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Stern  
#1 Posted : 25 July 2016 11:29:13(UTC)
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Stern
Morning all, I've recently taken over management of our accident reporting and was trying to sort out a more streamlined way of monitoring and reporting our stats. With that in mind, i've got a couple of questions... -Do people generally prefer to use AFR or AIR (or do they use both)? -Do you include ALL types of accidents in your AFR/AIR calculations (RIDDOR, Lost Time AND minors) or do you just include RIDDOR and/or LTAs? -We are a construction management company meaning that 99% of the staff on our sites (and therefore 99% of the accidents) are subcontractors employed by somebody else. Should we be including these accidents in our data? Many thanks in advance Stern
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RayRapp  
#2 Posted : 25 July 2016 11:40:22(UTC)
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RayRapp
I think all accidents and incidents should be captured in your data regardless of severity. So you could argue for AIFR. That said, you might want to categorise RIDDORs separately for other reasons. Assuming you are not the client, your company is responsible for the sub-contractors you engage, so it does not really matter whether the accident/incident involved a sub-contractor or a member of staff.
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Stern  
#3 Posted : 25 July 2016 11:47:23(UTC)
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Stern
RayRapp, Thanks for the response. AIFR? Is that a typo?
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FG  
#4 Posted : 25 July 2016 12:17:41(UTC)
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FG
Agree with RayRapp. AIFR works best as a catch all. If you were using excel you could illustrate AIFR as a stacked column consisting of whatever subdivisions you like. In my organisation, we categorise by; First aid, Medically treated and LTI for example.
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Stern  
#5 Posted : 25 July 2016 12:32:39(UTC)
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Stern
Hi, Sorry this may just be me being dumb but what is AIFR? AIR = Accident Incident Rate AFR= Accident Frequency Rate AIFR= ???
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gramsay  
#6 Posted : 25 July 2016 12:35:56(UTC)
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gramsay
I agree with using contractors figures as well as your own employees - as long as you have accurate info on total headcount on site, and have made a decision about how you calculate the relevant workforce figures. For organisations which are all nicely set up with electronic clock-in, this is easy. For others (like mine!) this took a bit of time to get in place.
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RayRapp  
#7 Posted : 25 July 2016 13:18:05(UTC)
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RayRapp
Stern wrote:
Hi, Sorry this may just be me being dumb but what is AIFR? AIR = Accident Incident Rate AFR= Accident Frequency Rate AIFR= ???
Accident/Incident Frequency Rate, just another way of putting it. You can use AIR or AFR, or both or AIFR, it's up to you.
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stuie  
#8 Posted : 25 July 2016 13:20:20(UTC)
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stuie
We use AFR and ASR F = frequency S= severity (no of lost days) Stu
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Stern  
#9 Posted : 25 July 2016 13:35:13(UTC)
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Stern
Hi RayRapp, How do you calculate AIFR? AFR and AIR i know but never come across AIFR.
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Terry556  
#10 Posted : 25 July 2016 14:03:37(UTC)
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Terry556
I use AFR & AIR on my KPI's
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