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LEADER’S TALK

Takeo Takakura
Vice President, MPW-IND

It has already been prac ced in a construc on site, but this me I would like to introduce KY ac vi es that are
generally carried out in Japan. This is a common ac vity not only in construc on site but also in office.
KY is an abbrevia on in Japanese and is K for danger (KIKEN) and Y for forecas ng (YOCHI).
A lot of incidents are caused by human error. In order to eliminate this human error incident, it is first necessary to
take measures for things such as machines and equipment, and management measures such as knowledge and skill
training for safety and security. And in addi on, it is impera ve that each individual be more sensi ve to danger and
focus more at key points of ac on. KY ac vity is an ac vity for these.
Predic ng dangers and discussing “safety and health foreseen” To prevent occupa onal incidents, discuss with
everyone in the workplace (teamwork) before causing an incident and regre ng it, predic ng dangers and “safety
and health” It is important to "pre-empt".
First, before star ng a job, discuss "what kind of danger is hidden in the job" at the workplace, and agree on the
points of danger with "this is dangerous".
Next, measures are decided, ac on goals and poin ng and calling items are decided, each person confirms by
poin ng and calling in the work, and danger is prevented before taking ac on. This process is KY ac vity. Every
human being is "inadvertently", "dimly", and has an hallucina on. Someone does it walk to shortcut and omissions.
Such human behavioural characteris cs cause unsafe behaviour (human error) such as incorrect movement, which
causes incidents.
Most incidents are unsafe behaviour (human error). following 1 and 2 close more than 95% of incident.
1, Caused by unsafe behaviour of people such as running in a hurry
2, Caused by both unsafe behaviour and unsafe condi ons such as the floor remaining wet.
It is KY ac vity to think about and understand the cause of human error and why it occurred. We shall discuss
problems together, create countermeasures and ac on goals, and put them into prac ce. These are KY ac vi es.
Please prac ce in the office.

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