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Nadeca Constructors Safety Programs Report

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Please review the attached documents to this request! If you use a source make sure it is from B.C. Canada.
Check your understanding of the entire course by completing the final assignment. Complete one of the two assignment options. Option 2 is described below.
NOTE: Option 2 has a support document that follows on the next page.
You are the safety officer at Nadeca Constructors, a full-service construction company well known for its custom projects.
Your CEO has asked you to provide a single measure or "grade" for the safety performance of the business using a scale of A to F. Your CEO expects you to provide a report of your analysis and a suggested scorecard that they can use going forward to measure progress.
Using the safety data contained below, classify each measure as leading or lagging. Consider which leading and lagging indicators are most important.
Based on what you have learned about management systems, develop an algorithm or scorecard that integrates these indicators into a single measure of OHSMS performance. A simple algorithm that uses lagging indicators only could integrate the total number of claims and the days lost into a very crude measure of loss.
The scorecard would be simply be:
“Safety Performance Measure (SPM)” = Total Number of Claims X Total Days Lost
For 2013 the SPM = (44 + 32 + 13) X (1144 + 1344 + 806 )
SPM = 89 X 3294 = 293,166
The goal could be to see a 10% year-on-year reduction in SPM. This is, of course, an overly simplified and somewhat trivial measure (do NOT use this measure in your assignment - you need to develop your own). With a little thought you can develop a more meaningful algorithm that incorporates leading indicators into the formula to drive safe behaviours and improve the safety culture.
Nadeca engages in some activities that are believed to reduce risk. These might be appropriately included in a well thought out algorithm. Use of some leading indicators of OHSMS improvements should lead to risk reduction. You also have some measurable outcomes of safety (incidents, accidents, medical aid, and fatalities) that point to real risks. These can be measured and the measures analyzed to provide knowledge that will feed into decision-making. What we learn by studying the leading and lagging indicators can be used to make changes in the OHSMS and other management systems to reduce risk.
Describe how you decide on what measures to include and how you determined your "grade" and the rationale behind the decisions you made. Based on your "grade" and rationale, what recommendations would you provide the company to improve the OHSMS and reduce risk. Develop a prioritized list of what the company should do. Evaluate each recommendation against various criteria such as cost, difficulty, risk, time to implement and expected benefit.
A sample report outline is:
Executive Summary
Introduction
Overview of Value of Data Driven Measures
Leading versus Lagging Indicators
Summary and Presentation of Current Nadeca Safety Data
An Algorithm to Integrate Measures and Allow to Chart our Progress
Recommendations to Improve Safety Performance as Measured by the SPM in 2014-2019
Closure
The 2013 data available for the Nadeca Constructors follows on the next page.

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Assignment Option 2: Nadeca Constructors Safety Programs Report
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Executive Summary
Nadeca Constructors is a construction company seeking to improve its safety performance and measure progress over time. After analyzing the company's 2013 safety data and indicators, a new Safety Performance Measure (SPM) algorithm was developed that integrates leading and lagging metrics into a single "grade" on an A-F scale. The new SPM focuses on reducing injury severity rates, improving inspection scores, increasing safety training participation, and boosting employee involvement in safety programs. Based on the 2013 data, Nadeca earned a "C" grade for the year. Recommendations to improve the score focus on additional safety training programs, new incentive programs to engage workers, forming employee safety committees, and conducting more rigorous equipment inspections and audits. A cost-benefit analysis is provided for each recommendation. If implemented effectively over the next five years, the SPM score could reach an "A."
Introduction
This report draws from a careful analysis of the company's safety outlook, the 2013 safety data, and key performance indicators in my capacity as Nadeca's safety officer. The goal was to develop a single safety grade metric to measure ongoing performance and progress. The report is primarily informed by myriad studies outlining that construction firms that actively use data-driven safety scorecards to guide management system improvements demonstrate significantly higher compliance, participation, and hazard reduction rates than the industry average (Alghamdi et al., 2022). The new Nadeca Safety Performance Measure (SPM) allows leadership to evaluate the organization’s safety position at any point and quickly identify areas needing improvement. Because the formula weighs leading indicators such as inspection scores, training rates, and employee engagement alongside lagging outcome metrics like past claim rates, it provides a balanced assessment of proactive prevention activities and reactive incident trends. Safety grades can no longer hide in a sea of statistics.
Overview of Value of Data-Driven Measures
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