BENCHMARKING REPORT – FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD
01 JULY 2011 TO 30 JUNE 2012
PUBLISHED JANUARY 2013
OVERVIEW
YEAR TO 30 JUNE 2012
This report provides a snapshot of health and safety performance for Forum members who are participating in the
benchmarking initiative. It can be used to identify and compare current performance, support decision-making
processes and track progress towards our vision of Zero Harm Workplaces.
The Forum launched the benchmarking initiative in January 2012 and this report represents the first annual
summary of performance. It includes results for the Forum as a whole and a breakdown by industry group for
the 12 months to 30 June 2012.
53
Forum members
have entered benchmarking
data for the reporting period.
OSHA
14
102 Forum members
adopted OSHA*
definitions.
Million exposure
hours worked in the
reporting period.
MILLION
6589
THOUSAND
Employee injuries were recorded
(including first aid) resulting in 17,066 full
days lost from work, with an average of
16.2 days per Lost Time Injury.
HUNDRED
1
Fatal injury
recorded.
6.7
Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate
(TRIFR) per 200,000 hours worked
– or 33.5 per million hours worked.
6.3
Total Recordable Injury Frequency
Rate for contractors 15 Million hours
recorded for contractors.
POINT
PER
HUNDRED, THOUSAND
POINT
PER
HUNDRED, THOUSAND
Due to the limited data set for contractors results presented in this report have been calculated for employees only.
* Definitions used by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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KEY OUTCOMES
WHO’S INVOLVED
For the 12 month period ending 30 June 2012, the following
outcomes were recorded.
BENCHMARK MEASURE
EMPLOYEE STATISTICS
Hours Worked
101,918,440
Near Misses
12,686
First Aid Injuries
The Forum is a collection of over 120 business leaders who have made a commitment to make health and
safety a critical part of their business. Part of this commitment is to share relevant information and to measure
and benchmark their performance. Forum members represent large businesses in both the private and public
sectors across a full range of industries and risk profiles. All Forum members have access and are encouraged
to contribute to the benchmarking tool. This table shows the participation rate of forum members by industry.
SECTOR
No. OF MEMBERS
No. WITH DATA
PERCENTAGE
COMPLETED
3,178
Agriculture, Forestry
and Fishing
4
3
75%
Medical Treatment Injuries
1,492
Construction
16
12
75%
Restricted Work Injuries
866
Defence, Public Order
and Safety
2
0
0%
Occupational Illness
9
Lost Time Injuries
1,052
1
0
0%
Fatal Injuries
1
Education and Training,
Health Care and Social
Assistance, Arts and
Recreation
Total Recordable Injuries
3,411
All Injuries
6,589
8
5
63%
Days Lost Due to All Injuries
17,065.5
Information Media and
Communications; Finance
and Insurance; Property
Services; Business Services;
Business Support Services;
Public Administration
Days Lost due to
restricted work injuries
4,145
Manufacturing
20
10
50%
Mining, Utilities, and Waste
Management
27
13
48%
Other Services
11
6
55%
Retail Trade,
Accommodation,
and Food Services
7
1
14%
Wholesale Trade, Transport,
Postal, and Warehousing
32
14
44%
TOTAL RECORDABLE INJURY FREQUENCY RATE
= 6.69 PER 200,000 HOURS WORKED
LOST TIME INJURY FREQUENCY RATE
= 2.04 PER 200,000 HOURS WORKED
Note: Some organisations have entered data in multiple sector categories, so can be
counted multiple times (64 separate entries by 53 member organisations)
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TOTAL RECORDABLE
INJURY FREQUENCY
RATE (TRIFR)
This report presents Total Recordable Injuries Frequency Rate (TRIFR) and Lost Time Injury
Frequency Rate (LTIFR) as measures of performance. TRIFR captures reported medical treatment,
restricted work, lost time and fatal injuries and is the most comprehensive and reliable lagging
measure of performance at this early stage of benchmarking development. It is proposed that
the Forum will use a wider range of performance measures in the future reports. LTIFR captures
reported injuries that resulted in at least one day being lost from work after the day on the injury
or illness.
