Hazard prediction (KYT) 4 rounds poster

Hazard prediction training, known in Japan as KYT (kiken yochi training), is a short team exercise before a job: look at the job or a picture of it, list the hazards hiding in it, pick the vital ones, agree what to do and set one team target that everyone says out loud. This poster shows the four-round method as a cycle, with pointing and calling at the end, for team areas and pre-job briefings.

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The words on the poster

Hazard prediction

KYT in 4 rounds: a team finds the hazards in a job before it starts.

Find the hazards List every way someone could be hurt.
Pick the vital ones Circle the one or two that matter most.
What would you do? Each person suggests a practical fix.
We will do this Agree one team target and say it together.

Point and call. Point at the hazard and say the check out loud: "Load secured, OK!"

The KYT four-round method, Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association.

On the floor

How to use it

Putting the Hazard prediction (KYT) 4 rounds poster to work

1
Run it at the start of a non-routine job or a changeover, in five to ten minutes, around a photo or the real machine.
2
Write the round 4 target on the board and say it together, pointing, before the work starts.
3
Use the free hazard prediction worksheet to record each round.
4
Pair it with the stop, think, act poster for jobs done alone.

Where the poster goes and how to teach with it, in the order to try them.

Which size to print

24 x 36 in or A2: a main wall or team board, read from a few metres away.
18 x 24 in or A3: a station or notice board. The A3 file also fits 11 x 17 in paper.
Letter or A4: a clipboard, binder or handout, on any office printer.

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