Leading indicators are measures that can provide warning that safety performance may be deteriorating before a serious incident occurs.
Examples might include overdue safety-critical inspections, increasing numbers of fire door defects, repeated alarm faults, outstanding compartmentation repairs or overdue actions relating to important risk controls.
Used alongside incident and outcome data, leading indicators can help organisations identify weakening controls and intervene before those weaknesses contribute to an incident.
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- What is a Safety Management System for a higher-risk building?
A Safety Management System provides the organisational arrangements used to manage building safety risks through the life of the building.
- How do you assess whether a building safety control is effective?
Control effectiveness should consider whether the control is appropriate for the risk, correctly implemented and working as intended.
- What is a live building safety case?
A live building safety case changes as the building, evidence and understanding of risk change.
Building safety legislation, regulation and Building Safety Regulator guidance can change. This page is general information, not legal advice — always refer to current legislation and official guidance for your building.