INGENIEUR Incident Reporting
INGENIEUR Incident Reporting
For many companies , incident rates remain the primary indicator of safety performance measurement . Incident rates provide a benchmark between one company and another and are commonly used throughout industry . Incident rates are lagging indicators — indications of past performance . Transforming incident rates from a lagging indicator to a leading indicator involves shifting the focus from historical data to robustly driving proactive measures like incident reporting . Incident reporting is crucial as under-reporting of safety incidents is always an undesirable trend since a lot can be learned from the aggressive review and management of not only serious and severe incidents but also First Aid Cases and Near Misses , which are indicators of underlying risks that have the potential to result in a more
significant injury . Companies must encourage open reporting by not setting targets for injuries and regularly communicating that the company cares for the individual . With a heightened sense of reporting , these cases will be hard to hide . Workers must also recognise and understand the consequences of not reporting incidents . Company leadership must ensure that analysis of incidents , across all areas , reflects and reinforces the importance of learning from incidents . Leadership must make reporting requirements clear to all workers , to ensure consistency in reporting , analysis and interpretation .
Safety Roadmap
Highlighted below are three recommendations that will help companies focus and shift efforts
Figure 5 : A symbiotic relationship exists between safety culture change and worker engagement
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