Saturday, 19 November 2011

"KYK", Hazard prediction Briefing


The KYK (or KYT), Kiken Yochi Activity, is one of the group meeting before staring work every day regarding hazards prediction in Japan.
Kiken means hazard, Yochi means prediction, K means activity and T means Training.

The hazard prediction activity based on the KYK Basic 4-Steps Method and short meetings with the use of small whiteboard.
Steps of the KYK Activity are as follows :
  Step 1:  What are the hidden hazards in the work place? (Identifying hazards and understanding the actual situation)
  Step 2: These are the danger points. (Investigating the reality)
  Step 3: What would you do? (Establishing countermeasures)
  Step 4: These are the danger points. (Setting targets)

The KYK Activity increases the motivation of workers to practice in teams. It uses meetings to sharpen awareness of what constitutes danger. Workers share information on hazards and improve their problem solving capabilities by working on finding solutions in brief meetings before staring works. And they improve their powers of concentration by practicing pointing and calling activities in all of the important points in the work.

The KYK Activity is similar to Job Safety Analysis (JSA), however it is different from the Risk Assessment. This method is utilized in not only construction site but also many other industries, e.g., manufactures, ship building, traffic transportation and railway.

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