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Corrective Actions

Corrective action software that actually closes.

US construction teams need a clear path from a field hazard to a verified correction within their OSHA safety program. SALUS connects the inspection finding, incident follow-up, or crew concern to a named person, a due date, and evidence of the fix. Supervisors can see what remains open and who needs help before another crew encounters the same condition. Photos, notes, notifications, and closure timestamps stay with the source record, so your safety team can explain what changed without reconstructing the story from text messages. Rosie helps structure the action; your team reviews it and verifies the result.

Assigned to individuals, not companies · Viewed and confirmed, on the record · Escalation automatic

Within a month or so of us starting to use SALUS, some of the comments were that if we were to take it away and go back to paper, that they would quit.

WestUrban Developments · Customer story
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Corrective action notification for a missing fire extinguisher at Level 3 East beside the resolution evidence card — a photo of the installed extinguisher and a green ‘Loop closed in 22 minutes’ badge
Assigned to a person
Escalated before it drifts
Closed with evidence
Loop closed, with evidence
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01Act 1 · In the field

Create the corrective action where the hazard appears.

Rosie · voice to assignment

Say the issue. Rosie structures the action.

A corrective action can start anywhere the hazard does: a failed inspection item, an incident finding, a form response, a meeting note, an equipment check — or a foreman just talking. Spot it, say it. Rosie, the AI Admin & Risk Assistant, turns the voice note into a structured action: what, where, priority, due date, owner. You approve. It’s assigned before you reach the stairs.

Rosie listening to a spoken site report with a live waveform, then presenting two built corrective actions — exposed conduit and missing guardrail — assigned to named workers, with Approve All and Edit before approving buttons
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Talk

Describe the issue in your own words — at the hazard, not at the trailer.

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Rosie builds

The voice note becomes an action: what, where, priority, due date, owner.

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You approve

One tap assigns it — including to specific workers in subs.

One voice note. One approval. A name on every action — not a company.

The receiver experience

Ownership beats awareness.

“Sent to the sub” is awareness. SALUS assigns the action to a named person — internal or in a sub’s crew — tied to the project and the exact location. The owner gets full context: what’s wrong, where, when it’s due, the photo. App push, email, text — whichever reaches them first. And the system logs the moment it was viewed.

The most dangerous corrective action is the one everybody thinks someone else owns.

A phone receiving the same active hazard alert three ways — a SALUS app push, an email, and a text message from the safety team — for a wet floor slip hazard in Building 3, Zone A with a due date
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Every channel
App push, email, and text — it reaches the person wherever they read.
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Full context
What, where, when, photo of the issue, and the due date.
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A name, not a company
The action has your name on it — not your employer’s inbox.
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Honest clock
Viewed is logged. The age of the loop is never a guess.
02Act 2 · The record

Corrective action tracking, from created to closed with evidence.

Full lifecycle tracking

From created to closed, every step is logged.

A corrective action in SALUS isn’t a to-do. It’s a record with a heartbeat: created, assigned, viewed, confirmed, responded, closed — each step logged with a timestamp, so the age of every open loop is a fact, not a guess. And if the owner goes quiet, the record doesn’t wait politely. Escalation triggers on its own.

That’s the difference between a to-do list and a risk management system.

Three screens of one corrective action: assigning the missing fire extinguisher to James R., closing it with a photo of the installed extinguisher as evidence, and a track list of actions with statuses from assigned and overdue to closed
Evidence-based closure

“Done” is not a status. It is a proof package.

SALUS can require photo evidence, notes, and a confirmed status before an action closes. The closure record shows who fixed it, when, what the fix looked like, and which source record created it. When someone asks later — an auditor, a GC, OSHA after a citation — the proof is attached to the action, not lost in somebody’s camera roll.

Acknowledged isn’t fixed. Photographed is.

Action audit trail timeline with a dated entry for every step — site inspection completed, foundation permit approved, concrete pour scheduled, safety walkthrough conducted, structural review submitted, and verified and closed
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Photo evidence
The fix, photographed — required before the action can close.
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Notes & status
The assignee confirms what was done, on the record.
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Timestamped
Completion logged to the minute — the clock never lies.
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Source-linked
The closure points back to the record that created it.
03Act 3 · In the office

The system chases the open loop.

Automatic escalation

Overdue corrective actions, chased automatically.

Due date approaching? The owner gets reminded. Due date missed, high-priority item ignored, critical hazard unacknowledged? Escalation triggers on its own — foreman, superintendent, safety manager, sub lead — routed by priority.

A filterable corrective actions register with open and overdue counts, and a table of items by site, owner, internal or subcontractor type, age, due date, and status — from open and in progress to pending review and closed
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Due-date reminders

Assignees nudged before the action goes overdue.

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Automatic escalation

Leadership notified when high-risk actions sit ignored.

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Priority-aware routing

High-severity hazards treated differently from housekeeping.

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Overdue dashboards

Aging risk visible to the office, immediately.

Follow-up isn’t a personality trait. It’s a system setting.

Rosie · closure velocity

Thousands of actions.
Rosie sees the pattern.

