Safety metrics : tools and techniques for measuring safety performance / / Christopher A. Janicak

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819536703321
• Autore: Janicak Christopher A.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Maryland : , : Bernan Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-59888-755-6
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 660.2804
• Soggetti: Industrial safety - Evaluation - Statistical methods; Industrial management - Evaluation - SDtatistical methods
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Safety Metrics ; Contents ; 1 Introduction ; Current Trends in Safety Performance Measurement ; A Performance Program Framework ; Summary ; Chapter Questions ; 2 Managing Safety Performance ; Safety Performance Management Programs ; The OECD Safety Performance Management Framework; Safety Performance Program Frameworks The Performance Measurement Process ; Summary ; Chapter Questions ; 3 Safety Goals and Objectives ; Establishing Effective Goals ; Establishing Safety Objectives ; The Balanced Scorecard Approach ; Benchmarking ; Defining Safety Benchmarks; Benchmarking Process Continuous Improvement Process ; Benchmarking Pitfalls ; Summary ; Chapter Questions ; 4 Developing Safety Performance Indicators ; Safety Performance Indicators ; Uses for Safety Performance Indicators ; Outcomes Measures ; Types of Performance Indicators; Categories of Performance indicators Lagging Indicators ; Current Indicators ; ; Leading Indicators ; Tying Performance Indicators to Goals and Objectives ; Using Root Cause Analysis to Identify Performance Indicators ; Benefits of Safety Performance Indicators; Shortcomings of Safety Performance indicators Summary ; Chapter Questions ; 5 Defining Safety Metrics ; Linking Safety Metrics to Performance Indicators ; Safety Metrics for Leading Performance Indicators ; Safety Metrics for Trailing Performance Indicators; OSHA Based Incidence Rates
• Sommario/riassunto: This practical guide-and popular reference-helps you evaluate the efficiency of your company's current safety and health processes and make fact-based decisions that continually improve overall performance. Newly updated, this edition now also shows you how to incorporate safety management system components into your safety performance program and provides you with additional techniques for analyzing safety performance data.