While reporting, and assessing lagging indicators, how well the actual incidents be managed, and learned from?
Though there are many systems to manage them, however what are the best practices to make sure lagging does not occur?
Handling of lagging indicators
Re: Handling of lagging indicators
To start with, neo, that’s the difference between lagging indicators as learning tools and lagging indicators as paperwork.
Keep in mind, If your lagging indicators don’t cause:
Engineering changes,
Procedural changes,
Training changes,
Or leadership action,
Then they are cosmetic metrics, not safety management.
Most of the times what I have noticed, the investigation reports say:
“Pump seal failed”
“Operator error”
“Corrosion caused leak”
But they do not say:
Why the inspection barrier failed
Why the design barrier was weak
Why the control system allowed unsafe operation
Why management tolerated degraded conditions
So nothing structural changes...
The thread you have opened up could go a long way if we get the contributions from the process safety engineers suffering where they are just reporting the similar kind of statistics from long...
Keep in mind, If your lagging indicators don’t cause:
Engineering changes,
Procedural changes,
Training changes,
Or leadership action,
Then they are cosmetic metrics, not safety management.
Most of the times what I have noticed, the investigation reports say:
“Pump seal failed”
“Operator error”
“Corrosion caused leak”
But they do not say:
Why the inspection barrier failed
Why the design barrier was weak
Why the control system allowed unsafe operation
Why management tolerated degraded conditions
So nothing structural changes...
The thread you have opened up could go a long way if we get the contributions from the process safety engineers suffering where they are just reporting the similar kind of statistics from long...