Understanding how decisions shape safety outcomes has become a central focus for organizations aiming to prevent serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs). Krause Bell Group’s multi‑year research—drawn from over 600 decisions linked to 60 SIF events, and expanded to a database of more than 4,000 decisions—shows that leadership choices, not just front‑line actions, drive safety performance….
Preventing serious injuries and fatalities requires more than strong injury rates, compliance activity, or visible commitment to safety. If you want fewer life-altering events, leadership has to focus on the decisions, systems, and field conditions that shape serious risk before an incident occurs. That is the core of safety leadership for SIF prevention: making sure…
Strong safety culture communication strategies help you turn safety from a policy into daily behavior. If people do not clearly understand expectations, feel unsafe speaking up, or see mixed messages from leaders, a well-written safety program can be undermined in practice. Effective communication closes that gap by making risk visible, setting consistent standards, and creating…
If you want to improve safety culture, you need more than injury statistics. Lagging indicators tell you what has already gone wrong. Leading indicators show whether the conditions, behaviors, and controls that prevent harm are actually in place. Used together, they give you a more reliable view of risk, performance, and culture than either one…
Near miss reporting only creates value when people actually report, leaders respond quickly, and the organization learns before harm occurs. If your system produces low-quality reports, weak follow-up, or workforce skepticism, the problem usually is not the form itself – it is the design of the reporting process, the culture around it, and the quality…
Many companies perform incident investigations, but few systematically track and address high-potential events that could cause serious injuries and fatalities. If your process ends with a report, a few corrective actions, and a toolbox talk, you may be improving documentation without reducing SIF exposure. Learning from incidents to prevent SIFs requires a different lens. You…
This article summarizes a webinar where Rebecca Timmins interviewed Dr. Tom Krause, discussing his thoughts about where we’ve come from and where we need to go in safety. The conversation included a candid discussion about Behavior Based Safety, what really drives serious injuries and fatalities, and the under-recognized role decision making plays in effective safety…
Learn about the dangerous, hidden risks embedded in decision-making that force tradeoffs between safety and productivity in this article written by Tom Krause and Laura Harrison for Professional Safety Journal.
Part 4 in a Series About Involving and Engaging Contractors in SIF Prevention Every organization striving to eliminate Serious Incidents and Fatalities (SIFs) in a sustainable manner needs a continuous improvement process that is self-sustaining. Serious incidents and fatalities are too important to rely on an individual champion, an initiative that can change, or a…
Part 3 in a Series about Involving and Engaging Contractors in SIF Prevention Client–contractor relationships can be tricky. People tend to agree that when it works, it has a positive impact on safety, budget, quality, deadlines, and more—but making it work is messy. The Challenge of Owner-Contractor Relationships There’s no single reason why owner-contractor relationships…
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