1st Edition

Measuring Safety Management Performance

By Ron C. McKinnon Copyright 2024
246 Pages 8 Color & 44 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

246 Pages 8 Color & 44 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

246 Pages 8 Color & 44 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Measuring Safety Management Performance lists and explains the difference between lagging and leading measures of safety management performance. It informs the reader how to use both proactive and reactive safety performance indicators and explains that consequence measurement is not an accurate reflection of the organization’s safety effort. It suggests managements’ Safety Performance... Read more

Part One. Introduction to Safety Management. 1. Safety Management. 2. Workplace Health and Safety. 3. Understanding and Analyzing Accidental Loss Causation. 4. Defining Safety Management Performance. Part Two. Safety Management Performance Measurements. 5. Pre-Contact, Contact, and Post-Contact Measurement. Part Three. Measuring Lagging Indicators of Safety Management Performance. 6. Lagging Indicators of Safety Performance: Injuries, Illness, and Diseases.  7. Underreporting of Injuries, Illnesses, and Damage.  8. Awards Based on Lagging Indicators.  9. Lagging Indicators of Safety Performance: Damage, Fires, and Interruption.  10. Cause of Injury or Damage: Transfer of Energy.  11. Total Cost of Risk.  Part Four. Leading Safety Management Performance Indicators. 12. Safety Management Control.  Part Five. Examples of Positive Performance Safety Indicators (PPSI). 13. Near Miss Incidents as a Measurement of Safety Performance.  14. High-Risk Behavior (Unsafe Act) and High-Risk Conditions (Unsafe Conditions).  15. Health and Safety Inspections.  16. Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment.  17. Health and Safety Committee Meetings.  18. Health and Safety Representatives Appointed.  19. Safety Perceptions Surveys. 20. Employees Trained in Health and Safety. 21. Safety Toolbox Talks and Task Risk Assessments. 22. Quality of Accident Investigation Reports.  Part Six. The Safety Management System (SMS) Audit as a Safety Management Performance Measurement Tool. 23. The SMS Audit as a Safety Management Performance Measurement Tool. 24. Example Leading Safety Key Performance Indicators.

Biography

Ron C. McKinnon is an internationally experienced and acknowledged safety professional, author, motivator, and presenter. He has been extensively involved in safety research concerning the cause, effect, and control of accidental loss, near miss incident reporting, accident investigation, and safety promotion. He specializes in safety culture change and the implementation and auditing of safety management systems.