Key performance indicators, or KPIs, are used to create or define a way to measure process performance. For safety and risk, that means processes related to the number of safety or risk incidents, ...

Key performance indicators, or KPIs, are the critical (key) indicators of progress toward an intended result. In the safety and health world, there are many different performance indicators that a ...

In the past, the most common way to measure the safety performance of a business was to look at “lagging” indicators. The number of incidents and injuries would be metrics tasked with painting a ...

Key performance indicators are an important element of operational safety performance measurement, assessment and continuous improvement. A hierarchy of performance indicators collectively provides a ...

I recently was asked by a global client in the mining industry for advice on the company’s plans to introduce a new variable compensation system for employees related to safety performance. The ...

Review of process safety risk assessments detects a common culprit. The offshore industries have been using bowtie models to illustrate process safety barriers for several years (see here and here for ...

Do you know the best way to manage performance? It’s a combination of the insights you get from looking back (your lagging indicators) along with those that are forward-looking (leading indicators).

WASHINGTON, June 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced today that its members have achieved a historic trifecta of safety performance: record lows in transportation ...