Incidents, as we define them, are events that either 1) result in damage to people (injuries, etc.) or 2) result in damage or loss to the environment or property. Of course, injuries and fatalities are the worst possible outcome and we all work to prevent them as much as possible. That is always the first focus.
However, we also want to track the amount of money involved in the other types of incidents. These can be a powerful motivator for people to really understand what is happening at all levels in a company, and to realize substantial cost savings.
Many times people do not want to track these as the idea of a higher incident count is not appealing. Lost a ladder at a job-site? 1 more incident this month. Computer equipment stolen from head office? Another one. If someone looks at this and sees a large incident count, then they might draw the wrong conclusions, the thinking goes.
The industry already does a good job of this currently however. The difference is that those incidents are not reportable, whereas classes of injuries are reportable. We are doing our best to educate people on this, as the value of tracking losses can be a great way to have Incident Check pay for itself and more.