Although performance measurement is widely recognized as an important health and safety (HS) management practice, it is usually implemented with a reductionist view, emphasizing quantitative data and not adopting an explicit HS philosophy. This study presents eight principles for designing HS performance measurement systems (HSPMS), which have, as a distinctive feature, the adoption of resilience engineering as their underlying paradigm. The use of the principles is illustrated by a case study of the HSPMS of a construction company, in which qualitative data collection techniques were privileged. A set of improvement opportunities was identified in the investigated HSPMS, pointing out how practical insights might be derived from using the principles. Furthermore, the case study provided a basis on which recommendations for assessing the use of the principles in existing HSPMS were drawn.
Performance measurement; Health and safety at work; Resilience engineering; Construction industry
