Power BI Safety Dashboard KPIs

A strong Power BI safety dashboard starts with business definitions, not visuals. The same metric can produce different answers depending on reporting date, event classification, hours source, organisational hierarchy and contractor treatment.

Lagging indicators

Common lagging measures include total recordable injuries, lost-time injuries, medical-treatment injuries, restricted-work injuries, first-aid cases and high-potential events. Each needs a documented classification rule and a consistent reporting period.

TRIFR and LTIFR

Frequency rates depend on both event count and hours. Confirm which events qualify, which hours are included, whether contractors are combined or separated and how rolling periods are calculated. If hours and events come from different systems, reconciliation is essential.

Incident and hazard trends

Trend reporting can show monthly counts, rolling averages, event categories, departments, contractors, sites and potential consequence. Use separate measures for actual outcome and potential severity where the business needs both perspectives.

Leading indicators

Useful leading metrics may include safety interactions, inspections, audits, hazard reports, critical control verifications, training completion and planned assurance activity. Avoid rewarding raw activity volume without considering quality or overdue commitments.

Action management

Track open actions, overdue actions, ageing, due-soon items, closure performance, manager approvals and verification status. Action metrics should identify bottlenecks rather than simply count tasks.

Critical controls and assurance

Critical control dashboards can show scheduled versus completed verifications, overdue checks, failed controls, repeat failures and action status by material risk. Audit reporting can include completion, findings, scoring and closure performance.

Contractor safety metrics

Where contractors form a large part of the workforce, include hours, event rates, compliance, onboarding, competency and access status by contractor company. Ensure contractor naming and hierarchy are consistent across source systems.

Executive versus operational dashboards

Executives need a small number of trusted trends, exceptions and risk signals. Operational teams need drill-through detail, overdue records and the ability to identify who owns the next action. Design separate views rather than forcing one page to serve every audience.

Data-quality controls

Build checks for duplicate events, missing classifications, incomplete hierarchy, unexplained hours variance and unmatched contractor records. A dashboard should make data-quality issues visible rather than hiding them in the model.

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