New tool helps employers identify safety gaps

The National Safety Council has released an assessment tool that aims to help employers prevent serious incidents and fatalities by identifying gaps in their safety practices and culture and offering suggestions for improvement, according to Safety+Health magazine.

The Organization Safety Gap Analysis Tool is interactive and focuses on seven elements crucial to the prevention of serious incidents and fatalities: safety and health operating environment; management leadership; worker engagement; hazard identification and prioritization; hazard abatement and control; implementation and operation; and continuous improvement.

During the 10- to 15-minute assessment, users view statements about each element and rate them for their company as fully meeting the criteria, partially meeting the criteria or having little to no evidence the criteria have been met.

Users then will receive a summary that provides strengths and weaknesses across all seven categories; recommendations for improving safety performance; and best practices to help implement improvement.