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©2016DEKRAInsight.Allrightsreserved.AlltrademarksareownedbyDEKRAInsight,reg.U.S.Pat.&Tm.Off.;reg.OHIMandothercountriesaslistedonourwebsite.ThisarticleoriginallyappearedinProfessionalSafetymagazine(http://www.asse.org/professional-safety)PREVENTINGSERIOUSINJURIESANDFATALITIES(SIFs):ANEWSTUDYREVEALSPRECURSORSANDPARADIGMSWHITEPAPERByDonaldK.MartinandAlisonBlackINBRIEFSUMMARY•Overthepastdecadenon-seriousworkplaceinjurieshavedecreased,butfatalitieshavedecreasedatamuchslowerrate.•Thepresentstudyfindingscallintoquestiondecades-long-heldassumptionsinthesafetycommunity.•Researchresultsshowthatcontributingfactorsaredifferentbetweenless-seriouseventsandSIFevents.•PrecursorstoSIFsexistinmostorganizationsandcanbeidentifiedandmeasured.•Newparadigmsarerequiredtoinfluencestepchangesinimprovingseriousinjuryandfatality(SIF).ABSTRACTOverthepastdecade,seriouseventsandfatalitiesdonotshowreductionratescomparabletolessseriousworkplaceinjuries.Thisproblemshouldraiseseriousquestionsandimplicationsforsafetyleadersatallorganizationallevels,fromthefirstlevelofsupervisiontothesenior-mostexecutiveandboardmember,andtothelaborleaderandgovernmentregulator.SevenmultinationalcorporationsexperiencingthispatternsoughttodevelopabetterunderstandingofthecausesandcorrelatesofSIFs.TheseorganizationssubmittedtwoyearsofaccidentdatarelatedtoSIFs,less-seriousrecordableinjuries,andnear-misses.Intotal,thisdataincluded1,028eventcasesrepresentingapproximatelyonemillionglobalworkersandcontractors.TheresultofthisresearchultimatelyleadstoabetterunderstandingofSIFcausesandestablishmentofnewparadigmsforSIFprevention.DonaldK.Martin,M.P.H.,CSP,CIH,isaseniorvicepresidentwithBST.HehasextensiveexpertisedesigningandimplementingOSHmanagementsystems,riskmanagementprogramsandorganizationalculturechangeinitiatives,bothasaconsultantandasacorporatesafetyleader.Martinhasworkedinawiderangeofindustriesincludingoffshoreoilexploration,mining,pulpandpaper,oilrefiningandconsumerproducts.HeholdsanM.P.H.fromUniversityofTexasatHoustonandaB.S.inEnvironmentalSciencefromSamHoustonStateUniversity.MartinisaprofessionalmemberofASSE’sNorthFloridaChapterandamemberoftheManagementPracticeSpecialty.AlisonBlackisaresearchconsultantatBSTwithabackgroundinpsychology,socialscienceresearchandstatistics.SheconductsresearchandprovidespredictiveanalyticsforBSTanditsclients.BlackisamemberofBST’sSeriousInjuryandFatalitystudygroupthatincludesglobalorganizationsrepresentingseveralmajorindustries.PREVENTINGSERIOUSINJURIESANDFATALITIES(SIFS)ANEWSTUDYREVEALSPRECURSORSANDPARADIGMSLeaderswhocloselyfollowlaggingandleadingsafetyperformanceindicatorshaveseenthefollowingnational(Figure1)andglobaldataandtheyknowitpointstowardquestionsabouttheeffectivenessofoursafetymanagementsystems(UnitedStatesDepartmentofLabor,BureauofLaborStatistics).Non-fatalrecordableincidentsintheUnitedStateshavedeclinedsteadilyoverthepasttwodecades.Therateofnon-fatalrecordableinjuriesdeclined51%inthepastfifteenyearsand34%justinthelastten.WhiletheU.S.rateoffatalitieshasalsoexhibitedadecline,ithasbeenmuchlessdramatic,just12.5%inthelasttenyearsand25.5%inthelastfifteen(UnitedStatesDepartmentofLabor,BureauofLaborStatistics).ThisreducedrateofdeclinebetweentheseratesalsosurfacesuponexaminationofdatapulledfromasamplingofcountrieswithdataavailablethroughtheInternationalLabourOrganization(2009).Thefatalityr...