What a 56% Lower TRIR Is Worth: The Business Case for Safety Software

A North American marine and logistics provider cut its Total Recordable Incident Rate by more than half after moving every site onto one connected safety platform. But what is a result like that actually worth? With the average medically consulted work injury costing U.S. employers $48,000, and transportation and warehousing running nearly double the private-industry TRIR, the answer adds up quickly. This ROI case study breaks down the real cost of recordable incidents, models the savings for a typical 1,000-employee operation, and gives you a simple four-step framework to build the business case for your own organization.

The Challenge

• Every recordable injury carries direct costs averaging $48,000, plus indirect costs OSHA estimates at 1.1 to 4.5 times that amount
• Transportation and warehousing average a TRIR of 4.4, compared to 2.3 across all private industry
• Safety leaders need hard numbers to justify investment to finance and leadership

What’s Inside

• Five-year results from a marine and logistics provider operating across North America
• An illustrative ROI model for a 1,000-employee operation
• Savings estimates at 10%, 28% and 56% incident reductions
• A four-step formula to calculate your own safety ROI

Key Numbers

• 56% reduction in Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR)
• 58% reduction in Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR)
• ≈ $1.18M in estimated annual injury costs avoided in the illustrative example
• $211K in estimated annual savings from just a 10% reduction