Story ID: 402
Baldwin Tool Helps Quantify Safety Actions
By: Kerry Lynch
Caption: Baldwin is showcasing a new program at BACE that will help quantify safety initiatives to provide a better understanding of where resources are needed.
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Baldwin Safety & Compliance has developed an Accident Prevention Effort (APE) program to help organizations track and benchmark their safety initiatives. To be showcased during BACE this week at the Baldwin booth (1341) the APE software is designed to help organizations quantify their efforts and better assess where additional actions or resources might be needed.

As part of Baldwin’s Safety Management System program, APE sets a numeric safety baseline for the organization’s safety programs and monitors for trends and areas of possible improvement. The program assigns values to safety activities, said Baldwin. As an example, an Emergency Response Plan drill may have a higher value than submitting a safety report.

Baldwin noted that the APE concept is derived from the Quantum Safety Metrics method as introduced by D Smith, president of the International Society of Safety Professionals. It evaluates the number of preventions and what is known as a “Sierra Scale” to determine a cumulative APE value. APE can be tailored to the size, complexity, and safety priorities of an organization.

“Businesses often focus on measuring outputs or outcomes without measuring the safety activities that could positively influence those outcomes. Baldwin’s APE is an important tool to do just that,” said Jason Starke, director of safety for Baldwin. “It will help decision-makers understand what the organization is doing proactively to improve safety and what more can be done.”
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