Heinrich's safety pyramid theory: Is the incident pyramid still relevant in safety today?

This short video shows how Heinrich developed his pyramid a century ago but it demonstrates that for high severity/low frequency events it is not sufficient.

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What are relevant lessons from others?

Target Group(s):

• Policy makers
• HSE managers
• Operational leadership
• Tactical leadership
• Supervisors

Risk Theme:

• Monitoring and Learning - Learning from Incidents
• Monitoring and Learning - Measuring Safety Performance