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Today more and more organizations are looking deeply into data to uncover new safety insights and make better-
informed decisions. With so much data easily obtainable, building out your reporting dashboard from scratch can seem
daunting. Where do you even start? Which key performance indicators (KPI) are most significant to track?
Think about the outcomes that you are looking to achieve while answering the above questions. Typically the only metric
that matters is incident rates. While you already track this internally, it's already reported to insurance. That makes this
metric well known and easily accessible. So, what kinds of metrics can you start tracking that could make the most
significant impact on your incident rate?
In this article, we cover the eight safety metrics your safety department should be reporting on each month.
The frequency of these talks has a direct impact on incidents. Data shows that in companies that perform daily safety
toolbox talks, there has been an 85% decrease in total recordable incident rates, TRIR.
Starting each day with a toolbox safety talk reinforces those general safe work expectations and obligations and, more
importantly, demonstrates to the workforce the importance of putting safety first each day.
You can learn all about Toolbox talks and how to conduct them in our Ultimate Guide to Toolbox Talks.
2. Worker Participation
To prevent incidents, every member of your organization needs to be involved and actively participating in your safety
program. That means every team member at every level must know what the company's safety goals are so they can
contribute adequately. When measuring worker participation, a few key safety metrics to track each month include:
Reviewing how many incidents took place, how many near-misses were submitted, and what survey results from field
staff look like highlights overall workforce engagement.
All of these are key and need to be reviewed regularly with your workers.
Knowing how many corrective actions are created and closed in a month is fantastic but doesn't show a complete
picture. Do you have aging corrective actions that have been open for weeks or months?
The corrective action process is a vital process that affects all control points in a company's safety program. Measuring
the average time to complete corrective action items can expose potential flaws in every step of a corrective action
process. From being issued to acknowledging receipt, follow up, completion, and verification.
5. Employee Training
Tracking employee training records can seem tiresome, but it's one of the essential safety metrics to track each month.
Stay on top of which members of your team have valid training certificates, which ones will expire, and how many expired
tickets there are shows you're taking a proactive approach to workplace safety and can help you stay compliant.
Take steps to improve this ratio and improve your score, be sure to regularly present these numbers to all of your staff.
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It's essential not to use this to place blame, but keep it higher level so your workforce can see how important it is to you.
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Measure how many of your workers set a safety goal every month. You do not measure their goal specifically, just
whether or not they set one. The simple act of a worker having to think of a goal, decide what to measure, and decide if
it was achieved or has failed is enough to gain all of this metric's incident reducing benefits.
Now that you have a more reliable idea of the safety metrics to track each month, watch this webinar to learn about
creating a safety culture of excellence, highlighting the importance of 8 leading indicators.
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