Hello,

I am looking at trying to compare our AIR figures with industry standards, it seems though that different calculations are used e.g using number of employees/number of hours worked or different multipliers for the average eg 1000 or 100,000.

Am i right in thinking the standard equation is:

No of injuries (include all injuries and illness) x 100,000 / Hours worked

or is it

No of injuries x 1000 / no of employees

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And once I have the figure how can I compare it to the constrcution industry?

We are a smallish company (50 employed with labour only subbies also working) with a low level of accidents. I dont want to get these figures wrong or have them skewed by us being a small company.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Liam

Hello Liam

Accident Incidence Rate (AIR)  is a comparator that is based on 1000 employees and is calculated thus: 

Number accidents x 1000 / Number employees

Accident Frequency Rate (AFR) is a comparator based on 100,000 hours worked and is calculated thus:

Number accidents x 100,000 / Total hours worked. 

Some say that on average a person works roughly 100,000 hours in their lifetime and that is the basis for the 100,000 figure. I am not too sure about that though. In any event they are only comparators.

Originally Posted by: liamw03

Thanks for that.

I have read so many conflicting opinions on this its crazy.

It seems to fall in line with the HSE and benchmark against the industry I should be getting a number below 2900ish which seems to be the industry standard for construction but when I use the 1000 multiplier I get 15.3. 

Would be nice for some clear guidance on this form the HSE and not leave it open to interpretation.

I think 15.3 looks better than 1530. I have to submit these as part of a PQQ and I will have to set out the equation as I have no idea which one they use!

Whenever I've completed a PQQ I only ever list the number of accident by year and severity. If they ask for more detail then I give it. Never been asked for the numbers you are being asked. And some of the PQQ's I've completed have been for AVON Rubber, BABCOCK and other multi nationals

My client hasn't worked for KIER group in the past, NG BAILEY and Galliford Try seem to like us. Where they act as a subby on big builds they then use us as their subbies. We recently had a big aircon install in a new 7 storey build in Reading.

Made for a nice day out, leave Bristol, visit site, talk to the 4 engrs onsite and drive home.

They did make a big thing about being green and asking how many miles I'd travelled that day, did I drive or use public transport and if I drove did I car share. Felt strange giving them my travel info just to visit site

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