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Message from AFA General Secretariat
AFA is pleased to issue Health, Safety and Environment
Performance Indicators (HSE KPI) to all its members. AFA
would like to convey its thanks and appreciation to AFA HSE
Committee Members for their efort and support and special
thanks to Mr. Mejbel Al Shammeri HSE Manager PIC-
Kuwait for his valuable eforts in preparing and fnalizing this
valuable booklet.
Introduction
Based on AFA HSE committee commitment towards HSE and
for the sake of continuous improvement of HSE performance
among Arab fertilizers companies by applying stricter control
on all HSE activities in line with international HSE best practice,
the committee decide to develop unifed HSE KPIs for AFA
members, this will help us to know the current performance
of AFA members, what can we do to improve and how we can
prevent danger from our employees and assets.
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Defnitions
SAFETY FOR THE WORK PLACE KPLs
1. Fatalities
Fatality is the death of accompany employee, contractor
or visitor due to industrial accident happened within the
premises of the company.
2. Industrial Disabling Incidents IDIs
Industrial Disabling Incidents work related incidents or illness
that prevent the employee or contractor to do his work the
day after the incident / injury
3. Industrial Non-Disabling Incidents INDIs
Industrial Non-Disabling Incidents are accidents/injury that
do not result in any lost work days, this includes frst aid,
medical treatment and restrict work accidents.
4. Number of site inspections (audits) conducted
Number of safety audits conducted in the plant to indicate
unsafe conditions UC, unsafe acts UA, housekeeping HK and
safety role violations SRV per planned number within one
month.
5. Number of near-misses
Incidents causing no personal injury, material loss, equipment
damage or production loss
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6. Occupational Injury
An injury or disease resulted from exposure to the work
environment, like hazard materials, chemicals, noise,
vibration ..etc that can cause short or long disability .
7. Company Employee
Any employed person and on the pay roll of the company
including corporate and management personnel.
8. Contractor
An individual or organization performing work for the
company including long term and short term contracts or
subcontracts.
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Environmental KPIs
9. Spills
Any containment loss to fresh water, sea or land of process
material, oil, hazardous chemicals or fnished products more
than one barrel.
10. Hazardous waste
Any waste substance that can cause present or future threat
for human , wild life or environment .
11. Non Hazardous waste
Any waste resulted from industrial process or civil activities
which have no harm for environment, it can be recycled.
12. Medical waste
Any waste generated from the medical center due to medical
treatment of employees, diagnosis of diseases or annual
medical checks.
13. Emissions of gases
Emissions of CO, CO
2
, Sox, NOx, H
2
S and VOC to atmosphere
that exceeds EPA limits.
14. Effuent water
Waste water resulted from plant process, have trace of metals,
treated and released into the sea.
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Leading indicators
Working hours without lost hours
# of training hours .
# of HSE campaigns.
# of safety suggestions.
# of drills
Training efectiveness
Exposure level
# of Near miss reported and closed
# of BBS observations
# of closed incident investigation recommendations
# of PHA conducted vs plan
Medical Tests vs plan
Monitoring OH parameters (In door quality, radiation,
lightening,)
Benchmarking the organizations safety performance on
semi-annual or annual basis with other organizations of
similar processes and products.
Percentage of materials used that are recycled input
materials. The recycled materials and wastes are used in
the production of potash, nitrogen or phosphate products,
except recovered sulfur (a byproduct of oil refning or
natural gas production) in producing phosphoric acid.
Total energy saved due to conservation and efciency
improvement.
Percentage of total volume of water recycled and used.
Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
reductions achieved
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Lagging Indicators
# of days away from work
# of safety accidents
# of safety violations / month
# of unsafe acts / month
# of Environmental Complains
# of OH illness
Non conformance with local laws
# of fres
# of environment incidents
# of Audit violations (HK, SRV, UC and UA)
Timely action on safety corrective action resulted from
incidents investigations.
