The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) has announced the launch of an online benchmark platform monitoring accident data within food production, storage, and transportation.
Members can now anonymously add and access accident figures. Detailed reports and graphs to download as PDFs can also be found on the platform. The reports highlight key issues by accident type and provide a comparison with others in the same sector.
Simon Brentnall, head of health and safety at BFFF, said: “In managing health & safety it is important to monitor both proactive (leading) and reactive (lagging) indicators to establish how well your organisation doing; it is crucial that these comparisons are made.”
Brentnall explained that the data stored on the new system relates directly to the food industry, covering subsectors such as food production, storage, and transportation. He said that accident data which is currently available in the public domain “relates to the whole of manufacturing, storage and transport industries, and is therefore somewhat diluted.”
He continued: “Over the last 16 years we have been supporting our members by collating their accident data with the aim of reducing injuries within the industry. This unique tool enables our members to benchmark themselves against each other. Whether food producers, wholesalers or logistics service providers, the data gives those managing health and safety a gauge of how well they are doing and where improvements can be made.”
Members can access the new system now on the BFFF website.
