Posted By David Cameron Greg, Rather than go for the obvious accident statistics, either as are or averaged out why not try over three day occurances and costs associated with these absenses? Or even better go for costs for all accident lost days as this shows bottom line pounds shillings and pence losses as a result of accidents and should encourage action to prevent rather than accept the numbers involved. Goodluck with whichever way you go

Posted By Deana Daniels Hi Greg, I have done a reasonable amount of work both in Local Authorities and on safety management systems. I would advise you not to rely solely on reactive measures but try to build in some positive measurements such as completion and review of risk assessments, completion and review of training, completion of audits and inspections including statutory inspections, completion of health and safety meetings and actioning of any minutes (These are just some examples). What I recommend that you have different appropriate measures for each directorate then broader corporate measures. If you have a SMS in place go through it and identify those areas where you can develop some SMART measures, because the point of the performance indicators is to provide you with some way of evaluating whether or not you SMS is working and effective. I hope this helps. If you want to talk more please give me a ring on 0871 871 5443. Regards Deana

Posted By Alec Wood And an even better ratio can be secured by not reporting a few of the actual accidents. I have long held the belief that focusing on the usual stats encourages non-reporting of accidents, the more prominent these stats become, the more likely pressure will be brought to bear by junior managers on the staff below them not to report. Alec Wood Samsung Electronics

Posted By Greg Burgess Thanks to everyone who has responded so far or sent me information direct. Greg

Posted By Ian Waldram You might also consider some of the ideas in the IOSH Guidance, available on the Technical webpage under 'Inforsheets'. In relation to contractor management, which should be a big issue for you, the IOSH Guidance on Global Best Practices gives a simple scoring system which could be used as a KPI (available on the same webpage). There is also much to ponder on in the new HSE tool HaSPI (still under evaluation), all the detail you need via their website. Also some excellent guidance on using leading KPI's on the Step Change website.