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Supervisory Safety Leadership TrainingBest Safety Practice # 5

Identification of Injury Causes

“Leading Indicators”

Identifying Leading Indicators

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Goals need measurementWhat 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

Injury Prevention Measurement

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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”

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Common injury measures

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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

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“No Injury, No Accident”

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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

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Measurement ‘Leading Indicator’ Tools

EXAMPLE TOOLS:• Checklists• Audits• Observations• Surveys• Scorecards• Hazard assessments• Inspections

• Many, many others……..

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Measurement‘Leading Indicators’ Many Examples

• 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

• 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• Tool condition inspections

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Supervisory Safety Leadership Annual Reduction Plans

Turning measures into plans