Active and Reactive Monitoring 4.1 Flashcards
Define ‘Active’ monitoring
‘ACTIVELY’ provides the opportunity to monitor standards and provide feedback before an accident
Define ‘REACTIVE’ monitoring
Focuses on what has happened and provides opportunity to learn from mistakes that have already occurred
An example of active monitoring is…
- workplace tours
- safety sampling
- safety tours
Examples of reactive monitoring are…
- incident investigations
- near misses
- ill health
- enforcement action
Outline what an inspection entails
- walking around workplace identifying hazards, providing recommendations to prevent accidents
What is sampling?
Part of a group/area is checked then findings are indicative of workplace
A safety tour is…
a walk around a workplace on a pre determined route to identify hazards. Noticeable way of showing management commitment
Name three positives of using checklists
- immediate recording of findings
- consistent approach
- reduces likelihood of areas being missed
- easy to compare
- easy to adapt
Three negatives of using checklists
- User may become over reliant
- Other risks/hazards may go unnoticed
- User could become complacent and not even go to the work place
- can be too constricted
Define ‘Accident rate’
Collation of info on the number of accidents that can be used to calculate a variety of accident ratios
How is the incident rate calculated?
no accidents in period/average no of employees in period x 1000
How do you calculate frequency?
no of accidents in period/total hours worked in period x100,000
How is severity rate calculated?
total days lost due to accidents/total hours worked during period x 100,000
What are the advantages of accident rates?
- easy to collect
- easily used for benchmarking
- easily grasped
- easy to identify trends
What are the disadvantages of using accident rates?
- can be a very negative measure
- random in nature due to infrequency of accidents
- could lead to suppression of accidents if bonus are based on accident free days
- benchmarking can be different between organisations
Define ‘near miss’
a near miss is an unplanned, undesired event that under different circumstances could have resulted in harm/damage
Define ‘Dangerous occurrence’
A dangerous occurrence are events that with differed inputs could have resulted in a major incident reportable under RIDDOR
Define ‘Ill Health’
Ill Health is an illness that has been developed as a result of exposure in the workplace - ie asbestosis from breathing in asbestos fibres.
Define ‘Leading’ indicators
Active monitoring - A leading indicator gives direction of where an organisation is heading, the current performance
Define ‘Lagging’ Indicators
Reactive monitoring - A lagging indicator tracks behind current performance, shows where the organisation has been
