Leading indicators of safety in virtual organizations

Grabowski, Martha; Ayyalasomayajula, Premnath; Merrick, Jason R. W.; Harrald, John R.; Roberts, Karlene H.

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2006.09.007

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“…Recognizing signals before an accident occurs offers the potential for improving safety; many organizations have sought to develop programs to identify and benefit from alerts, signals, and prior indicators (Grabowski et al, 2007). Traditional measures of safety performance rely on some form of accident or injury data (Choudhry et al, 2007), with actions being taken in response to adverse trends in injuries (Hallowell et al, 2013).…”

Section: Overview and Background To The Studymentioning

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“…Certain firms in some sectors of the construction industry have evolved from being firms that monitored safety performance to firms that proactively sought to improve safety performance (Hinze, 2005). Safety performance has traditionally been measured by "after-the-loss" type of measurements, such as accident and injury rates, incidents and costs (Grabowski et al, 2007). However, most of these methods are reactive or subjective methods in the sense that accident statistics only show the performance of the safety management in the past (Dagdeviren et al, 2008).…”

Section: Measurement Of Safety Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This focus on safety results often means that the success of safety is measured by levels of system failure (Choudhry et al, 2007). However, there is a growing consensus among safety professionals and researchers that lagging indicators, which require that an accident must occur or a person must get injured before a measure can be made, may or may not provide the necessary insights for avoiding future accidents (Grabowski et al, 2007).…”

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Safety Activity Analysis Framework to Evaluate Safety Performance in Construction

Awolusi

2017

J. Constr. Eng. Manage.

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The construction work environment remains one of the most hazardous worldwide. As a result of dangerous working environments, construction workers often face safety and health risks throughout the construction process. However, it is worth noting that an emphasis on construction safety has increased mainly in the aspect of safety performance, and efforts are required to not only monitor but also seek to improve safety performance. The main objective of this research is to assess safety performance on construction sites using safety activity analysis technique. A safety activity analysis framework as well as a safety activity analysis tool are developed to facilitate the collection and analysis of the safety activity data for continuous evaluation of safety performance.Additionally, a case study is carried out to implement the framework and tool on an active construction project. Activity observation is used to continuously collect data of safe behaviors and conditions, along with unsafe behaviors and conditions on construction sites for analysis and decision making. It is expected that the observation results can be used to set improvement targets and provide continuous feedback so that construction workers can adjust their performance accordingly. The findings of the case study show that the safety index of the construction site ranged from 37.0% to 62.8% with an average of 53.8%. Results obtained also indicate that the stage of a construction process can affect the safety performance of a project. It was recommended that well-informed decisions and far-reaching efforts have to be made to ensure the safety index is brought as close as possible to 100% by reducing the unsafe behaviors and conditions on the construction site.iii

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Awolusi

2017

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“…Contemporary performance measurement involves identifying indicators of conditions and events that precede an undesirable event, and therefore include evaluation potential. They are associated with proactive activities that identify hazards and assess, eliminate, minimise, or control the risk [12]. These performance indicators are called leading indicators.…”

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“…There are a number of studies about factors, performance, and indicators of occupational safety [4,8,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

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Selection and ranking of occupational safety indicators based on fuzzy AHP: A case study in road construction companies

Janaćković

Savić

Stanković

2013

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This paper presents the factors, performance, and indicators of occupational safety, as well as a method to select and rank occupational safety indicators based on the expert evaluation method and the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (fuzzy AHP). A case study is done on road construction companies in Serbia. The key safety performance indicators for the road construction industry are identified and ranked according to the results of a survey that included experts who assessed occupational safety risks in these companies. The case study confirmed that organisational factors have a dominant effect on the quality of the occupational health and safety management system in Serbian road construction companies. OPSOMMINGHierdie artikel toon die faktore, prestasies en aanwysers van beroepsveiligheid en 'n metode om beroepsveiligheid aanwysers te kies en te rangskik. Die rangskikking van beroepsveiligheid aanwysers is gegrond op die deskundige evaluasie metode en die wasige analitiese hiërargie proses. 'n Gevalle studie is geloods op padkonstruksie maatskappye in Serwië. Die sleutel veiligheidsprestasieaanwysers is geïdentifiseer en rangskik volgens die resultate van 'n opname onder deskundiges wat die beroepsveiligheid risiko's in hierdie maatskappye assesseer. Die gevalle studie het bevestig dat organisatoriesefaktore 'n daadwerklike effek op die gehalte van die beroepsveiligheid bestuurstelsel in Serwiese padkonstruksie maatskappye het.

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Accident Precursors and Warning Systems Management: A Bayesian Approach to Mathematical Models

Paté‐Cornell

2011

Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science

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Observing and recognizing precursors and near misses are essential parts of risk management. Many industries have implemented monitoring programs to that effect. The problem is to decide what to monitor, how to interpret the signal(s), and how to respond given the lead time. This article focuses on a Bayesian (probabilistic) approach to the design of warning systems, which permits addressing the trade‐off between the probabilities of false positives and false negatives. The results can then be used as input in a decision analysis to support system‐wide risk management. Probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) is used here as a fundamental tool that allows identifying and fixing the weakest parts of a system. It is shown how one can update the probability of failure of a system given signals that one of the components or subsystems has deteriorated, and how to use PRA to identify potential precursors. The example of a risk analysis for the tiles of the space shuttle is used to illustrate the identification of the failure modes and the weakest parts of a system, a warning that was ignored at the time of that study, years before the Columbia accident. In the dynamic case, it is shown how to optimize a warning threshold to minimize risks and losses. Finally, it is shown how human and organizational factors can be linked to the risk of system failure and the effectiveness of an organizational warning system.

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Leading indicators of safety in virtual organizations

Cited by 123 publications

References 55 publications

Safety Activity Analysis Framework to Evaluate Safety Performance in Construction

Safety Activity Analysis Framework to Evaluate Safety Performance in Construction

Selection and ranking of occupational safety indicators based on fuzzy AHP: A case study in road construction companies

Accident Precursors and Warning Systems Management: A Bayesian Approach to Mathematical Models

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