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Feasibility and validation study to assess an OHS leading indicators tool:

Key findings in a survey of Australian

Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Victorian branch members)

For the full report, see www.ohsleadindicators.org

© Monash University 2015


• responses from 4,891 ANMF members »  7% response rate

•  includes measures of OHS leading indicators, safety climate, OHS-related attitudes and behaviours, self-reported OHS outcomes

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Online survey conducted in 2014 with members of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF - Victorian Branch)

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WHAT ARE OHS LEADING (or LEAD) INDICATORS? §  Measures of the positive steps that

organisations and individuals take to prevent an OHS incident

§  Characteristics of workplaces that precede OHS outcomes

§  Measures of the ‘safety potential’ of a workplace

§  Resources that are available in the workplace and that impact OHS performance

(References: Christian et al., 2009; Geldart et al., 2010; Laitinen et al., 2013; Reiman & Pietikäinen, 2012; Sinelnikov, Inouye, & Kerper, 2015; Wachter & Yorio, 2014)


Overall, “a general consensus exists for the use of leading indicators as a measure of OHS performance”

(Sinelnikov et al., Safety Science, 2015: 240).

Sinelnikov et al. (2015: 248) call for the development and validation of a

“standard index of leading indicators that could be used for benchmarking across organizations”.


•  To measure OHS leading indicators, we used an adapted version of the ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE METRIC (OPM)

•  The OPM was developed at the Institute for Work & Health, Ontario Canada (IWH, 2011)

•  The OPM is an eight-item tool that asks for responses to a set of statements about aspects of health and safety in his/her workplace

•  A higher score reflects that the respondent agrees that OHS leading indicators are present in his/her workplace

•  OPM scores can range from 8 to 40

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Survey of ANMF (Victorian branch) members

4,891 responses:

•  3,273 registered nurses (67 percent),

•  1,055 enrolled nurses (22 percent),

•  407 midwives (8 percent) and

•  156 personal carers (3 percent).

•  93% female

•  24% fulltime, 64% part-time

•  81% more than one job

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ANMF (Vic) respondents by workplace type

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25%

6%

5%

5%

8%

4%

7%

10%

5%

4%

0%

21%

0% 10% 20% 30%

Other

Theatre

Rehabilitation

Mental health

Maternity

Intensive/Critical care unit

General surgical

General medical

Emergency

District nursing

Disability

Aged care


Comparison of OPM scores by workplace type for ANMF (Vic)

26.6 28.6

24.5 25.9 26.4

28.0 27.9

25.6 28.5

29.3 28.2

20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 40.0

Theatre Rehabilitation Mental health

Maternity Intensive/Critical care unit

General surgical General medical

Emergency District nursing

Disability Aged care

Average OPM = 27.4 (SD = 6.7) for all ANMF respondents


OPM Scores by ANMF (Vic) member category

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27.4 27.9

26.6

25.6

22.0

24.0

26.0

28.0

30.0

Registered nurse Enrolled nurse Midwife Personal carer

Average OPM = 27.4 (SD = 6.7) for all ANMF respondents


ANMF (Vic) survey: Self-reported OHS outcomes

§  60% had experienced an OHS incident in the past year (unreported incident, reported incident, or near-miss).

§  Total number of OHS incidents in the past 12 months: §  on average, 4.9 (SD = 21.8) OHS incidents in the past year.

Total incidents= sum of all OHS incidents: incidents reported to management, incidents not reported to management and near misses.

§  17% reported having days off work that were associated with a workplace OHS incident within the last 12 months.

§  32% reported having days off work as a result of workplace stress within the past 12 months.

§  7% reported that they had made a WorkCover claim

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ANMF (Vic) survey: Respondents were asked to: “Please estimate the level of risk to you from the following health and safety hazards in your workplace” (1 –no risk to 5- very high risk)

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3.6 3.6

2.8 3.0 3.1

2.8 2.8 2.9 2.7

2.3

1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

ANMF (Vic) survey


Workplace bullying involves repeated victimising, humiliating, intimidating or threatening behaviour directed towards a worker or group of workers. Have you experienced bullying at your workplace in the last 12 months?

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58%

32%

2% 5%

3%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

Never A few times Monthly Weekly Daily

ANMF (Vic) survey


Have you experienced occupational violence and / or aggression at your workplace during the last 12 months?

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33%

44%

6%

11%

6%

0%

20%

40%

60%

Never A few 0mes Monthly Weekly Daily

ANMF (Vic) survey


From whom have you experienced occupational violence and / or aggression at your workplace during the last 12 months? (Please select all that apply)

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35%

79%

48%

26%

8%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Super/Coll/ Sub

Patients Pt relatives Pt visitors Public

ANMF (Vic) survey


More information about this research:

•  Contact the researchers at: [email protected]

•  Visit www.ohsleadindicators.org or www.iscrr.com

•  Reports on other stages in the research project will be available soon

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