Maintaining a safe and healthy environment is paramount in today’s rapidly evolving workplace. Safety metrics play a crucial role in shaping effective safety programs, providing tangible ways to track initiatives and highlight areas for improvement. KPA’s recent survey of safety professionals reveals interesting insights into how organizations approach safety KPIs and where there’s room for growth.
Producing data for data’s sake doesn’t help anyone. So, we’ll share takeaways based on these findings for you to consider.
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The Current State of Safety Metrics
Only 27% use historical data analysis to identify trends and areas for improvement. And, alarmingly, 19% of respondents don’t track KPIs at all!
Let’s dive deeper into what KPIs your peers are measuring and talk about actionable ways to improve.
Aligning KPIs with Organizational Goals
25% of respondents indicated that their safety KPIs are only somewhat aligned or not aligned at all with company goals.
Let’s dig into the responses and uncover tactics to align your KPIs with organizational goals.
The Challenges of Tracking & Measuring Safety Metrics
74% of respondents find tracking and measuring performance against established safety KPIs challenging. And 62% do not have easy access to their data in one system. These challenges come with unintended consequences.
Let’s examine them and find some ways not just to track metrics, but to use them effectively to drive safety improvements.
The Path Forward: Measuring What Matters
Organizations need to focus on measuring what matters to drive safety improvements. And the good news is that safety managers generally feel they’re on the right track. While it may not be pretty or efficient, in true form, safety managers are MacGyvering their way through.
Learn how your peers are measuring what matters.
About the Safety Metrics Survey
In partnership with EHS Daily Advisor, our recent survey gathered valuable data from 110 industry leaders, safety officers, and employees, shedding light on the most effective KPIs and their impact on workplace safety.
Monitoring Safety Program Metrics is easier with solid EHS software in your team’s hands.
KPA simplifies data visualization and reporting, giving users easy access to actionable insights into their EHS program performance. Your data is presented in real-time, so no delay or extra steps are required to access the information. The dashboards are configured based on features tailored to your business’s unique requirements, giving you the power to make informed decisions that impact workplace safety.
Let KPA show you how to take a data-driven approach to safety.
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