Safety metrics for the modern safety professional / C. Gary Lopez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lopez, Gary, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial safety--Evaluation--Statistical methods.

Industrial safety.

Industrial management--Evaluation--Statistical methods.

Industrial management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2021.

Summary:

"The safety and health profession has been hindered by ineffective metrics for decades, with the primary metrics of choice being the OSHA incident rate and lost time accident rate. This narrow focus on what constitutes loss is not in line with the new concepts of managing the total risk that an organization faces. The book looks at indicators on a tactical level where they can be very effective in providing management with clear direction and "manageable" items they can do to promote the safety efforts of an organization"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Author

1. We Manage What We Measure

Defining Success

References

2. A History of 20th-Century Safety Metrics

Birth of a Recordkeeping Standard

OSHA Changes the Formula

The Abuse of the System

3. The Body Count Dilemma

Failure of the Management Systems Approach in Recognizing the Scope of Risk

The Expanded Role of the New Safety Professional

Warehouse Incident: Part I

4. Using Data Properly: Avoiding Garbage In, Garbage Out

Pareto Charts, Pie Charts, Histograms, Run Charts, Control Charts ... ET AL.

An Upper Manager's View of the World

Is Any Data Bad Data?

The Data Barrage

Normalizing Data

Data Streams

Black Magic Data

The Four-to-One Ratio

National Data

5. Leading Indicators: What Are They, and How to Use Them

The Role of Leading Indicators in Demonstrating Management Support

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Selecting Good Leading Indicators

Aligning Expectations with Management

Using Leading Indicators Effectively

Safety Business Plans

Employee Surveys

Selecting Questions for a Survey

Surveys and Measurement

Leading Indicators for Upper Management Reporting

Practicality and Sensibility Test: Part I

Management Leadership

Worker Participation

MOC

Contractor Safety

Incident Investigation

6. Results-Based Measures

aka Lagging Indicators

Traditional Lagging Indicators

The Change in Incident Case Management

Using Comparative Data, Understanding BLS, NAICs and SIC Data

Using NAICs Rates to Set Goals

Multiple Site Reporting

Gary's Pharmaceutical Plant

The Merit Review System

Practicality and Sensibility Test Part II

Worker Suggested Lagging Indicators

Risk Assessments

Continuous Improvement.

Reference

7. Value-Based Metrics

The Symbiotic Relationship With Insurance

Definition of Symbiosis: A Mutually Beneficial Relationship between Different People or Groups

Gary's Pharmaceutical Plant: Part II

The Great Lies

Using Dollars as a Measurement

Aligning Safety Metrics With Other Corporate Metrics

Introducing Dollars into Incident Investigations

Warehouse Accident: Part II

The Symbiotic Relationship With Insurance: Part II

Using Value-Based Metrics for ROI

Failure to Change is not an Option

Reference

8. Using Balanced Scorecards

Designing the Balanced Scorecard

The Fog of Statistics

Balanced Scorecards With Leading Indicators

Measuring Performance on Multicontractor Sites

Scenario 1

Scenario 2

Weighing Scorecards

Timing of Balanced Scorecard Reports

Multiple Metric Reporting

Use of Graphics to Provide Metrics

Final Tenets for the Balanced Scorecard

9. Selling Upper Management on Metrics That Define Success

What Upper Management Thinks

The Modern Safety Professional and Selling Metrics

Selling the Systems Safety Approach

10. Using Metrics for Global Initiatives and Modern Management Systems Standards

Applying Safety Metrics in a "Management Systems" Approach

Measuring Modern Systems Safety Approaches

11. How Modern Metrics Will Impact and Change the Role of the Modern Safety Professional

Expanding Your Role on the Business Team

Saved By My Ineptitude

Our Crossroads

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781003088332

1003088333

9781000227215

1000227219

9781000227239

1000227235

OCLC:

1158503293