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Explains why the industry has made serious injury and fatality (SIF) prevention a priority. While total recordable injury rates have fallen for decades, the rate of SIFs has plateaued. Because SIFs have different causes than low-severity injuries and are too rare for any one organization to learn from alone, they must be studied separately and through shared industry learning.
Defines what counts as a Serious Injury or Fatality (SIF) through clear criteria for work-related, life-threatening, and life-altering injuries. Developed via Edison Electric Institute's safety committee to standardize how the industry classifies serious events.
Introduces the Energy Wheel, a tool that organizes workplace hazards by their source of energy to help workers and crews systematically spot dangers they might otherwise overlook. A practical prompt for broader, more complete hazard recognition.
A foundational study testing whether the magnitude and intensity of energy predict how severe an injury will be, establishing the link between high-energy hazards and serious injuries and fatalities. It provides the scientific basis for focusing on the 'Stuff That Kills You' (STKY).
A research report showing, from 17 years of data and over a trillion worker hours, that TRIR has no statistical link to fatalities and is largely random. It explains why TRIR should not be used to compare companies, projects, or teams.
A field-ready guide to spotting 'safety clutter,' the activities that consume time and attention without improving safety, using definitions, probing questions, examples, and countermeasures for each type. Designed for use during safety walks, reviews, and planning.
The full research report behind the decluttering model, developed with 28 safety professionals and field experiments at eleven sites, presenting a diagnostic approach to identify, classify, and remove safety clutter.
The taxonomy at the heart of decluttering safety, classifying clutter into families and types, each with a definition, real field examples, and a countermeasure, so teams can name and remove what isn't adding value.