TY - CONF TI - Lean Safety: Using Leading Indicators of Safety Incidents to Improve Construction Safety C1 - San Diego, California, USA C3 - 20th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction PY - 2012 AU - Ng, Kevin AU - Laurlund, Alan AU - Howell, Gregory AU - Lancos, George AD - Project Manager, XL Construction, Milpitas California. kng@xlconstruction.com AD - Vice President, XL Construction, Milpitas California. alaurlund@xlconstruction.com AD - Executive Director, Lean Construction Institute, ghowell@leanconstruction.org AD - Senior Project Manager, Johnson & Johnson, glancos1@its.jnj.com ED - Tommelein, Iris D. ED - Pasquire, Chrisitne L. AB - Safety and organization of a construction site were improved with the application of safety leading indicators and a 5-S assessment tool on a project managed using Lean principles. Safety related data collected on safety walks on a daily basis was organized for each specialty contractor and normalized for worker hours. The implementation of the 5-S assessment rated the site organization from zero to five for each contractor by a variety of key stakeholders. The observation of safety leading indicators provided a measure of safety risk on the construction site and a measure and mechanism for continuous learning. As a result, safety continually over the life of the project. Early results of the 5-S program clustered at the low end of the scale at the beginning of the project and significantly improved over time and reached almost 5 as the project approached completion. The paper will reflect on related conceptual foundations and propose follow up investigations aimed at exploring leading indicators and other assessment tools related to safety and quality of work. The paper will also explore challenges faced by a general contractor in the on going efforts to implement the leading indicators principles on a company-wide basis. KW - Safety KW - Leading Indicators KW - Lean Construction KW - Visual Management KW - 5-S. PB - T2 - 20th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 2012/07/18 CY - San Diego, California, USA L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/815/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/815 N1 - Export Date: 28 March 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -