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Supervisory Safety Leadership Training Best Safety Practice # 5

Supervisory Safety Leadership Training Best Safety Practice # 5. Identification of Injury Causes “ Leading Indicators ”. Identifying Leading Indicators. Injury Prevention Measurement. Goals need measurement What to Measure ? Traditional Injury Indicators

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Supervisory Safety Leadership Training Best Safety Practice # 5

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  1. Supervisory Safety Leadership TrainingBest Safety Practice # 5 Identification of Injury Causes “Leading Indicators” Identifying Leading Indicators

  2. Injury Prevention Measurement Goals need measurement What to Measure ? • Traditional Injury Indicators • Total Number of Injuries & Illnesses • Workers Compensation costs • Lost time injuries • Injuries sort by body part, type, nature of injury • These are called “lagging indicators” • These “Lagging Measures” are a ‘rearview mirror’ view

  3. MeasurementLagging Indicator Problems • Injury bases number goals = accepting injuries/illnesses • “After the Fact”, person is already injured • Focuses management on the wrong data • What have you proactively done for prevention ? • No insight on working safely, “injury drivers” not identified • Not precise, data manipulation, no insight on preventative actions • Injuries are never eliminated • Fact: “Leading indicators” drive “lagging”

  4. LTA’s/Fatalities 1 29 Medical Cases/ First Aid Unsafe Behaviors Safety Leadership 300 Common injury measures 1 29 300

  5. Supervisor Best Safety Practice EH&S Programs & Policies Reporting Injuries vs. Behavior & Near Misses Prevention: • Identifying; • Unsafe Behaviors, • Unsafe Acts & Conditions, • Poor Procedures • Faulty Equipment • Addressing near misses & close calls

  6. VIDEO “No Injury, No Accident”

  7. Measurement“Leading” Indicators Leading = Looking to the future; Prevention; • Identifying & Listing injury drivers • Measuring; • What activities to do • What behavior to address • Measuring accomplishable goals • Look at “systems” to change • Engage all employees, peer support not pressure

  8. Measurement ‘Leading Indicator’ Tools EXAMPLE TOOLS: • Checklists • Audits • Observations • Surveys • Scorecards • Hazard assessments • Inspections • Many, many others……..

  9. Ergonomic evaluation requests Ergonomic assessment completions Project safety walkthroughs Capital project pre-construction safety reviews Safety work orders submitted and timely completion Incident reviews, details & follow-up action PPE Assessments & matrices Housekeeping safety audits Back safety training frequency Observation cards completed JSA’s completed Safety fairs & wellness participation Maintenance safety walk-throughs Targeted Safety inspections conducted Measurement‘Leading Indicators’ Many Examples • Safety observations: Unsafe acts, inattention • Strains: Pre-shift stretches, back & lifting • safety training, equipment options assessed • De-conditioned employees; functional • capacity testing • Trips/slips/falls: observation; rushing, • behavioral safety training • Brown bag safety seminars • Annual Safety audits • Targeted safety training: % completed • Targeted Safety meetings (agenda/minutes) • Safety initiatives implemented • Hazard alerts & follow-up • Safety observations • Safety huddles completed • IH sampling completed • Toolcondition inspections

  10. Supervisory Safety Leadership Annual Reduction Plans Turning measures into plans

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