Benchmarking Report - zeroharm.org.nz

1 Benchmarking Report For the period 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016, plus five year trends Published April 2017. Business Leaders' Health & Safety Forum: Benchmarking Report Key results This Report provides a summary of health and safety performance for Business Leaders' Health 5 year trends and Safety Forum members participating in the Benchmarking initiative. This is our fifth annual Benchmarking Report and it covers the 2016 calendar year. It also provides a snapshot of the trends over the five years since we began collecting this data. The Benchmarking process is useful to identify and compare performance, to support decision-making and to track progress towards our vision of Zero Harm Workplaces. Over the last five years, overall reported employee injury frequency rates have fallen substantially, with a 51% reduction in the total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR), a 25% reduction in the lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) and a 51% fall in the medical treatment injury rate (MTIFR).

2 All frequency rates reported in this Report are based on 200,000 hours worked. Meanwhile, 2016 also saw an encouraging improvement on 2015 in several areas, including a 27% fall in the TRIFR, a 43% fall in the MTIFR, and a 7% fall in the LTIFR*. We have continued with our focus on contractor injuries, with just under half of all Benchmarking 51% 51%. companies entering data for contractors in 2016, representing million hours worked. TRIFR. for contractors fell 4% and LTIFR fell 1%. Given the vital role contractors play in many businesses, monitoring their health and safety performance is an important element of good health and safety management. Occupational illness reporting increased in 2016 but there is still not enough data to allow us to provide analysis of trends in this important area.

3 With work-related health a priority area for WorkSafe in its DECREASE DECREASE. 2016 2019 Action Plan, we encourage Forum members to think about how they can capture this in total recordable in medical treatment data in 2017. injury frequency rate injury frequency rate Participating members can view industry performance in real time by logging on to the online reporting tool for employees over for employees over five years five years * These results partially reflect a change in the mix of members that submitted data for 2016. 2. Business Leaders' Health & Safety Forum: Benchmarking Report 2016 trends 73 FORUM MEMBERS. participated in the 2016 Report 8 REPORTED ZERO HARM'. (no employee recordable injuries). 22 FORUM MEMBERS. had an employee TRIFR of less than 1 in 2016.

4 25% 25% 27% FALL IN TRIFR. for employees, to , compared to 2015. DECREASE INCREASE. in lost time injury in near miss frequency rate for reporting frequency 28,931 NEAR MISS EVENTS. employees over rate for employees recorded (previous year 24,336). five years over five years 3. Business Leaders' Health & Safety Forum: Benchmarking Report Key findings Benchmarking project highlights safety improvements Reported incident frequency rates employees In 2016, 73 Business Leaders' Health and Safety Forum members took part in the Benchmarking project, Measure (frequency rate) 2011/12 2012/13 2014 2015 2016. Annual 5-year change % change %. compared with 43 members in 2012. The number of employee hours for survey participants has increased significantly over the past year, to a record million ( million in 2015).

5 This equates Total recordable injuries -27% -51%. to around 93,000 full-time employees. Medical treatment injuries -43% -51%. Lost time injuries (LTI) -7% -25%. TRIFR decreased by 27% in 2016 to per 200,000 hours worked, compared to the 2015 rate of Restricted work injuries (RWI)* -11% -81%. This included decreases in the frequency rates for medical treatment injury (43%), restricted work injury First aid injuries** 92% 105%. (11%) and lost time injury (7%). Overall, the TRIFR has reduced by 51% since the 2012 figure of All injuries 44% 24%. Occupational illness 22% 83%. NZ businesses tracking well against international comparison Near miss reports -21% 25%. The 2016 TRIFR rate of is tracking close to those in the US. The latest data from America's Days lost (LTI) -26% -65%.

6 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) shows the TRIFR for private sector companies Days lost (RWI)* 10% -81%. is 3, and for state government is Frequency rates based on 200,000 hours worked. Overall improvement in near-miss reporting Reported incidents employees Annual 5-year Near-missing reporting increased significantly over the five years. However, while the total number Measure 2011/12 2012/13 2014 2015 2016. change % change %. of near-miss reports increased in 2016, the frequency rate for near-miss reporting actually declined. Total recordable injuries 3,411 3,279 2,842 2,802 3,060 9% -10%. Medical treatment injuries 1,492 1,685 1,537 1,549 1,325 -14% -11%. Under-reporting of restricted work injuries suggests potential Lost time injuries (LTI) 1,052 1,055 1,084 1,027 1,436 40% 37%.

7 Information gap for CEOs and directors Restricted work injuries (RWI)* 866 548 221 224 298 33% -66%. First aid injuries** 3,178 4,737 3,251 4,132 11,894 188% 274%. Restricted work injuries are still under-reported in the Benchmarking survey, with fewer than half of companies reporting figures for this measure. Moreover, many which did enter these injuries, did not All injuries 6,589 8,016 6,093 6,933 14,954 116% 127%. record the severity of the injury. Occupational illness 9 3 10 16 34 113% 278%. Near miss reports 12,686 20,488 21,101 24,336 28,931 19% 128%. Fatal 1 1 0 0 0 -100%. Days lost (LTI) 17,066 15,691 10,205 9,908 11, 11% -35%. Days lost (RWI)* 4,145 2,683 581 868 65% -65%. * Under-reporting of RWI measures mean these rates may not be accurate.

8 ** Significant annual increase in the first aid injury frequency rate reflects an increase in the companies recording this measure. It has also caused the rise in the all injuries frequency rate. 4. Business Leaders' Health & Safety Forum: Benchmarking Report Reported incidents and frequency rates contractors Contractor performance compared with previous year and employee performance Contractor Contractor Contractor Contractor Thirty one members reported contractor data, a marginal increase on 2015, but the number of reported Measure (frequency rate). 2014 2015 2016 annual change %. Employee 2016. hours worked by contractors increased more than 50% year-on-year, from million to million Total recordable injuries -4% equivalent to 19,600 people working full-time.

9 Medical treatment injuries 4% Contractor statistics indicate good levels of health and safety performance, with a high near-miss Lost time injuries -1% reporting frequency rate and a lower TRIFR than for employees ( versus ). Restricted work injuries* -40% It is not possible to tell from the data whether this is a reflection of strong health and safety First aid injuries -26% performance among contractor companies, or the fact that some injuries aren't being reported All injuries -19% to participating companies by contractors or possibly both. Near miss reports -21% Days lost (LTI) -37% Days lost (RWI)* -69% *Under-reporting of RWI measures mean these rates may not be accurate. Definitions Frequency rates based on 200,000 hours worked.

10 Restricted work injury: Where an injury prevents a return to work on normal duties for 1 day/shift or more Lost time injury: Where an injury prevents a return to work for 1 day/shift or more Medical treatment injury: Where the injury requires a visit to a healthcare professional Total recordable injury: Total medical treatment injuries, restricted work injuries, lost time injuries and fatal injuries First aid injury: An injury requiring minor treatment All injuries: Total recordable injuries plus first aid injuries See detailed definitions at: 5. Business Leaders' Health & Safety Forum: Benchmarking Report Forum results total recordable injuries 2016 saw a decrease in the employee TRIFR Downward trend in injury rates for contractors There was a downward trend in reported TRIFR over the first three years of Benchmarking , with a slight Contractor TRIFR has trended steadily downwards since 2012.