Transform Your Safety Program with Effective Measurement

We have gone 365 days without an accident! Great! Does that mean we are safe, lucky or some combination? Does what we measure in safety tell us that? Does the way we currently measure tell people how to help or get better in safety? When we measure and define safety as not getting hurt, we send the message that it is safe; as long as you don't get hurt. Have you ever heard the old saying "What gets measured gets managed?" Measurement isn't management, but management decides what is important enough to measure and tends to focus their attentions on those issues. Leading, comparative and interactive Safety metrics have helped many organizations transformationally focus safety management efforts.

Improving what we measure has the potential to improve how effectively we manage and create ownership and accountability in safety. Moreover when effectively measured and managed, we help people identify how to be safe at work, at home and in their everyday lives. This webinar discusses the traditional measurements, what the pioneers are beginning to measure, the transformational measurement possibilities, and what good measurement practices include. You will also learn about measurement dysfunction and how to avoid it. The conclusion will explore where safety metrics are going and what the ideal future may look like.

Learning Objectives:

• Fully understand current safety metrics and how they are calculated.
• Realize the limitations of current metrics.
• List what measurement accomplishes.
• Explore how measurement dysfunction can derail your efforts.
• See what other organizations are measuring.
• Consider what the ideal metrics for safety are.

Presented By:

Terry L. Mathis is the Founder and CEO of ProAct Safety. As an international expert and safety culture practitioner, he has worked with hundreds of organizations customizing innovative approaches to achieve and sustain safety culture excellence.

He is a veteran of over 1,000 safety improvement projects in 23 countries and 21 languages. He has spoken at numerous company and industry conferences, and is a regular presenter at NSC, ASSE PDC, and ASSE SeminarFest. He is also the author and presenter of over 40 webinars and podcasts.

Articles include:

• "Measuring Safety Culture: Why Perception Surveys are Not Enough": EHS Today, April 2009
• "Why Enhancing Safety Improves the Bottom Line": Textile Rental, March 2009
• "Building a Bridge to Safety Excellence - The Role of Culture": EHS Today, February 2009
• "What Does Safety Success Look Like?":Occupational Hazards, September 2008
• "Lean Behavior-Based Safety": Occupational Hazards, May 2005
• "Training - A Golden Opportunity": Industrial Safety and Hygiene News, June 2004
• "Low Probability Risks Can't Be Ignored": The Compass, ASSE Management Practice Specialty Newsletter, Summer, 2003
• "Software That Swims Upstream": Industrial Safety and Hygiene News, June 2003
• "Street-Smart Behavior-Based Safety": Industrial Safety and Hygiene News, September 2001
• "How to Deal with Observer Burnout: Industrial Safety and Hygiene News", May 2000
• "Fallacies in the Safety Fable": Occupational Hazards, October 1997
• "Motivating Employees to Accept a Behavioral Safety Process": Industrial Safety and Hygiene News, July 1997
• "The Infamous Quick Fix": Industrial Safety and Hygiene News, February 1996

Book:

• Developing a Safety Culture, JJ Keller, 1996

Who would benefit from this program:

• Safety Managers
• Safety Directors
• Safety Executives

Continuing Education:

• This program has been applied for CIH & CSP Continuing Education Credits. Earn .25 CM Points for CIHs and .156 Points for CSP and CSHM.

Product Options:

• Audio Conference CD Only: $229.00 (includes S&H)

Length: 2 hours