Vision Zero and Leading Indicators for Safety Health

Vision Zero and Leading Indicators for Safety, Health and Wellbeing PERO S Impac H t on societ y PEROSH, Symbion Conference Centre, Copenhagen, 11 -09 -2019 Pete Kines, Senior researcher Denmark Psychologist and Civil engineer Division of Safety Research pki@nfa. dk

PEROSH project partners Partners (2013 - 2015) • TNO, Netherlands (project leader) • NFA, Denmark • FIOH, Finland • CIOP, Poland • HSL, UK • IFA, Germany • Prevent, Belgium Sponsored by: DGUV, Germany

3 Vision Zero companies • A scientific study in 7 EU countries, 27 companies • Interviews, questionnaires and national workshops • 8819 questionnaire respondents • 66 % workers, 31 % leaders/managers/supervisors • 13 manufacturing companies (51 % respondents) • 7 construction companies (28 %) • 7 other companies (21 %)

4 Vision Zero for OSH • Mutual commitment from owners, leaders and workers • Policies, planning, procedures and practice • All (serious) accidents and diseases are preventable • A process – not a goal

5 Traditional OSH approaches vs. Vision Zero OSH control strategy OSH goal driven Preventing accidents & disease OSH programs OSH Management OSH owned by a few OSH commitment strategy OSH is a journey, a process Creating safe and healthy work OSH is an integrated part of business OSH leadership OSH owned by all Benchmark on injuries & illness Benchmark on good-practice and leading indicators OSH is a cost Workers are part of the problem Incidents are failures OSH management systems OSH is an investment Workers contribute to solutions Incidents are opportunities for learning OSH culture and learning

6 Good practice 1 • OSH commitment – a part of hiring process for all leaders and employees • Involve stakeholders, business partners, subcontractors, suppliers, etc. • Relevant communication strategy at all organisational levels • Multi-faceted and integrated OSH initiatives that allow decentralized initiatives

7 Good practice 2 • Ensure relevant, qualified and structured introduction, instruction, supervision and follow-up • Vision Zero companies - leader-networks (e. g. Finland 300+ companies, Germany 90+, Netherlands, etc. • Action and learning from ‘observations’ and ‘near-miss’ incidents • Reactive and proactive measures (KPI)

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9 Vision Zero – 7 golden rules

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Vision Zero Guide - available in 12+ different languages

12 Vision Zero - app

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14 Vision Zero Summit: Helsinki, November 12 -14, 2019

Leading indicators, examples • • Regular verbal communication (whiteboard, toolbox, walkarounds) Incidents – reporting, investigation and follow Personal protective equipment Etc.

Thank you for your attention Pete Kines, pki@nfa. dk Ph. D-Civil Engineering, MSc-Psychology Division of Safety Research National Research Centre for the Working Environment Copenhagen, Denmark