Working Group | Leading Indicators in Safety

This working group will focus on 'Leading Indicators in Safety'

WHY ARE LEADING INDICATORS CRUCIAL IN SAFETY MANAGEMENT?

Lagging indicators refer to events that have already happened and are of historical nature. They are easy to identify and capture, but they are not reflective of current activities and they lack predictive power. In safety management, the lagging indicators measure accidents and fatalities or other events that have already taken place.

Conversely, leading indicators concentrate on preventive measures and future performance. These indicators predict the trends and therefore give an organisation an idea of what is likely to happen. Therefore, the leading indicators can be seen as proactive measurements which allow new adjustments based on results. The challenge with leading indicators is to identify and capture them.

The Safety industry wrongly entertains lagging indicators

In the field of safety, all the indicators tend to be the first mentioned lagging indicators. The question is always about how many accidents happened, or how many work hours were lost. Even most of the bonuses in safety management are tied to the goal of zero accidents.

Accident frequency rates and Company turnover are lagging metrics.

To have beneficial effect on the business operations, every company should concentrate on the leading indicators to predict and adjust the direction of the company and its safety measurements.

In this working group, we will take a look at:

• What systems do you use to identify your hazards?
• How do you manage your Safety KPI’s?
• What do you report to whom and when?
• How has the adoption of leading measures changed your safety performance?
• What is best practice?

Our guest presenter at this event will be Matthew Mafrici from Team Assurance who will present an effective solution to collecting Near-miss, Hazard ID’s and other ‘leading’ indicators and analysing them in real-time.

Matthew Mafrici
CEO, Team Assurance
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ma...
https://www.teamassurance.com/


Matt is the co-founder and CEO of Team Assurance. A multi device platform that fills the missing link between daily management and Top Line Strategy.

Matt has worked at Toyota Motor Corporation Australia spending years of team development and implementation of TPS throughout the factory and experiencing training at their Japan facility.

Our events are an excellent forum for networking and engaging in 'peer to peer' learning with other members. To get the most out of the event you need to attend the event with a willingness to contribute to group discussions.

Who should attend?
This event is ideal for Operations leaders, HSE professionals, or anyone involved in the improvement of Safety.

As a member of IPA you can register up to 2 people, subject to availability, to attend this event. This event is for IPA members only, there will be no public access to this event. 

When do I need to register by?
Registrations close 2 days prior to event date. 
Registrations are based on a "first come, first served" basis. 
There are no allocated seats with membership.

Who can I contact for further information? 

     
     Samantha Jeffrey
     samantha@industrypartners.com.au 
     0438 058 823