Safety performance measurement maturity in Finnish industrial companies

Aki Jääskeläinen; Sari Tappura; Julius Pirhonen

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-41486-3_5

Safety performance measurement maturity in Finnish industrial companies

Aki Jääskeläinen, Sari Tappura, Julius Pirhonen

Industrial Engineering and Management

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Organizations typically have a lot of indicators for their safety performance. Nevertheless, the information is not always used efficiently, and the relationship between the indicators and safety outcomes is not clear. Maturity analysis can provide information on how safety performance measurement can be developed. The aim of this study was to analyse the level of safety performance measurement maturity in Finnish industrial companies. A maturity model for safety performance measurement was used to analyse the current level. Analysis was carried out with a survey (n = 172) addressed to four companies. A maturity matrix was drawn up based on the results. The results showed that the current measurement practices were rather advanced while the use of performance information and commitment to performance measurement were inefficient. Several more detailed development needs were identified. Managerial support and employee commitment related to performance measurement and utilization of performance information (e.g. in planning safety procedures) were found to link positively to safety performance while performance measurement practices (e.g. scope of measures and supportive information systems) did not have this link. In the future, the links between performance measurement and management practices and safety performance should be studied in more detail. Also a further qualitative study can extend the explanations related to the results of this study.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health II
Editors	Pedro Arezes, J. Santos Babtista, Monica Barroso, Paula Carneiro, Patricio Cordeiro, Nelson Costa, Rui Melo, A. Sergio Miguel, Goncalo Perestrelo
Place of Publication	Cham
Pages	41-49
Number of pages	9
Volume	277
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-41486-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41486-3_5
Publication status	Published - 21 Feb 2020
Publication type	A3 Book chapter

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Name	Studies in Systems, Decision and Control
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	2198-4182
ISSN (Electronic)	2198-4190

Keywords

Safety management
Safety performance measurement
Maturity analysis
Maturity model

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http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202004143219

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Jääskeläinen, A., Tappura, S., & Pirhonen, J. (2020). Safety performance measurement maturity in Finnish industrial companies. In P. Arezes, J. S. Babtista, M. Barroso, P. Carneiro, P. Cordeiro, N. Costa, R. Melo, A. S. Miguel, & G. Perestrelo (Eds.), Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health II (Vol. 277, pp. 41-49). (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control).. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41486-3_5

Jääskeläinen, Aki ; Tappura, Sari ; Pirhonen, Julius. / Safety performance measurement maturity in Finnish industrial companies. Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health II. editor / Pedro Arezes ; J. Santos Babtista ; Monica Barroso ; Paula Carneiro ; Patricio Cordeiro ; Nelson Costa ; Rui Melo ; A. Sergio Miguel ; Goncalo Perestrelo. Vol. 277 Cham, 2020. pp. 41-49 (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control).

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Jääskeläinen, A , Tappura, S & Pirhonen, J 2020, Safety performance measurement maturity in Finnish industrial companies. in P Arezes, JS Babtista, M Barroso, P Carneiro, P Cordeiro, N Costa, R Melo, AS Miguel & G Perestrelo (eds), Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health II. vol. 277, Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, Cham, pp. 41-49. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41486-3_5

Safety performance measurement maturity in Finnish industrial companies. / Jääskeläinen, Aki ; Tappura, Sari; Pirhonen, Julius.

Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health II. ed. / Pedro Arezes; J. Santos Babtista; Monica Barroso; Paula Carneiro; Patricio Cordeiro; Nelson Costa; Rui Melo; A. Sergio Miguel; Goncalo Perestrelo. Vol. 277 Cham, 2020. p. 41-49 (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control).

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Jääskeläinen A , Tappura S, Pirhonen J. Safety performance measurement maturity in Finnish industrial companies. In Arezes P, Babtista JS, Barroso M, Carneiro P, Cordeiro P, Costa N, Melo R, Miguel AS, Perestrelo G, editors, Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health II. Vol. 277. Cham. 2020. p. 41-49. (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-41486-3_5

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