What Is TRIR?
The Metric Every Owner Asks For
Your owner asks "What's our TRIR?" You open a spreadsheet that hasn't been updated in 3 months. You guess. You're wrong by 40%. That conversation just cost you credibility — and maybe your next contract.
Total Recordable Incident Rate measures how many OSHA-recordable injuries occur per 200,000 hours worked. It is the single most-requested safety metric in construction prequalification.
How TRIR Is Calculated — 3 Steps
TRIR distills your entire safety performance into a single number. Understanding how it works is the first step to improving it.
Classify Each Incident by Severity
Not all injuries are equal in the eyes of OSHA. A band-aid is first aid (not recordable). Stitches are medical treatment (recordable). Missing work is lost-time (recordable). POD auto-classifies every reported incident into the correct OSHA category.
Calculate: (Recordable x 200,000) / Hours
The TRIR formula normalizes your incident count against hours worked. The 200,000 constant represents 100 workers at 2,000 hours each. This lets you compare a 50-person crew to a 5,000-person operation on equal terms.
Benchmark Against Industry Average
A TRIR of 2.8 is average for construction. Below 2.0 is good. Below 1.0 is excellent. POD compares your rate against BLS industry data and flags when you approach owner-specified disqualification thresholds.
The OSHA Incident Pyramid
Every safety event falls on a severity spectrum. Only incidents above the recordable line count toward your TRIR. But the events below it — near-misses and first aid — are your leading indicators.
How POD Tracks Your TRIR Automatically
Stop maintaining spreadsheets. POD classifies every incident and calculates your rate in real time from daily field data.
Auto-Classification by Severity
Every incident reported through daily voice reports is automatically classified into OSHA categories — fatality, lost-time, restricted duty, medical treatment, or first aid. No manual log maintenance. No misclassifications.
Real-Time TRIR Dashboard
Your TRIR updates instantly as incidents are reported and hours are logged. Watch your rate move in real time instead of discovering it quarterly when it's too late to course-correct.
Industry Benchmark Comparison
POD compares your TRIR against BLS construction averages and owner-specified thresholds. You know exactly where you stand relative to your competitors and your prequalification requirements.
Trend Analysis & Forecasting
POD tracks your TRIR trajectory over rolling 12-month periods. See whether your rate is trending up or down and forecast where it will be at year-end based on current incident patterns.
TRIR Tracking — Every Incident Auto-Classified by Severity
These KPIs auto-populate from daily field reports. Every incident is classified, every hour is tracked, every rate is calculated — automatically.
Lost Time Incident Rate
Fatalities
TRIR Intelligence Features
OSHA Incident Pyramid
Visualize your safety profile across all severity levels — from near-misses at the base to fatalities at the apex. See leading indicators before lagging ones appear.
Threshold Alerts
Set owner and client TRIR thresholds. POD alerts you when your rate approaches disqualification levels, giving you time to intervene.
OSHA 300 Log Auto-Population
Every recordable incident flows into a structured OSHA 300 log format automatically. Year-end 300A summaries compile themselves.
Hours Worked Tracking
TRIR depends on accurate hours. POD calculates hours from daily crew counts and shift lengths reported in voice reports — no timecard reconciliation needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Know Your TRIR. In Real Time. Every Day.
POD automatically classifies every incident by severity, tracks hours worked from daily reports, and calculates your TRIR in real time. No spreadsheets. No guessing.