CAPACorrective and Preventive Action
CAPA stands for Corrective and Preventive Action. Corrective actions fix the root cause of a problem that has already occurred, such as an incident, audit finding, or failed inspection. Preventive actions address a potential problem before it happens. A working CAPA process assigns every action an owner and a due date, then verifies the fix was effective.
In ECSafety: Corrective actions are created, assigned, and escalated automatically through Smart Workflows, so nothing dies in a spreadsheet.
DARTDays Away, Restricted, or Transferred
DART stands for Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred. It is an OSHA rate that counts only the more serious recordable cases: those where an employee misses work, is placed on restricted duty, or is transferred to another job because of a work-related injury or illness. DART is calculated as DART cases times 200,000, divided by total hours worked.
In ECSafety: ECSafety computes DART alongside TRIR in Metrics & Dashboards, live from your incident log and hours worked.
EHSEnvironment, Health, and Safety
EHS stands for Environment, Health, and Safety: the discipline responsible for protecting workers, the public, and the environment from operational hazards. EHS programs typically cover hazard identification, incident management, regulatory compliance, training, industrial hygiene, and environmental impact. HSE, SHE, and EHS&S refer to the same function with different regional or corporate emphasis.
In ECSafety: ECSafety brings the whole EHS function, from field intake to executive insight, into one AI-native platform.
EMRExperience Modification Rate
EMR, or Experience Modification Rate, is an insurance metric that compares a company's workers' compensation claims history to other companies of similar size in the same industry. An EMR of 1.0 is the industry average. A rate above 1.0 increases workers' compensation premiums and a rate below 1.0 reduces them. A single claim typically affects the EMR for three years.
In ECSafety: See how fewer recordables compound into EMR and premium savings in the ECSafety ROI breakdown.
JHAJob Hazard Analysis
A Job Hazard Analysis breaks a specific job into its individual steps, identifies the hazards associated with each step, and defines controls that eliminate or reduce them. OSHA recommends prioritizing jobs with high injury rates, new processes, or the potential for severe harm. A completed JHA becomes the basis for training and safe work procedures.
In ECSafety: Build a JHA in minutes with Smart Forms: templates, photo fields, and conditional branching included.
JSAJob Safety Analysis
A Job Safety Analysis uses the same core method as a Job Hazard Analysis: break a task into sequential steps, identify the hazards at each step, and assign a control to each hazard. The two terms are interchangeable in most industries, with JSA more common in construction and field service. Many contractors require a signed JSA before high-risk or nonroutine tasks begin.
In ECSafety: JSA templates ship ready to use in Smart Forms, and crews can complete them by voice in the field.
Lagging indicators
Lagging indicators are outcome-based safety metrics that measure what has already happened: recordable injuries, lost workdays, TRIR, DART rate, and workers' compensation costs. They are essential for benchmarking and regulatory reporting, but they describe the past. A program managed only on lagging indicators reacts to incidents rather than preventing them.
In ECSafety: Metrics & Dashboards pairs your lagging metrics with the leading activity behind them, on one screen.
Leading indicators
Leading indicators are proactive measures of the work done to prevent incidents: inspections completed, hazards reported and closed, training delivered, near misses investigated, and corrective actions finished on time. Because they measure prevention activity instead of injury outcomes, leading indicators give safety teams signals they can act on before anyone gets hurt.
In ECSafety: Aura AI™ watches leading indicators across your sites and flags a slipping trend before it shows up in your TRIR.
LOTOLockout/Tagout
LOTO, or Lockout/Tagout, refers to the procedures that control hazardous energy during service and maintenance of machines and equipment. Governed by OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.147, LOTO requires isolating every energy source and applying locks and tags so equipment cannot start up or release stored energy while employees are working on it.
In ECSafety: LOTO procedures and inspections map to the OSHA controls they satisfy in Compliance & Inspections.
Near miss
A near miss is an unplanned event that did not result in injury, illness, or damage but had the potential to do so. Only a fortunate break in the chain of events prevented the harm. Near miss reporting matters because the same conditions, left uncorrected, tend to produce a real incident later. High reporting rates signal a healthy safety culture.
In ECSafety: ECSafety makes near miss reporting a thirty second job: voice, photo, or text through Incident Reporting.
OSHA recordable
An OSHA recordable is a work-related injury or illness that must be entered on the OSHA 300 log. A case is recordable if it results in death, days away from work, restricted work or job transfer, medical treatment beyond first aid, or loss of consciousness. Recordable counts are the raw input for TRIR and DART rates.
In ECSafety: When a case is logged in Incident Reporting, its details flow straight into your recordkeeping and rate calculations.
PTPPre-Task Plan
A Pre-Task Plan is a short planning document a crew completes before starting a task, usually at the work location at the start of the shift. It lists the steps of the task, the hazards the crew expects, the controls in place, and the names of everyone who reviewed it. PTPs are standard practice on construction and industrial sites.
In ECSafety: Crews fill PTPs hands-free by voice in Smart Forms, and every plan is timestamped and geotagged.
SIFSerious Injury or Fatality
SIF stands for Serious Injury or Fatality. SIF programs classify incidents and near misses by their realistic worst-case outcome, not just what actually happened. An event has SIF potential when a small change in circumstances could have caused a life-altering injury or death. The approach concentrates prevention resources on high-energy hazards such as falls, electricity, and mobile equipment.
In ECSafety: Aura classifies severity during intake in Incident Reporting, so events with SIF potential get the deeper investigation they deserve.
Stop work authority
Stop work authority is the explicit right and responsibility of any worker to halt a task, without fear of retaliation, when they believe conditions are unsafe. A stop work event triggers a documented review: the concern is assessed, controls are corrected, and work resumes only after the hazard is resolved. It is a cornerstone of a mature safety culture.
In ECSafety: Stop work events are captured in seconds with mobile Smart Forms and routed to the right people for review.
Toolbox talk
A toolbox talk is a short, informal safety meeting held with a work crew, usually at the start of a shift and typically lasting five to fifteen minutes. Each talk covers one topic relevant to that day's work: a specific hazard, a recent near miss, or a procedure reminder. Attendance is normally documented for compliance and training records.
In ECSafety: Schedule recurring toolbox talks and capture attendance and signatures with Smart Workflows.
TRIRTotal Recordable Incident Rate
TRIR, or Total Recordable Incident Rate, measures how many OSHA recordable injuries and illnesses a company experiences per 100 full-time employees per year. The formula is recordable incidents times 200,000, divided by total hours worked. The 200,000 constant represents 100 employees working 40 hours a week for 50 weeks. Insurers and general contractors use TRIR to screen and benchmark companies.
In ECSafety: ECSafety calculates TRIR automatically in Metrics & Dashboards from your incidents and hours worked, no spreadsheet required.