Rosie watches the whole book of actions — severity, site, type, assignee, sub, trade, closure time, repeat hazards. When 60% of overdue actions on three projects trace to one framing sub and involve guardrails, she flags it before the next inspection finds the same condition.

Rosie’s corrective actions view listing actions by ID and site, with breakdowns by type — safety, environmental, quality, compliance, maintenance — and a bar chart of the top five sites
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Severity

Critical items surface first — nothing waits its turn in a list.

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Repeat hazards

The same condition, found twice, gets flagged — not re-filed.

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Trends

Rising patterns flagged before any one site could see them.

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Time-to-close

Where loops close fast, where they stall — and who needs the nudge.

One closure is a fix. A thousand closures are a pattern.

US construction safety

Keep the correction record ready for OSHA follow-up

OSHA construction safety provisions require employers to maintain accident-prevention programs and arrange frequent, regular inspections by designated competent persons. Finding a hazard is the beginning of that process. A useful corrective-action record also shows the response, the person responsible, and the evidence used to check the result.

In SALUS, connect the action to the original finding while the condition is still clear. Describe the location, attach the photo, identify the immediate control, and assign the permanent fix to a named owner. A due date helps coordinate the work; it should never be treated as permission to leave workers exposed to a serious hazard.

When the work is complete, keep the correction photo and the supervisor’s verification with the same record. That gives the safety manager a practical starting point when a general contractor or inspector asks what happened next. If OSHA issues a citation, follow the specific abatement and certification instructions that apply to it. A closed software task alone does not establish that an OSHA obligation has been satisfied.

Use the OSHA inspection guide to prepare the first 60 minutes, preserve records, and respond from verified evidence.

Speed

Open actions surface before they drift.

Accountability

Named owners replace vague awareness.

Proof

Closure evidence supports OSHA, insurers, and owners.

What is included

Corrective action tracking, closure, and overdue corrective actions.

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Voice-created actions

Rosie structures field notes into work.

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Individual assignment

Owner, due date, site, and location are attached.

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Multi-channel notification

Owners get the action where they work.

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Automatic escalation

Overdue items surface before they disappear.

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Evidence-based closure

Photo evidence proves what changed.

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Velocity analytics

See closure speed by project, trade, and owner.

Go deeper

Go deeper after the action closes.

Closure proof becomes useful when stakeholders ask what changed; the deeper proof packet lives in Proof on Demand.

FAQ

Corrective Actions: questions from US construction teams

What should a superintendent keep after correcting an inspection finding?
Keep the original condition, the assigned person, the immediate protection used, the correction date, and evidence that the fix was checked. SALUS ties those details to the inspection or incident record so a later review can follow the sequence.
Does closing a SALUS action complete OSHA abatement certification?
No. A SALUS closure record can organize photos, dates, notes, and verification. The employer must still follow the applicable citation instructions and any required OSHA abatement certification or documentation process.
What should a corrective action plan include?
A corrective action plan should include the source record, hazard or finding description, severity, named owner, due date, notification history, escalation path, required evidence, verification step, and closure timestamp.
What is the difference between corrective action and preventive action?
Corrective action fixes a problem that already exists. Preventive action removes the cause so it does not recur. CAPA, or corrective and preventive action, is common quality language, but construction safety teams usually care most about closing the field hazard and spotting repeat patterns.
How does SALUS handle overdue corrective actions?
SALUS can remind the owner before the due date, escalate missed or ignored actions, and surface aging actions by project, site, trade, subcontractor, severity, and assignee so unresolved risk does not disappear into a spreadsheet.
Can corrective actions be assigned to subcontractors?
Yes. Actions can be assigned to a named person in a subcontractor crew, not only to a company. The record stays tied to the site, project, source finding, due date, and closure evidence.
Can corrective actions be closed with photo evidence?
Yes. Closure can require photos, notes, timestamps, and status confirmation so closed means the hazard was remediated, not merely acknowledged.
Can corrective actions trace back to inspections or incidents?
Yes. Corrective actions can be created from inspections, incidents, digital forms, toolbox talks, equipment checks, and field observations, with the closure proof tied back to the source record.
How does Rosie help with corrective actions?
Rosie, the AI Admin & Risk Assistant, can structure spoken field notes into corrective action details and watch action data for repeat hazards, slow owners, overdue items, and closure patterns.
Can corrective action records support OSHA abatement documentation?
Corrective action records can help organize abatement evidence such as dates, owners, photos, work notes, and verification. OSHA decisions and certifications remain the employer’s responsibility, but the record is shaped around what a safety team needs to prove. The same closure proof can support Proof on Demand requests.
Do corrective actions work offline?
Yes. Field teams can receive, document, and close actions in low-signal areas, with local save and sync when connectivity returns.
What should we bring to a corrective action demo?
Bring an open action log, inspection finding, incident follow-up list, equipment deficiency, or overdue corrective action spreadsheet. SALUS can show the same items as named owners, due dates, escalation, photo evidence, and closure velocity.
Closure demo

Bring your open action log.
We will show what should close first.

Walk through assignment, escalation, evidence, and closure velocity from one real action list.

Bring the current workflow. We will map the live version from field action to proof.