Environment, health and safety

What is the activity called in which, before starting work, workers discuss the hazards hidden in the task and confirm countermeasures?

  1. AStatistical process control (SPC)
  2. BHazard prediction (KY) activity
  3. CDesign for testability (DFT)
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Answer: B. Hazard prediction (KY) activity

In hazard prediction (KY, from the Japanese kiken yochi) activity, workers discuss before a task what hazards may be hidden in it and decide countermeasures and action goals to prevent accidents. It is a safety activity widely practiced on Japanese factory floors.

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