The limited data range (12 months) is insufficient to make any real comment on the trend of
injury frequency, however it is expected this will be possible once 2-3 years of data has been
collected. By way of comparison the Oil and Gas industry reported TRIFRs and LTIFRs in 2010 that
were between 10 to 20 times lower than the Forum’s injury rate – (see International Association of
Oil and Gas Producers report 455 May 2011 available at http://www.ogp.org.uk/pubs/455.pdf )
The Forums TRIFR and LTIFR for the 12 month period to 30 June 2012 is presented
as a monthly average.
Forum Members – Selected Count
TOTAL RECORDABLE INJURIES
Forum Members – Selected Measure
Monthly, Employees, Date Range: July 2011 to June 2012
350
300
8
250
6
200
4
150
100
2
Number of Cases
Frequency Rate per 200,000 hrs
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LOST TIME INJURIES
FREQUENCY RATE
(LTIFR)
Forum Members – Selected Count
LOST TIME INJURIES
Forum Members – Selected Measure
Monthly, Employees, Date Range: July 2011 to June 2012
140
120
2.5
100
2
80
1.5
60
1
40
0.5
Number of Cases
Frequency Rate per 200,000 hrs
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Note: All graphs represent employee only data only.
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SECTOR RESULTS
INJURY NUMBERS
FAI
MTI
RWI
– First Aid Injury;
– Medical Treatment Injury;
– Return to Work Injury (where an injury prevents a return
to work on normal duties for 1 day/shift or more);
OCC Illness – Confirmed Occupational Illness;
LTI
– Lost Time Injury (where an injury prevents a return to
work for 1 day/shift or more);
TRI
– Total Recordable Injury (includes MTIs, RWIs, LTIs and
Fatal injuries)
AI
– All reported Injuries (Includes TRI plus first aid injuries)
This table displays the aggregated raw data for each of the reporting industry sectors and includes the number of
exposure hours and injuries. Manufacturing represents the largest sector based on hours worked. The Wholesale/
Trade/Transport/Postal and Warehousing sector is recording the highest number of injuries and the Mining,
Utilities and Waste Sector has the highest number of near miss incidents reported.
HOURS
WORKED
NEAR
MISS
FAI
MTI
RWI
OCC
ILLNESS
LTI
FATAL
TRI
AI
DAYS
LOST LTI
DAYS
LOST
RWI
Wholesale Trade, Transport,
Postal, and Warehousing
29,314,392
2,845
1,239
453
636
3
348
1
1,438
2,677
7,059
3,924
Manufacturing
34,475,655
503
245
341
95
4
461
0
897
1142
8,607
25
Mining, Utilities, and Waste Management
11,256,054
3,687
718
221
66
2
45
0
332
1,050
239
74
Other Services
10,688,867
1,752
421
148
25
0
102
0
275
696
754
39
Construction
8,812,282
2,675
419
199
39
0
45
0
283
702
171
73
Information Media and Communications;
Finance and Insurance; Property Services;
Business Services; Business Support
Services; Public Administration
3,107,192
402
78
27
1
0
3
0
31
109
38
10
866
9
1,052
1
3,411
6,589
17,066
4,145
INDUSTRY SECTORS
Retail Trade, Accommodation, and Food
Services
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
TOTAL
Industry participation numbers inadequate to display data
Industry numbers too low to be significant
101,918,440
12,686
3,178
1,492
Note: Defense, Public Order and Safety and Education and Training, Health Care and Social Assistance, Arts and Recreation have no data for the reporting period.
