Safety Analytics

Safety Performance

Lost Time Injuries (LTI), Medical Treatment Injuries (MTI), and Frequency Rates are only a very small window into the world of safety however most organisations use these are the sole method for measuring safety performance.

Too many times we have seen decreasing safety statistics while the cost of workers’ compensation premiums or self-insured liabilities have been increasing. How can this be when the two are tied intrinsically to each other?

Organisations that are serious about safety need to dispel the myth that by only monitoring Lost Time Injuries (LTI) or the Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) that they are in control of safety in the workplace. Ultimately these are lag indicators that can be manipulated to show a false portrayal  of safety results.

One of the critical elements we help organisations with is the focus of resources – especially scarce resources such as safety experts in the workplace. At Crucial Data & Analytics we take a holistic approach to measuring and monitor safety.

The Zero Incident Goal

Organisations often have the goal of zero safety incidents or zero harm as a critical business objective, however if they are serious about safety it must be integrated across the entire business. Procurement needs to understand the impact of purchasing decisions. Human resources needs to understand the impact of poor recruitment practices or inadequate training. Operations and management need to understand the financial impost of absence and inconsistent adherence to leave policies, what that does to engagement and the flow on effect to safety in the workplace.

We like to link in our absence expertise to understand the trends within leave for focusing on fatigue and disengagement within the workplace. These are important factors in minimising risk and employee safety.
Zero incidents should be the goal of all organisations and it starts with proper data and analytics.

Where does your organisation fit on the absence risk matrix?