OSH metrics in human capital reporting

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EUROGIP position paper raises concerns on draft ISO/CD TS 24179.

At a meeting of the EUROGIP Executive Board1 strong concern has been expressed about the draft technical specification of ISO TC260 "Human Resource Management" aimed at standardizing, at the international level, occupational health and safety injury indicators.

This project, carried out in support of an international standard ISO 30414 published in 2018 "Guidelines for internal and external human capital reporting", aims to define indicators that will enable human resources managers in companies to prove their value creation, in particular by measuring the number of accidents at work (with or without work absence) and deaths at work.

Whether any initiatives aimed at the rigorous monitoring of occupational risks and accident occurrence should be encouraged in order to better prevent them, it warns about an international standardization of accident statistics.

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