Does anyone have any ideas for safety incentives which could be used within the fit out construction sector? I'm thinking about introducing a scheme for our subcontractors and need to find out whether this is workable and if so, what sorts of incentives may work? Any ideas would be welcome. Many thanks. Eleanor

Many thanks for that - very helpful.

Eleanor I am not convinced with the worth of safety awards per se, if it's worthwhile for the organisation then sadly there is also an incentive to be dishonest by massaging the AFR/IFR/ stats. Moreover, the under reporting of health and safety incidents does industry not good at all.

Thanks all for your replies - all very useful info.

Eleanor Ron makes a central point quite clearly. Taking care of clear contractual obligations should assist delivery where full payment is on delivery of measurable meaningful results. However if incentives are to be considered it might be worth while getting in contact with the authors of the HSE Research Report 896: Leadership and worker involvement on the Olympic Park. There were incentives used during the development of the Olympic Park on some of the projects. It appears that they were not a reward for simply doing their job but for things that were positive in pursuit of improved standards. The report can be found at: www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr896.pdf While no doubt you would find it a fascinating read. However contacting the authors at the Institute of Employment Studies - address is given in the report - may reveal some further examples. While the scale of the Olympic Park may be a tad bigger than yours, the principle of motivating workers from different sub contractors in construction are similar. Some of the solutions might be relevant to smaller operations as well. Cheers. Nigel