Avetta and the National Safety Council Introduce the Safety Maturity Index

The new index advances safety management by providing a scalable, actionable framework

Avetta®, the leading provider of supply chain risk management (SCRM) software, has announced a partnership with the National Safety Council (NSC) to launch theSafety Maturity Index™ (SMI). The new index offers a systems-based approach to target health and safety weaknesses within the supply chain to help avoid serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs).

Avetta and NSC combined 15 years of NSC research, data from Avetta’s global contractor network, and insights from forward-thinking companies like Avetta clients, Entergy and Cargill, to design the SMI. The SMI goes beyond traditional metrics by identifying, assessing, and surfacing the maturity of the contractor’s organizational use of their safety management systems to ensure a safer working environment. The index further focuses on risk management, enabling a comprehensive and accurate safety evaluation to verify a contractor’s Safety Management System (SMS).

Grounded in recognized industry standards such as ISO 45001 and ANSI Z-10, SMI scores are weighted based on contractor findings, evidence and verification methods, and are calculated using a 0-100 grading scale across five primary categories:

• ‍Safety Leadership & Structure: The evaluation of leadership practices, incentives, and structures designed to produce positive safety outcomes;
• Hazard Identification & Controls: The ability for an organization and its workers to properly identify potential SIF hazards and deploy the proper controls and safeguards for these hazards;
• Worker Training & Competency: The ability for an organization to identify worker roles, training needs, and verify competency based on role and work type;
• Incident Management & Response: An organization’s systems, methods, and practices used to investigate, learn from, and respond to incidents; and
• Improvements & Communications: The communication tools and processes used to distribute new safety improvements and knowledge across managers and employees.

The SMI will be available to select North American clients in early 2025. Avetta and NSC will also provide access to a membership package that includes safety improvement tools and resources to support contractors in the Avetta network.

For more Information, visit https://www.avetta.com.