Just a post to try and move this up the list a bit in hope of a reply. Cheers

Thank you Heather, I have looked at the statistics and i'm a bit confused as the figures for my site are so far away! The all injuries incident rate (assume include major, +3 day and minors)for my industry on the HSE stats is 1450(ish) per 100,000. My overall rate is 16,470 per 100,000! simply using total accidents(riddor & minors) /no. of employees x 100,000. My RIDDOR rate is 5882 per 100,000! 170 employees at site and 10 RIDDORS in 1 year. From reviewing year previous the RIDDOR Incident Rate was 2500 per 100,000 and this was similar the previous 2 years. RIDDOR incident rate for my industry in the HSE stats appears to be 240 per 100,000. Accident Reporting ratio (based on hsg65 triangle) 1 (RIDDOR) ;7 (MINORS); 189 (NEAR MISSES) my is 10:18;0! Serious indication that we are have a poor reporting culture. Does anyone else use this in their KPIs to assess if reporting is effective? I want to run 4 KPIs this year which will be RIDDOR Rate, Severity Rate (lost days) which we have never calculated, Accident Reporting ratio and Workplace Inspection compliance as proactive KPI. We are coming from a very low level of safety performance and reporting. I have been so used to just simply using software reporting systems and OSHAS style in my previous jobs that going back to old manual is causing my grey matter a few issues! If anyone wants to provide some feedback i would greatly appreicate the input! cheer

Safetyman the answer to your future improvement in H&S performance is contained in your post ie under reporting particularly near misses (zero). This shows that the near miss reporting system is not being used for whatever reason, probably discouraged by middle managers / engineers. A good Hazard/Near Miss Reporting is a keystone to any H&S Management system and will change your HS Culture and dramatically improve your HS Performance. But it is essential that your senior management team believe in this, own it and drive it. A good system will drive employee involvement in HS and a culture where everyone takes responsibility for HS in their work areas. Have a look around your industry sector for good practice in hazard & near Miss reporting and adopt it. Make a leading KPI for Hazard/Near Miss reporting. For 170 employees say 20 per month. Ensure that those submitting reports are given swift feedback from management and thanked for their contribution. Steve