Reporting & Recordkeeping Requirements: Their Influence on Safety Management in the U.S. & the U.K.

摘要

Recordkeeping regulations influence safety management. Since occupational injury and illness record (or dangerous occurrences record) are a key performance indicator, companies typically strive to improve that specific indicator. Such a regulatory-driven emphasis can cause a company to concentrate on specific priorities such as, for example, actual injuries in a wide spectrum of severity outcomes, or actual and potential high-risk events regardless of whether they resulted in injuries.