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SECTOR RESULTS
FREQUENCY RATES
FAI
MTI
RWI
– First Aid Injury;
– Medical Treatment Injury;
– Return to Work Injury (where an injury prevents a return
to work on normal duties for 1 day/shift or more);
OCC Illness – Confirmed Occupational Illness;
LTI
– Lost Time Injury (where an injury prevents a return to
work for 1 day/shift or more);
TRI
– Total Recordable Injury (includes MTIs, RWIs, LTIs and
Fatal injuries)
AI
– All reported Injuries (Includes TRI plus first aid injuries)
The table below displays frequency rate data for each measure, based on 200,000 hours worked. Wholesale
trade, transport, postal and warehousing sector had the highest rate for the 12 month period (TRIFR of 9.81).
The highest number of “near miss” reports was achieved in the Mining/Utilities and Waste management
sectors followed by Construction.
HOURS
WORKED
NEAR
MISS
FAI FR
MTI FR
RWI FR
OCC
ILLNESS
FR
LTI FR
FATAL
FR
TRI FR
AI FR
Wholesale Trade, Transport,
Postal, and Warehousing
29,314,392
19.41
8.45
3.09
4.34
0.02
2.37
0.01
9.81
18.26
48.16
26.77
Manufacturing
34,475,655
2.92
1.42
1.98
0.55
0.02
2.67
0.00
5.20
6.62
49.93
0.15
Mining, Utilities, and Waste Management
11,256,054
65.51
12.76
3.93
1.17
0.04
0.80
0.00
5.90
18.66
4.25
1.31
Other Services
10,688,867
32.78
7.88
2.77
0.47
0.00
1.91
0.00
5.15
13.02
14.11
0.73
Construction
8,812,282
60.71
9.51
4.52
0.89
0.00
1.02
0.00
6.42
15.93
3.87
1.66
Information Media and Communications;
Finance and Insurance; Property Services;
Business Services; Business Support
Services; Public Administration
3,107,192
25.88
5.02
1.74
0.06
0.00
0.19
0.00
2.00
7.02
2.45
0.64
INDUSTRY SECTORS
Retail Trade, Accommodation, and Food
Services
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
DAYS
DAYS
LOST LTI LOST
FR
RWI FR
Industry participation numbers inadequate to display data
Industry numbers too low to be significant
Note: Defense, Public Order and Safety and Education and Training, Health Care and Social Assistance, Arts and Recreation have no data for the reporting period.
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TOTAL RECORDABLE
INJURY FREQUENCY RATE
BY INDUSTRY
The TRIFR for six industry sectors is shown below. Each graph shows the number of reported injuries and
the TRIFR per month for the sector and compares this with overall Forum performance. Only industries
where three or more members participated have been shown to ensure the information remains anonymous.
The TRIFR is shown as a monthly average. As expected industries with a lower risk profiles appear to have
lower injury frequency rates. The Wholesale trade, warehousing and transport sector has reported a TRIFR
that is consistently above the Forum average.
