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Measuring Safety Management Performance explains the difference between lagging and leading measures of safety management performance and describes how to use proactive and reactive safety performance indicators. This highly practical book is an ideal read for professionals and students in the fields of occupational health and safety.
List of contents
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.
About the author
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.
