Safety Performance Metrics Prompt
Prompt
Define safety performance metrics for portfolio. Current incidents: [DESCRIBE LAST 12 MONTHS]. Output: KPIs to track: incident rate (TRIR), lost time rate, near-miss reports. Benchmarks (industry and internal targets). Reporting frequency. Accountability (who owns reducing incidents). Incentives for safety performance.
Why it works
Near-miss reporting rate is as important as incident rate — a team that reports many near misses has a safety culture that prevents incidents, while a team with no near miss reports and low incident rates may simply not be reporting. TRIR (total recordable incident rate) is the OSHA-standard metric that enables benchmarking against industry averages. The incentives section acknowledges that safety incentive design is sensitive — rewarding low incident rates can suppress reporting rather than improve safety.
Watch out for
Safety incentive programmes that reward low incident rates should be carefully designed to avoid creating pressure not to report incidents — OSHA considers incentive programmes that discourage reporting to be a violation of whistleblower protection regulations. Design any safety incentive around leading indicators (training completion, near-miss reporting rate, safety observation participation) rather than lagging indicators (incident count) to avoid this risk.
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