TOTAL RECORDABLE INJURIES – CONSTRUCTION
14
350
12
300
10
250
8
200
6
150
4
100
2
50
0
0
Number of Cases
Frequency Rate per 200,000 hrs
Monthly, Employees, Date Range: Jan 2011 to Dec 2011
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TOTAL RECORDABLE INJURIES – INFORMATION MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS; FINANCE AND INSURANCE;
PROPERTY SERVICES; BUSINESS SERVICES; BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
350
10
300
8
250
6
200
4
150
100
2
50
0
0
Number of Cases
Frequency Rate per 200,000 hrs
Monthly, Employees, Date Range: July 2011 to June 2012
Industry – Selected Count
Industry – Selected Measure
Forum Members – Selected Count
Forum Members – Selected Measure
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TOTAL RECORDABLE
INJURY FREQUENCY RATE
BY INDUSTRY
TOTAL RECORDABLE INJURIES – MANUFACTURING
350
12
300
10
250
8
200
6
150
4
100
2
50
0
0
Number of Cases
Frequency Rate per 200,000 hrs
Monthly, Employees, Date Range: July 2011 to June 2012
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TOTAL RECORDABLE INJURIES – MINING, UTILITIES, AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
350
12
300
10
250
8
200
6
150
4
100
2
50
0
0
Number of Cases
Frequency Rate per 200,000 hrs
Monthly, Employees, Date Range: July 2011 to June 2012
Industry – Selected Count
Industry – Selected Measure
Forum Members – Selected Count
Forum Members – Selected Measure
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TOTAL RECORDABLE
INJURY FREQUENCY RATE
BY INDUSTRY
TOTAL RECORDABLE INJURIES – OTHER SERVICES
350
10
300
8
250
6
200
150
4
100
2
Number of Cases
Frequency Rate per 200,000 hrs
Monthly, Employees, Date Range: July 2011 to June 2012
50
0
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TOTAL RECORDABLE INJURIES – WHOLESALE TRADE, TRANSPORT, POSTAL, AND WAREHOUSING
14
350
12
300
10
250
8
200
6
150
4
100
2
50
0
0
Number of Cases
Frequency Rate per 200,000 hrs
Monthly, Employees, Date Range: July 2011 to June 2012
Industry – Selected Count
Industry – Selected Measure
Forum Members – Selected Count
Forum Members – Selected Measure
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PARTICIPANTS
The Forum adopted a common injury reporting standard (OSHA) and industry classification standard
(based on ANZSIC level 1) in December 2011 to improve the quality and reliability of benchmarking outcomes.
Data can be collected for employees and contractors – this report presents employee only data.
The data in this report may be subject to errors relating to the way it is collected, classified and reported
by member organisations. It is anticipated that errors will reduce over time.
In particular, it may have been affected by the fact that many Forum members do not yet use the OSHA definitions
for reporting injury outcomes. The Forum is working towards adoption of the OSHA definitions by Forum members
over the next 3-5 years.
SECTOR
BUSINESS
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Ernslaw One • PF Olsen • Stevensons Group – Agriculture
Construction
• Brightwater Engineering Group • Citycare – Construction • DELTA Utility Services • EIS Group • Kiwi Rail – Construction
• Mainzeal • McConnell Dowell • NZ Crane Group • PAE (New Zealand) Limited – Construction
• Stevensons Group – Construction & Business Services • Whittaker Civil Engineering
Information Media and Communications; Finance and Insurance; Property Services;
Business Services; Business Support Services; Public Administration
• Department of Labour (Prior to merger within MBIE) • GNS Science • Kiwirail – Corporate Business Services
• PAE (New Zealand) Limited • Stevensons Group – Property Bus Support
Manufacturing
• Coca Cola Amatil (NZ) • Fonterra • GEON Print & Communication Services • Huhtamaki Henderson Limited
• Refining NZ • Orica Chemicals • Ravensdown • Silver Fern Farms • Stevensons Group – Manufacturing • Tenon
• Citycare – Mining, Utilities and Waste • Contact Energy • Envirowaste Services Ltd • Northpower
Ltd • Origin Energy New Zealand • Powerco • Shell Todd Oil Services Ltd. (STOS) • Siemens New Zealand
• Stevensons Group Mining • Todd Corporation • United Water • International • Wellington City Council • Wel Networks
Mining, Utilities, and Waste Management
Other Services
• BECA • Citycare – Parks Maintenance • OCS • Opus International Consultants • SGS New Zealand • Transfield Worley
Retail Trade, Accommodation, and Food Services
• Restaurant Brands
Wholesale Trade, Transport, Postal, and Warehousing
• Auckland International Airport • Air NZ • BP Oil NZ • CentrePort • CHEP New Zealand
• Christchurch International Airport Limited • Cold Storage Nelson Limited • Kiwi Rail – Freight Transport
• Kiwi Rail – Interislander Transport • NZ Oil Services • NZL Group • Port of Napier • Red Bus Ltd • Z Energy
Some members with diverse operations contributed data in more than one sector.
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HEALTH AND
SAFETY FORUM
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