For decades, the science and practice of safety has been based on incident-based approaches based on manual processes. Today, even the most digitally advanced companies are still basing their safety processes on data from events that have already occurred. As a result, action is often taken too late, older data is being used to make important safety decisions, and a significant amount of money and effort is wasted when it comes to training and management.
Let’s face the facts: safety program investments have plateaued in terms of ROI, and improvements are no longer resulting in an associated reduction of incidents.