Goodhart's Law says that, "any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes." A generalized way of saying it is, "when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good…
In early 2020 the Federal Railroad Administration issued a final rule - 49 CFR Part 271 - to help railroads establish a "Risk Reduction Program" to improve the safety of its operations. Part of the rule states, “RRP is a…
Tom Davenport, Chairman of First Analytics, elaborately writes how Jeff Moore and Rosemary Perez led their analytics-based organizational change at Southern California Edison (SCE). In this article, Jeff and Rosemary passionately focuses on predictive safety analytics, understanding the factors, predicting…
In recent years, Chief Safety Officers, Risk Officers and line managers have undertaken a variety of programs to improve safety in their workplaces—whether on a construction site, on a shop floor, in a train yard or on a drilling platform,…
Join us on Thursday, November 14th at the North Carolina Safety Congress in Charlotte, NC where Rob Stevens will be the Opening Session Speaker. Rob will be discussing how predictive safety analytics can have a significant impact on your…
First Analytics will once again be sponsoring this year’s OHS Leadership Summit. We have been looking forward to this opportunity to meet with Health and Safety professionals, to discuss how advanced analytics can help them in their mission of creating…
First Analytics, in partnership with SAS Institute, will be conducting a webinar on safety analytics on Tuesday, November 13. Is employee and public safety important to your company? Effective analytic strategies could help prevent incidents, accidents or even equipment failures…
We are an exhibitor again at the National Safety Council Congress and Expo in Houston, October 20-24. Please stop our booth where we can discuss how predictive safety analytics can help improve safety at your company. Meanwhile, check out this short…
We are participating in the SAS Manufacturing Executive Forum, which will be held at the SAS Campus in Cary, NC. On Wednesday, August 8th, we will present a breakout session entitled, "Use Analytics to Redefine your Approach to Safety." We…
First Analytics has become a member of the National Safety Council (NSC), a nonprofit organization with the mission to save lives by preventing injuries and deaths at work, in homes and communities, and on the road through leadership, research,…