) (OPTIONAL)

  • Click the Assign Corrective Action button to assign a task to an employee regarding this hazard

  • Click the Save Changes button when finished entering the hazard information

6. Repeat Step 5 for any additional hazards you find.

7. You also have the ability to add Bravos to your safety walk as a way of acknowledging a job well done by the team.

8. When adding a bravo, you can enter the following information:

  • Click the Add Images button to take or upload photos of the bravo moment

    • NOTE: If you take the photos within the iReportSource app, you can click on the pencil icon at the bottom left corner of the screen to annotate/draw on the picture before uploading

  • Enter a bravo title

  • Enter a description of the bravo

  • Enter the impact the bravo has on the safety culture (OPTIONAL)

  • Assign the bravo

    • This is perfect if you wish to give credit for a job well done to an individual employee or group of employees.

  • Click the Save Changes button when finished entering the bravo information

9. When all hazards and bravos have been entered and you are ready to complete the Safety Walk, click on Sign & Submit:

10. Sign your name and click the Sign & Submit button to complete this Safety Walk.

You are finished with this Safety Walk! You are then taken back to the Safety Walks main page where you can see all Safety Walks that have been completed for this location.

For any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Customer Success using one of the following methods:

Reviewing Submitted Safety Walks

NOTE: Only supervisor, collaborator, or admin users can view all submitted Safety Walks in the groups/establishments they have permissions to view. Reporter users can view Safety Walks they submitted only, until they are closed.

  1. Log in on the web at https://www.ireportapp.com/login

  2. Click on the location for which you’d like to view the completed audits (admins can choose to view the company level data by clicking on the top company level)

  3. Go to the Observations menu and click Safety Walks:

4. You’ll be taken to a page that displays all Safety Walks. They are broken down by stage:

  • Severity Review: These walks were submitted with at least one hazard that was not immediately fixed.

  • Corrective Action: These walks have at least one hazard that has been assigned a corrective action that is not yet complete.

  • Past Due: These walks have at least one corrective action assigned with a due date in the past.

  • Closed: Walks that meet one of these criteria:

    • They were submitted with no hazards (Bravos only, or a walk with no observations made)

    • They were submitted with hazard(s) but all of them were immediately fixed.

    • They were manually closed

    • They had corrective actions assigned for all hazards, and all corrective actions are marked complete (the system closes these automatically)

5. Click Severity Review to look at recently submitted audits with unacceptable items:

6. Use the filters to trim down the list as necessary, then click the Safety Walkt you’d like to review:

7. The Safety Walk Info & Summary will show you the inspection location, # of hazards found, # of bravos found, and the number and status of any corrective actions:

8. If you scroll down from the summary, you’ll see each individual hazard/bravo. Click View Hazard Info to open up the hazard details:

9. Click the Corrective Action button to assign a corrective action:

10. If you’d like to download the Safety Walk as a PDF, click the Download Safety Walk button underneath the Summary:

11. You can manually close the Safety Walk by using the Safety Walk Stage drop-down menu at the top of the page. Be sure to only do this when all corrective actions have been completed. You can change the stage back to another choice if you close one by mistake:

12. Admins only: You can click the Delete Safety Walk button if you would like to delete this walk.

  • NOTE: If you delete the walk, it will no longer be on the platform for anyone to see. If you delete one by mistake, please contact Customer Success for assistance.

For any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Customer Success using one of the following methods:

Downloading/Printing Single Safety Walks

1. Log in to iReportSource on the web at https://ireportapp.com/login and choose your location

2. Click on Observations, then Safety Walks

3. Click on the Safety Walk from the list you wish to print, switching tabs as needed

4. Click Download Safety Walk in the bottom right corner of the Summary Section

5. A new tab will open in your browser with a PDF of the Safety Walk you chose. In the top right you will have the options of downloading the PDF (great for email) or printing the PDF.

6. Download or Print the Safety Walk


Downloading Bulk Safety Walks

1. Log in to iReportSource on the web at https://ireportapp.com/login and enter your dashboard.

2. On the left-side menu, click on Observations, then select Safety Walks:

3. Click Page Actions and choose Export Safety Walks:

4. Select any filters to export only the Safety Walks you want to see. The only required filter is the Date Range. Click Generate when finished:

5. Return to Page Actions. During the creation of the report, it will show Generating Bulk Report. If you are generating a large report with Safety Walks that have multiple hazards or pictures on each, it may take some time for this to generate.

6. Once it is ready, the text will change to Download Bulk Report. Click here and it will open the PDF in a new browser tab:

7. In the top right corner you will have the options of downloading the PDF (great for email) or printing the PDF.

7. Download or Print the PDF as desired.

For any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Customer Success using one of the following methods:

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