1st Edition

Business Measurements for Safety Performance

By Daniel Patrick O'Brien Copyright 1999
132 Pages
by CRC Press

136 Pages
by CRC Press

Most businesses consider a multitude of factors to evaluate the performance of each business sector. In today's business culture, one singular number - OSHA recordable - typically measures safety. This is comparable to driving down the highway using your rear view mirror to steer. Business Measurements for Safety Performance provides a simple, effective, and applicable method of measuring safety... Read more
The History of Performance Measurement
The Beginning of Safety Performance Measurement
Results Oriented and Reactive Measurement
Behavior Based and Proactive Measurement
What Other Business Sectors Measure - Benchmarking
Quantitative vs Subjective Measurement
Constant Improvement and the Safety Continuum
Including Safety as a Business Sector
Getting Buy-In Form the Troops
Tracking Performance
Performance Measurement in the Future
Conclusion
Index

Biography

Daniel Patrick O'Brien