Proposed HSE KPIs for AFA Members
Safety at the Work Place
No. KPI Defnition
Formula / Measurement
Method
1
Number of safe
man-hours
Work hours done by total
number of workers since the last
Lost Work Time accident
(# workers * # days worked
* # hrs/day) + overtime
2
# of fatalities for
employees
# of fatalities #of fatalities / Year
3 Number of IDIs
Industrial Disabling Incidents
are accidents that result in at
least 1 lost work day
# IDIs in the specifed
period
4 IDI frequency rate
Rate of occurrence of IDIs per 1
work year
# IDIs * 200,000 / # man-
hours
5 IDI severity rate Severity of IDIs per 1 work year
# days lost due to IDIs *
200,000 / # man-hours
6 Number of INDIs
Industrial Non-Disabling
Incidents are accidents that do
not result in any lost work days
# INDIs in the specifed
period
7 INDI frequency rate
Rate of occurrence of INDIs per
1 work year
# INDIs * 200,000 /
# man-hours
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Number of site
inspections (audits)
conducted
# of safety audits conducted in
the plant to indicate UC, UA, HK
and SRV
# audits conducted / month
9
recordable incident
frequency rate
Rate of occurrence of(Locst time
, Medical treatment & ristrict
work cases ) per 1 work year
#(Locst time , Medical
treatment & ristrict work
cases ) *200000/employees
manhours worked
11
Days Away from
work ( DART) rate
# of days away from work
due to accident or sickness or
restriricted work or job transfere
# of days away *200000/
Total manhoures worked
12
Process safety
total incident Rate
(PSTIR)
Incidents happened due
equipmen failure or damage
or leaks
# of PS incidents *200000/
total # of employees &
contractors manhoures
13
Number of near-
misses
Incidents causing no personal
injury or material loss
# near-misses reported
and accepted (meeting the
correct defnition) in the
specifed period
14
property damage
incidents ( fres ,
explosions etc )
incidents causing material loss
=$25000 and above
# major fres occurring in
the specifed period
15
Number of
occupational illness
cases
Cases of illness caused by work
conditions as acknowledged by
company Clinic
# OH illnesses reported
and acknowledged in the
specifed period
16
Number of major
trafc accidents
Trafc accidents occurring inside
Company premises and costing
more than $1500.
# major trafc accidents
occurring in the specifed
period
17
Number of minor
trafc accidents
Trafc accidents occurring inside
Company premises and costing
less than $1500.
# minor trafc accidents
occurring in the specifed
period
18
employees sick days
frequency rate
Approved leave days incurred by
OH illness
# Approved leave days
incurred by OH illness /
worked manhoures
19
# of environmental
releases
Number of emmisions
exceeding limits of local
requlations
Tones /YR
20
Number of BBS
Observation Sheets
submitted
A monthly target is set for
receiving Observation Sheets
from workers as required by the
Behavior-Based Safety program
# reported BBS Observation
Sheets in the specifed
period
21
Number of at-risk
behaviors reported
Each BBS Observation Sheet
reports one or more at-risk
behaviors
# at-risk behaviors in
reported BBS Observation
Sheets in the specifed
period
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Land . Air & Discharge Water
22 Number of spills
Spill of chemical (oil, acid, etc)
exceeding 1 barrel (160 liters)
in size
Barrels / YR
23 Volume spilled
Spill of chemical (oil, acid, etc)
exceeding 1 barrel (160 liters)
in size
Barrels / YR
24 Waste water
Waste water released into
the sea
milions meter 3
25
Amount of solid
waste
Inert waste, medical waste,
metal, sand (from street
cleaning), etc
Tons / YR
26
Amount of liquid
waste
Oil, polluted water, etc Tons / YR
27
Direct CO2
emissions
CO2 released to atmosphere due
to combustion
CO2 equivs in million T / YR
28
Indirect CO2
emissions
CO2 from other sources CO2 equivs in million T / YR
29
carbon Dioxide
Intensity
Million Tones emitted Year/
milliontones Production
Million Tones emitted Year/
milliontones Production
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chemical Oxygen
demand
Tons of O2 consumed in the
plant process per year
Tons /YR
Training
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Number of training
hours
Total number of training hours
conducted to all workers in the
period specifed
Total number of training
hours conducted to all
workers in the period
specifed
32 Training intensity
Average training hours received
by each worker per year
(Training hours per month /
# workers) * 12
33
Training
efectiveness
How much of the information
relayed to trainees was actually
absorbed by them
% of exams that were
passed
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Number of HSE-
related awareness
campaigns and
Safety Days
conducted
Each year, a number of
awareness campaigns are
planned as part of Annual
Objectives
# campaigns completed so
far / total
# campaigns planned for
the year