Going Beyond TRIR to Measure and Improve Safety and Health Performance
About this episode
Dr. Elif Erkal discusses the limitations of TRIR and offers alternatives for improving safety management in construction.
Dr. Elif Erkal, associate director of research and strategy at the Construction Safety Research Alliance, shares why metrics like total recordable incident rate (TRIR) don’t tell the whole story and offers alternatives for more proactive safety management. She discusses how tools like high energy control assessments can help EHS professional identify high-energy hazards and the importance of a balanced scorecard to ensuring the effectiveness of controls. Additional Resources The Statistical Invalidity of TRIR as a Measure of Safety Performance Moving Beyond TRIR – Measuring & Monitoring Safety Performance with High-Energy Control Assessments Construction Safety Research Alliance – Safety in the Boardroom Edison Electric Institute – The Power to Prevent Serious Injuries & Fatalities Impact of Energy-Based Safety Training on Quality of Prejob Safety Meetings and Control of Hazardous Energy in Construction
People in this episode
Guest: Dr. Elif Erkal
Topics covered
- safety performance
- TRIR
- proactive safety management
- high-energy hazards
- EHS professionals
- balanced scorecard
Keywords
- TRIR
- safety performance
- high-energy control assessments
- EHS
- balanced scorecard
- safety management
- construction safety
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Construction Safety Research Alliance, Edison Electric Institute
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