Hazard awareness and crew discussion
SEAL Defense: Make the conversation before work count.
Help crews think through what could cause serious harm and the controls needed for the task. SEAL Defense uses the STCKY approach to bring attention to those decisions before exposure occurs.
Featuring Bill Sims’ STCKY approach
Bring fresh attention to familiar work
An experienced crew can know a task well and still encounter a changed condition. A useful pre-task discussion makes room to question assumptions, identify the exposure, and establish how the work will proceed.
SEAL Defense is intended to support that discussion with prompts that keep employees actively involved.
Focus on the energy and the exposure
Crews consider sources such as motion, pressure, electricity, chemicals, and heat. The discussion connects the source to how someone could be exposed and what must be in place to control the risk.
- Motion
- Pressure
- Electrical
- Chemical
- Thermal
Questions crews can ask
- 1What has changed?
- 2Where could a serious exposure occur?
- 3Which controls are required?
- 4What will we do if those controls are unavailable or conditions change?
Help supervisors hear how the crew is thinking
The value of the discussion is in the reasoning employees share. Leaders can listen for uncertainty, ask a follow-up question, and address a gap before the task moves forward.
SEAL Defense complements your existing task planning, hazard assessment, permits, and control-verification processes. The workflow is defined around the work your organization performs.
Scope the experience for your crews
We review the intended users, task types, access needs, and desired records with you. App functions, reporting, and any links to an EHS system are confirmed for the version included in your proposal.
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