What is the extent of safety incident underreporting in US naval ops? This analysed >11k samples from active-duty servicemembers. Extracts: · Prior data suggests that underreporting is prevalent, where “as many as 60 % to 80 % of injuries go unreported” · This study found “nearly 30 % of active duty servicemembers failed to report a safety… Continue reading Safety underreporting during naval operations: Prevalence, associated risk, and several contributing factors
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Safety climate and fatigue have differential impacts on safety issues: Safety climate, fatigue, and safety issues
This study explored the links between safety climate, fatigue and several safety issues (actual safety incidents reported, near-misses experienced, safety underreporting). >11k navy personnel were surveyed (survey/self-declared, so consider limitations). Key findings: · “Safety climate affected underreporting the most, followed by likelihood of experiencing a near-miss, but had the weakest impact on actual safety reporting” · “Conversely,… Continue reading Safety climate and fatigue have differential impacts on safety issues: Safety climate, fatigue, and safety issues
Leader and subordinate perceptions impact different elements of safety reporting
This study investigated the leader-subordinate relationships and how it impacts safety underreporting, near misses, and actual safety incident reporting. >11k US Navy personnel were surveyed. Background: · “maintaining a positive safety climate can be complicated by the sheer number of influences involved, such as the wider organizational climate [6] or individual factors such as sleep… Continue reading Leader and subordinate perceptions impact different elements of safety reporting
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
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