U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reporting requires companies to track metrics like total recordable incident rate (TRIR), lost time incident rate (LTIR), and workers’ ...

In a previous article, we discussed taking a proactive approach to setting goals for safety and health including avoiding zero injury goals since they can place hard to reach parameters for your ...

At a November 7 OSHA public meeting on leading indicators for safety and health programs, Associated Builders and Contractors Vice President of Health, Safety, Environment and Workforce Development ...

What is most important to measure with Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) processes? There are process and results indicators in BBS, and both need to be understood and managed. However, there is a single ...

Challenges like inconsistency and meaningless data hold many companies back. But is it actually worth it to use leading indicators? The answer is a resounding 'yes.' I recently attended a Public ...

I have good and bad news on the topic of leading indicators for safety. First, the bad news: A single, all-encompassing safety leading indicator is like the fountain of youth – it probably does not ...

This review focuses on previously published academic literature on the use of safety leading indicators to manage employee safety. However, little documented knowledge exists regarding state DOTs’ ...

Lagging indicators in occupational safety and health are required reporting figures that provide an industry-standard metric to measure the number of employees injured annually or impacted by a ...