Leading Indicator Safety Rate s/2019Fall...between leading indicators and improved DART rate Top...
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EEI Leading Indicator Safety Rate proposal
Clint Reuter, REHS, CSP
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Background
89% of respondents stated that measuring Leading Indicators is Extremely or Very Important. Only 28% of companies equally balance leading and lagging indicators at the corporate level.
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Leading Indicator program impact on Injury Rates
A 2011 University of Toronto study of 800 firms showed that leading indicator performance had a direct impact on injury rates.
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Leading Indicator Safety Metric
• 2013 EEI Survey results
• Reduces DART rate
• Most of us are already measuring and reporting to leaders
• Unable to benchmark against our peers
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Proposal – EEI Leading Indicator Metric
• Combine multiple, prevention-focused activities into a single rate:
# Leading Indicators x (month multiplier x 2,000)
# of hours worked by all employees
Example inputs:
• Safety Conversations/BBS
• Near-miss/unsafe condition/hazard removed
• Site Safety Audits
• Leadership field visits
• SIF Precursor Analysis
• (Others?)
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Leading Indicator Safety Metric
• Suggested next steps
• Form a committee
• Research new related studies
• Decide on a universally accepted set of leading indicators
• Determine leading indicator case rate formula
• Report back to group
• Move toward adoption of a leading indicator metric, or a set of metrics