... the data though the use of statistical techniques that relate past incident rates with variations in observational activities. As part of a continuation of work by Haight, Thomas, et al. (Haight 38, Haight 33) and Iyer, Haight, et al. (Iyer 9, Iyer 341), whose concentration was on quantifying the safety...

... safety performance are better all-round economic performers (Fernández-Muñiz et al., 2009). This stems from [a] reduced incident rates; [b] improved working conditions and employee motivation; and [c] the positive influences on productivity and profitability. In other words, good safety leaders also...

... spills, and improve overall safety, it remains to be seen whether it has made much of a difference, at least in the short term. As the statistics discussed below reveal, the number of incident rates in many of the critical categories has either increased, decreased only slight, or remained flat...

... determine the effectiveness of their systems. In general, they will be better prepared to develop and implement an HSMS if they determine it is right for them. hsm implementation intervention activity effectiveness implementation incident rate management system professional safety hsm safety...

... on the maturity of the safety culture. (Phillips 30). Due to increased loss trending in 2009, Premier considered evaluating telematics programs, along with other technologies, in order to improve driving skills, improve incident rates, lower costs, and increase the ROI. There are many tools to help the safety...

... into the business consequence incentive social responsibility at-risk behavior incident safety culture side effect accident safety leadership sustainability antecedent negative consequence certain consequence safety incident rate punishment unsafe behavior sustainable safety culture reinforcement...

... safety site manager certification project team customer supervisor safety program workforce safety manager harrist contractor us government requirement incident rate injury safety performance depot rrad project earlene farley personnel competence human factors Session No. 663 From...

... Introduction The primary objective of this research is to incorporate weighting factors into a new statistic measure for the determination of the "traditional" OSHA recordable incident rate. In this work, it was suggested that the combination of the incident rate and lost workday rate provided...

... approach plump knowledge us government ergonomic committee injury risk factor incident rate information reduction human factors ergonomic initiative identification Session No. 777 A Sustainable Approach: Ergonomic Success Story for Meat Processing Rene Hilgemann, MM, CSP, ARM, ALCM Aon...

... Introduction This paper provides an overview of the application of forecasting technique in the prediction of incident rates from a business-oriented perspective. This research shows that traditional business and financial management tools could be used by occupational health and safety...

... Safety Program maintenance regular basis merchandise Workforce safety incentive program successful program incident workplace safe behavior incentive program knowledge incident rate project manager incentive compensation milestone participation injury Session No. 675 Safety...

... incident rates. The developed model could be used to better predict the allocation and optimization of resources which in turn minimizes the cost of incident prevention. The safety model is obtained using analysis of variance while response surface methodology and contour plots are used to optimize...

... is driven by a dynamic mathematical model which adapts itself to variations in data patterns and explains the correlation between historical incident rates and corresponding resources committed to interventions. This study empowers the industry with a tool that is capable of forming the core of optimizing...

... been the mantra for safety programs since it seems well forever. The gold standard metric of the profession has been the Lost Time Accident (LTA) and the supporting metric is the Incident Rate, or often known as the OSHA Recordable Rate. The environmental and industrial hygiene sectors of the field...

... on the dollar costs, safety professionals focus on incident rates to benchmark and demonstrate our value. In 1944, R.B. Blake, a senior safety engineer for the Division of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor stated that the cost of accidents was the driving force behind the industrial safety movement...

... incident rate observer safety risk management construction worker construction project Supervisor construction company behavioral safety process Implementation leadership work life Session No. 782 Implementing a Behavioral Safety Process on Construction Projects Richard S. Baldwin, M.S., CSP...

... intervention activity and the incident rate. Once the relationship has been established it will then allow the analyst to use it as a forecasting tool to predict future incident rates given the level of safety intervention activities. In this study incidents recorded were comprised of physical injuries...

..., measure the performance of our safety and health management programs based on our failures. Let's take a look at how that is done. We use the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Incident Rate to measure ourselves against our prior performance, against others in our industry, and against...

... location became the "beta test" for development-Denver. The work group in Denver (1,200 employees) demonstrated their ability to make changes with a fifty-percent drop in incident rates between 1996 and 2002. In 2004, they were challenged with low rates, pending change and still trying to understand...

... like total case incident rates and lost work incident rates. Safety activities (known as "Participation" in the SMP system) are tracked at the employee level not at a facility level. This allows employees to directly impact or control their safety performance. Safety Management Process As shown...