ABSTRACT
The main purpose of monitoring health and safety performance is to provide information on the progress and current status of the strategies, processes and activities employed to control health and safety risks. Effective measurement not only provides information on what the levels are but also why they are at this level, so that corrective action can be taken. Managers should check by asking key questions to ensure that arrangements for health and safety risk control are in place, comply with the law as a minimum, and operate effectively. Lagging indicators are the traditional safety metrics used to indicate progress toward compliance with safety rules. A leading indicator is a measure preceding or indicating a future event used to drive and measure activities carried out to prevent and control injury. Leading indicators are focused on future safety performance and continuous improvement. Performance should be measured at each management level from directors downwards.
