DEKRA Serious Injury and Fatality Prevention™ Services
DEKRA Serious Injury and Fatality Prevention™ Services
A Proven Pathway for Controlling SIF Exposure
One of the most troubling and persistent worries of leaders is the potential for a Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) event. These devastating events reverberate throughout the entire organization with lasting impacts beyond the immediate employees and site involved. Yet SIF events are notoriously difficult to predict because traditional safety metrics provide misleading and incomplete data.
The SIF prevention movement seeks to increase workplace safety by understanding the intersection of human behavior and work environments. The National Safety Council plays a crucial role in researching best practices and defining leading indicators for SIF prevention. As a leader and originator of the field, DEKRA combines extensive experience with a mindset of continuous improvement to question paradigms and further the understanding of exposure potential.
The result is DEKRA SIF Prevention™ Services. Risk assessments are designed to help companies identify potential serious injuries, proactively mitigate risk, and govern exposure control throughout the organization.
DEKRA’s SIF prevention strategy focused on saving lives and protecting employees. Our proven solution was developed based on years of experience and enhanced through client feedback. Because we recognize the urgency of SIF prevention, DEKRA’s experts can guide you from assessment to roadmap in as little as six weeks. Each program is customized and scaled to meet your organization’s safety maturity level, potential exposures, and specific requirements for safety performance. The process is designed for business continuity, withstanding turnover and leadership changes.
How do DEKRA SIF Prevention™ Services work?
The key to decreasing injury and illness rates is creating a focus on prevention by working proactively across the organization in a structured and consistent manner.
The first step is educating all employees on exposure identification and control with the help of safety professionals. This includes a risk assessment to understand the influences that impact safe decision-making, system implementation, and risk management plans. Sustained improvement in involve circumstances requires strong governance, verification of critical controls, and worker participation.
DEKRA’s holistic and sustainable model balances analysis with action and speeds time to implementation to avoid lost time incidents. It takes into account the need for care, compassion, and context in analyzing previous SIF events and implementing corrective measures. The training efforts process also distinguishes between scheduled and unscheduled events to maximize impact.
To reduce SIF incidents, DEKRA has created the
SIF Potential Indicator
. Safety programs help to simplify the process of identifying unsafe conditions and potential hazards to improve event learning.
No organization can be confident about sending workers home safely unless it has done all it can to identify and control SIF potential exposures. Neglecting machine safety measures can leave workers vulnerable to serious injuries or fatalities, emphasizing the need for proactive strategies. DEKRA’s SIF Prevention™ Services represent the best defense to avoid workplace fatalities.