Most times something bad doesn’t happen when we cut corners, so it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that we are working “safe enough.” We need to focus our attention on being good instead of lucky.
Most businesses track, monitor, evaluate, and even agonize over lagging indicators -- representing what happened, after-the-fact, reactively. OSHA rates are commonly accepted to be the easiest measures for determining the condition of safety in the workplace and your status compared to other companies.