Active and Reactive Monitoring

________is the process of making judgements about the adequacy of performance and taking decisions about the nature and timing of the actions necessary to remedy deficiencies.

___________involves collecting information, such as measurements or observations, over time, which when collated, provides management information on performance trends

 and fluctuations.

__________is the structured process of collecting independent information on the efficiency and effectiveness of the total health and safety management system and drawing up plans for corrective action.

___________are numerical and objective e.g. the accident injury incidence rate (AIIR).

___________are subjective and judgemental e.g. the standards of housekeeping have improved.

Measuring health and safety performance is different to the measurement of other aspects of an organisations performance for two reasons.

What are they?

___________monitor the effectiveness of workplace precautions, RCSs and management arrangements, and provide leading indicators of performance.

__________Reactive Systems monitor accidents, ill health, incidents and other evidence of deficient health and safety performance.

The____________of accident causation can be used to illustrate the use of active and reactive monitoring systems.