Organizations often rely on lagging indicators such as TRIR or DART rates to measure safety performance, yet these metrics can obscure underlying risk by missing unreported hazards and near-misses. This webinar explores safety climate and psychological safety as key factors influencing reporting behaviors and organizational learning.
Participants will examine common reasons for underreporting, review approaches used to assess safety climate and discuss strategies that encourage open reporting. The session also highlights how near-miss information can support learning and risk awareness when used as a leading indicator. Drawing on research and examples from high-hazard and contractor management environments, this webinar provides insight into shifting from compliance-focused metrics toward trust, visibility, and proactive safety improvement.
What You Will Learn
- Describe practical approaches for assessing safety climate within their organization or work group.
- Recognize key factors that influence employee reporting of hazards and near-misses.
- Identify strategies that encourage open reporting and support psychological safety.
- Explain how near-miss information can be analyzed and used for organizational learning.
Speaker
Dr. Simon Goncharenko, PhD, CSP, CSHO, leads Expert Services at Veriforce and serves on its Strategic Advisory Board
With 30 years of global safety leadership across major industries and multi-billion-dollar projects, he combines academic teaching with hands-on experience. Dr. Goncharenko has worked with leading companies like CBRE, Meta, and Microsoft, authored over 80 articles and 7 books on safety and human performance, and presented on these and other topics to countless audiences around the world. His mission is to make safety a global currency through practical, human-centric approaches.