Cooking the books: how injury measures and Executive incentives (can) lead to ruin

Another interesting report from Safe Work Australia, authored by O’Neill, Wolfe & Holley, which explored performance measurement & CEO/executive incentives. Too much to cover, so just a few points on injury measures: ·        They highlight the limits of a “single injury rate as a generic, all-purpose indicator of WHS performance”, relating to data quality and the… Continue reading Cooking the books: how injury measures and Executive incentives (can) lead to ruin

Workplace health and safety performance at the client-contractor interface: Measurement, management and behaviour

A really interesting paper exploring performance measurement and management (PMM) systems in construction. They looked at: ·                     How do clients measure WHS performance in the delivery of construction projects? ·                     How do clients use this measurement to manage WHS performance? and ·                     How do performance measurement and management practices adopted by construction clients influence contractors’… Continue reading Workplace health and safety performance at the client-contractor interface: Measurement, management and behaviour