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Severity Adjusted Injury Frequency
Injury severity has always been an important part of safety; it’s also been hard to present clearly… until now
What is the SAIF Rate?
The SAIF Rate is the Severity Adjusted Injury Frequency. It is a simple method of presenting injury severity in terms of the existing Recordable Injury rates.
How Does it work?
The SAIF rate works by setting a benchmark injury as a 1:1 match for the injury rate, then setting a severity adjustment relative to the benchmark injury. The benchmark injury is an LTI with a duration of two-weeks lost time.
Why Does it work?
Real-world severity is complex. By treating severity as an adjustment to the injury frequency we make it easier to inherently understand, and respond to, without getting lost in the complexity of severity.
