Posted By Jan Cottrell I think there should be a split between KPI's on the negative side of safety and on the positive side. Perhaps one target of reducing reportable accidents (but not the reporting thereof) year on year. Perhaps some sort of ratio target? Another target could be a figure derived from audits ref. training - how many people have had tool-box talks on itemised topics or how many have taken part in specific workshops raising awareness on other topics? It needs to be something SMART otherwise it's pointless. What data is collected from other sources? Perhaps a tie-in with Personnel and absence figures? Reduction in sickness absence year on year? My thoughts for the moment!

Posted By Matthew O'Farrell Hi Francis and Jan Suggest you have a look at: Title: Total Quality Management and the Management of Health and Safety. Author: Osborne, J. and Zairi, M. European Centre Total Quality Management, Bradford University for HSE ISBN: 0 7176 14557 HSEbooks: £15 and I believe Neil Budworth has published an article on the subject in the Practitioner some while back so he'll have done some research, I expect. Regards Matthew

Posted By Steve Conway Here's a few leading indicators we use inspections planned vs completed (minimum standard every 3 months) inpections with overdue actions walkabouts planned vs completed for different levels of management investigation reports issued within 5 days investigations with outstanding actions fire drills planned vs completed (minium standard annually) risk assesments reviews planned vs completed local improvement plan actions planned vs completed Performance against the above is reported upwards for different parts of the organisation and presented in a way which allows comparision between the different parts. We are now looking to setting targets for each of the indicators. Steve

Posted By peter gotch Francis Have you looked at the KPIs recommended in "Achieving excellence in construction" (OGC 1999) and the H&S related issues in "Respect for People" (M4I 2000)including some proactive indicators of performance and stakeholder ownership, eg training days completed, workforce suggestions received. The Confederation of Construction Clients (now Construction Clients Group) pushed this boat forward. See www.clientsuccess.org Principles of course apply to issues other than construction work. Regards, Peter

Posted By Steve Conway Ron's suggestion on focusing on your projects and responsibilities, rather than duty holders, prompted me to look at your original posting again. My suggestions related to the latter and are not appropriate for an advisory/support service. The audit commission has published guidance on performance indicators which may help - http://www.audit-commiss...C4B/archive_mptarget.pdf Steve