Employee Safety Concerns

A Social Sustainability Indicator.
• Brief Description: An aggregated, combined qualitative and quantitative measure that looks at how empathetic, responsible and effectively an employee thinks their organisation takes their concerns for safety within the workplace. How well are these safety concerns met and addressed? This indicator can be representative of an organisation that takes safety concerns not just seriously (which all organisations should do), but as a means of improving worker motivation and productivity.

Qualitative indicators could be based on:
o Documentation for safe working practices.
o Effectiveness of safe working practices.
o Ease of implementing safe working practices.
o Clarity and ease of understanding of health and safety documentation.

Quantitative indicators could be based on:
o Effectiveness of risk assessments (which might be measured, for examples, in injuries, damage to equipment, service maintenance costs, etc.).
o Accident and incident data - records per annum.
o Expenditure on PPE, per annum, per FTE.
• Relevance to sustainability: An employee who is listened to and has access to clear and relevant safe systems of work will be more likely to be motivated, have improved productivity and less down time through accidents or incidents. This will also contribute to good organisational governance, reputation and sustainability reporting.
• Unit of Measure: Rating scale (1 - 10).