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# Health and Safety Programs - Leading and Lagging Indicators (cont.) ## How do leading and lagging indicators apply to a health and safety program? (cont.) Leading indicators are proactive, preventative, and predictive measures taken to identify and eliminate hazards in the workplace. Leading indicators look forward to future health and safety performance with the goal of continually improving. Workplaces can use leading indicators to determine the effectiveness of their health and safety programs and to highlight any issues that should be corrected before an incident occurs. Examples of leading indicators include: - Engagement in training programs and orientation - Percentage of managers with occupational health and safety training - Percentage of workers with health and safety training - Frequency of health and safety meetings - Frequency of ergonomic assessments - Frequency of safety audits - Workplace culture When using leading indicators, it is important to make sure the metrics are based on impact. For example, instead of measuring the number and attendance of safety meetings and training sessions - measure the impact of the safety meeting and training by determining the number of people who engaged in the meeting and how many met the key learning objectives of the training. ## What are the benefits and limitations of leading indicators? Some benefits of using leading indicators include: - Focusing on future safety performance and continuous improvement. - Assisting in proactively identifying and understanding the factors that affect the risk of injury and illness and how to prevent them. - Connecting key performance indicators to specific health and safety program goals. - Increasing accountability for goals, whether it is through compliance, improvement, or continuous learning. Some limitations of using leading indicators include: Lacking understanding and experience around how to identify, apply, and benefit from leading indicat…