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Annual Safety Reports

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Overview

Injury, illnesses, and (more recently) near-miss safety data is collected each year from CII member companies, both owners and contractors and is reported in CII’s annual Safety Report, first published in 2001. CII began collecting safety data from member companies in 1989, with electronic reporting beginning in 2000. The reports present the data provided by CII members and compare it with data obtained from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the U.S. construction industry overall.  The purpose of these reports is to make the data available to CII member companies, which they can then use for further self-analysis. The reports’ content varies slightly year-to-year, but typically contains the following:
  • That year’s data for both CII companies and the construction industry overall (OSHA)
  • Changes in key metrics from the prior year, with commentary
  • Running graphs presenting key yearly data, from the reporting year back to 1989 (the first year of CII safety data collection)
  • Segment-specific data breakouts, including:
    • Owner and contractor
    • Industry sector (e.g., heavy industrial, commercial)
    • Location (e.g., U.S., International)
  • Fatalities
  • More recent reports contain additional data such as injury duration.
While the primary purpose of the Safety Reports is to make data available to CII member companies, the reports do reveal some key insights and findings.

Key Findings and Implementation Tools

1 : Safety Data

The figures below display the trends of TRIR (known as RIR prior to 2002) and DART (called LWCIR prior to 2002) rates for survey respondents and for the U.S. construction industry as reported by OSHA. (DPC2022-2, pp. 6-7)

Reference: (DPC2022-2)

2 : Fatalities

As the figure below shows, the overall fatality rate of CII members dropped in 2021 to 0.99 from the 1.43 reported in 2020. The three-year moving average for 2019 to 2021 is 1.27. For reference, the overall industry fatality rate was 9.4 in 2021 as per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 2021, CII members reported five fatalities. Contact with Objects and Equipment was the cause in all five cases. No fatalities were reported in other categories (DPC2022-2, p. 10).

Reference: (DPC2022-2)
PAC-Safety

Key Performance Indicators

Improved safety

Research Publications

2022 Safety Summary - DPC2022-2

Publication Date: 02/2023 Type: Benchmarking Report Pages: 15 Status: Supporting Product

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CII-CURT Safety Benchmarking Report - DPC2021-2

Publication Date: 09/2021 Type: Benchmarking Report Pages: 28 Status: Supporting Product

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2020 Safety Summary - DPC2020-2

Publication Date: 09/2020 Type: Benchmarking Report Pages: 12 Status: Supporting Product

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2019 Safety Summary - DPC2019-2

Publication Date: 09/2019 Type: Benchmarking Report Pages: 12 Status: Supporting Product

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2018 Safety Report - PAC2018-2

Publication Date: 08/2018 Type: Benchmarking Report Pages: 10 Status: Reference

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2017 Safety Report - PAC2017-2

Publication Date: 08/2018 Type: Benchmarking Report Pages: 28 Status: Reference

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2016 Safety Report - PAC2016-2

Publication Date: 04/2017 Type: Benchmarking Report Pages: 53 Status: Reference

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2015 Safety Report - PAC2015-2

Publication Date: 05/2016 Type: Benchmarking Report Pages: 57 Status: Reference

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2014 Safety Report - PAC2014-2

Publication Date: 04/2015 Type: Benchmarking Report Pages: 57 Status: Reference

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2013 Safety Report, Version 2.1 - PAC2013-2

Publication Date: 04/2015 Type: Benchmarking Report Pages: 59 Status: Reference

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Tags

Knowledge Areas:
Safety
Project Phase:
Commissioning & Startup, Concept, Construction, Detailed Design (Engineering), Detailed Scope, Feasibility, Handover & Closeout, Procurement
Project Function/Role:
Health, Safety & Environmental
Industry Group:
Buildings, Heavy Industrial, Infrastructure, Light Industrial
Regions:
Africa – South Africa, Asia – China, India, Southeast Asia, Australia, Europe – Scandinavia, Russia, Middle East, North America – USA, Canada, Mexico, South America – Central America, Brazil
10-10 input Metrics:
Controlling, Safety

Keywords

Safety metrics, TRIR, DART, OSHA, Fatalities, Safety statistics, safety report, safety reports

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