Using leading indicators before incidents rise

Lagging indicators explain what happened; leading indicators help prevent what comes next.

Risk signal Using leading indicators before incidents rise

Problem mapped to action, evidence, and control visibility.

Insight brief

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The problem

Incident rates alone can make safety performance look stable while hazards, overdue actions, and weak inspections are building underneath. Leaders need earlier signals to intervene.

How WorkSafe can help

WorkSafe brings observations, inspections, risk reviews, and action ageing into dashboards. That helps teams act on leading indicators before the outcome becomes a recordable incident or operational disruption.