Accident Dashboard
The Accident dashboard provides you with an overall view of your organisation’s accident rates based on accident investigations: how many accidents and incidents have been recorded, their types, locations, how they evolve over time, and how many days have passed without accidents.
You will only see data from the companies, centres and sections you have access to according to your user profile. Two different people may see different figures on the same dashboard, and this is expected.
Key concepts
Section titled “Key concepts”Before reviewing each element, it is useful to clarify several concepts used throughout the dashboard.
Accident investigation. The unit of measurement in the dashboard is the accident investigation (the file opened when an accident or incident occurs). When referring to “accidents”, “incidents” or “investigations”, what is actually being counted are investigations. Each investigation is counted only once, even if it internally has several causes, tags or associated data.
Type of accident. Each investigation has a type of accident configurable by the organisation (for example: accident with sick leave, accident without sick leave, incident, in itinere). Each type is internally marked with two characteristics that the dashboard uses to classify it:
- Whether it is an incident (event without injury) or an accident (with injury).
- Whether it involves sick leave or not.
Relapse. An investigation can be marked as a relapse of a previous accident. Some indicators exclude relapses to avoid counting the same accident twice.
In itinere. Accident occurring during the journey between home and work. It can be filtered independently.
Occupational disease. Subtype that distinguishes investigations marked as occupational disease from the rest (normal accident).
Investigation status. Each investigation is either ongoing or closed. For the purposes of this dashboard, both closed and cancelled investigations are considered closed; the rest are shown as ongoing.
Type of affected employee. The injured employee can be internal, external, from an ETT (temporary employment agency) or unassigned if their type is not recorded.
Lost working days. Days of work lost due to the accident, as recorded in the investigation. These should not be confused with calendar days of sick leave.
Scope permissions. The dashboard only includes investigations from the companies, centres and sections you have access to. Therefore, two users with different permissions may see different figures.
Active and inactive elements. The dashboard does not hide inactive companies, centres, sections or positions: if they have associated investigations, they also appear in the scope filter and in the data.
Chained filters. All filters are applied simultaneously to all charts, cards and tables. If you select a centre and a type of accident, everything on screen recalculates using only the investigations from that centre and type.
Filters
Section titled “Filters”On the left side you will find the filters. Most allow multiple selection and include a search box to quickly locate values.
| Filter | What it allows you to narrow down |
|---|---|
| Scope | The organisational structure, in tree form: company → centre → section → position. You can select any level; for example, an entire centre or a specific position. |
| Affected employee | Investigations of certain injured employees. |
| Type of employee | Whether the affected employee is internal, external, from an ETT or unassigned. |
| Type of accident | One or more types of accident (with sick leave, without sick leave, incident, in itinere…). |
| Subtype of accident | Distinguishes between occupational disease and normal accident. |
| In itinere | Whether the accident occurred during the journey to work or not. |
| Date | The time period, according to the date of the accident. |
| Range | Narrows down the age relative to today: last 12 months, between 12 and 24 months or more than 24 months. It is a single-selection filter. |
Indicator cards
Section titled “Indicator cards”In the central area there are several cards with the main indicators. Each shows a large value and a small trend graph (sparkline).
Accidents with sick leave
Section titled “Accidents with sick leave”Number of investigations whose type of accident involves sick leave, excluding relapses. This is the most relevant accident rate indicator.
Accident investigations
Section titled “Accident investigations”Total number of accident investigations, excluding incidents. Reflects how many accidents (with or without sick leave) have been investigated.
Incidents
Section titled “Incidents”Number of investigations whose type is marked as incident (events without injury). Useful for assessing the safety culture: good incident reporting helps prevent accidents.
Accident notifications
Section titled “Accident notifications”Number of accident notifications linked to investigations. This is the initial alert that triggers the investigation.
Lost working days
Section titled “Lost working days”Sum of working days lost due to accidents (excluding incidents). Gives an idea of the impact in terms of working time.
Days without accidents
Section titled “Days without accidents”Number of days elapsed since the most recent accident until today, excluding incidents and relapses. The higher the number, the longer the period without accidents.
Charts
Section titled “Charts”Investigations by month and year
Section titled “Investigations by month and year”Time evolution chart showing, month by month, how many investigations have been recorded. It distinguishes four series:
- Accidents and accumulated accidents (investigations that are not incidents).
- Incidents and accumulated incidents.
The monthly series reflect what happened in each month; the accumulated series add up from the start of the period. The vertical axis indicates the number of investigations. Allows detection of trends and accident peaks over time.
Accidents by type
Section titled “Accidents by type”Tree map that distributes investigations according to their type of accident, excluding relapses. The larger the rectangle, the more investigations of that type. Useful for quickly seeing which accident types predominate.
Investigations by status
Section titled “Investigations by status”Ring chart that divides investigations between ongoing and closed. Allows you to see how much investigation workload remains open versus resolved.
Table: Investigations by centre
Section titled “Table: Investigations by centre”Lists the workplaces with the number of investigations for each.
| Column | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Centre | The name of the workplace. |
| Investigations | Number of accident investigations at the centre (count of unique investigations). |
The table is interactive: you can select one or more rows to narrow the rest of the dashboard to those centres.
Frequently asked questions
Section titled “Frequently asked questions”What is the difference between an accident and an incident?
An accident is an event causing injury to a person; an incident is an event that did not cause injury but could have. The type of accident for each investigation determines which group it belongs to.
Why don’t the sums of the cards add up?
Because each card counts different things with different filters: some exclude incidents, others exclude relapses, and others only count accidents with sick leave. They are not components of the same total.
Why does a closed accident with delay still count?
The dashboard counts investigations by their accident date and type, regardless of when they were closed. The status (ongoing / closed) is only used in the corresponding ring chart.
Do cancelled investigations appear?
In the status chart, cancelled investigations are grouped with closed ones. Deleted investigations, however, are not counted.
Why don’t my figures match those of a colleague?
The dashboard applies each user’s scope permissions: only investigations from companies, centres or sections you have access to are included. Two users with different permissions will see different figures.
Does an investigation with multiple causes count multiple times?
No. Although an investigation may internally have several causes or associated tags, all dashboard counts count unique investigations, so each one counts only once.