Richard F. Kayser

NIST Chief Safety Officer

NIST Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology

Gaithersburg, MD

February 7, 2013

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FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12

FY13

Q1

Total Recordable Cases (TRCs)

 TRC Rate 1.44 1.31 1.36 1.50 1.72 1.57 1.33 0.97

 Number of TRCs 35 32 34 39 46 42 35 6

Lost-Time Cases

 DART Rate 0.94 0.61 0.40 0.69 0.69 0.82 0.91 0.65

 Number of Lost-Time Cases 23 15 10 18 16 22 24 4
Total Recordable Case (TRC) rates for FY2008 – FY2012

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Laboratory Programs (LP)

 49% of injury incidents

 32% of OSHA recordables

Management Resources (MR)

 46% of injury incidents

 65% of OSHA recordables

OUs with atleast one injury report in IRIS

Number of 

"injury" incidents 

reported in IRIS

Number of "injury" 

incidents reported in IRIS 

which are OSHA recordables

% of "injury" incidents 

reported in IRIS which are 

OSHA recordables

% of all OSHA 

recordables by the 

OU

00 - DO 2 1 50% 3%

13 - MR 3 3 100% 9%

15 - OSHE 4 1 25% 3%

16 - OFRM 2 1 50% 3%

17 - OWM 3 1 33% 3%

18 - OISM 1 0 0% 0%

19 - OFPM 32 16 50% 47%

48 - HMEPP 2 0 0% 0%

60 - LP 1 1 100% 3%

61 - NCNR 11 3 27% 9%

62 - CNST 1 0 0% 0%

63 - MML 12 2 17% 6%

68 - PML 11 3 27% 9%

73 - EL 8 0 0% 0%

77 - ITL 4 2 50% 6%

Totals 97 34 35%
 For NIST, Laboratory Programs, and Management Resources

 Smaller number of OSHA recordables in FY 2013 than FY 2012

▪ Included in ADLP and ADMR performance plans

 For each OU

 Better performance in one key OU-specific area in FY 2013 than FY 2012

▪ Included in OU Director performance plans

 Additional actions

 Identify the incidents contributing most to NIST’s OSHA rates and take steps 

to reduce their occurrence

 Discuss safety performance at monthly NIST leadership meetings

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 Event – what led to the injury

 Part of body – what body part/system was injured

 Nature of injury – what happened to that body 

part/system

 Source of injury – what “object” caused the injury

 75% of all OSHA recordables due to these types 

of events

 Take actions to reduce the numbers of incidents 

in these categories across NIST

 Track and provide regular updates on progress

Event that led to injury

Number of 

"injury" incidents 

reported in IRIS for 

this type of event

Number of "injury" 

incidents reported in IRIS for 

this type of event which are 

OSHA recordables

% of "injury" incidents 

reported in IRIS for this 

type of event which are 

OSHA recordables

% of all OSHA 

recordables which 

are due to this type 

of event

Event 

code

General nature of injury as a result of the 

event

Slips, trips, and falls 23 9 39% 26% 4XXX Fractures, sprains, cuts, bruises

Struck by 19 6 32% 18% 62XX Contusions, lacerations, bruises

Struck against 11 4 36% 12% 63XX Contusions, lacerations, bruises

Overexertion (pushing/pulling/turning) 6 4 67% 12% 71XX Strains, sprains

Overexertion (bending/stepping/twisting) 8 3 38% 9% 73XX Strains, sprains

Insect bite/sting 5 3 60% 9% 13XX Reaction

Caught in or compressed 2 1 50% 3% 64X Fractures, sprains, bruises

Chemical exposure 2 1 50% 3% 5544 Chemical burn, respiratory symptoms

Bacteria exposure 1 1 100% 3% 55 Unknown

Electrical shock 1 1 100% 3% 51XX Electrical shock

Repetitive motion 1 1 100% 3% 72X Sprain

Rubbed against 9 0 0% 0% 66X Lacerations, bruises

Contact with 2 0 0% 0% 69 Abrasions, bruises

Thermal burn 2 0 0% 0% 533 Thermal burn

Cryogenic burn 2 0 0% 0% 534 Cryogenic burn

Needle stick 1 0 0% 0% 61 Puncture

Nanoparticle exposure 1 0 0% 0% 5548 Unknown

Pedestrian vehicular accident 1 0 0% 0% 24xx Fracture

97 34 35%
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SELECTED IRIS METRICS APRIL 

2012

MAY 

2012

JUNE 

2012

JULY 

2012

AUG 

2012

SEPT 

2012

OCT 

2012

NOV 

2012

DEC 

2012

JAN 

2013

Incidents Reported

Number of incidents reported 21 14 15 11 15 13 23 10 8 8

Incident Investigations Reported

Number of incident investigation reports 

submitted within 20 business days 2 1 2 0 5 2 6 2 2 NA

Backlog of outstanding incident 

investigation reports 0 14 25 33 29 36 56 54 44 50

Targets:

 Submit 75% of incident investigation reports within 20 business days

 Eliminate backlog
 Continue to develop and deploy the NIST safety management 

system

 New metrics and data sources 

 Integrate performance measurement into system-level OSH 

planning and implementation

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