FR2: An OSD Management and Analysis Tool

The Force Risk Reduction (FR2) tool was directed by the Secretary of Defense and is managed by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)),
Force Safety and Occupational Health (FSOH), which is under the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness.

 

 

What is FR2?

 

 

 

The FR2 management tool is a DoD enterprise-level, data warehousing, monitoring, and analysis tool that integrates related information in a central location for a more comprehensive and integrated representation of total Force safety landscape. FR2 information assists DoD organizations evaluate trends and identify areas to reduce risks inherent in daily operations, thereby minimizing unexpected and unintentional negative consequences that harm personnel, damage equipment, and erode readiness/operational capacity.

The system allows the Department to identify gaps in information and reporting systems by integrating data from many different sources. FR2 retrieves information from more than 400 million records across 13 different data sets (see FAQs) supplying 10+ years of historical data for trending analysis. FR2 dashboards and reports display this data by Service, Installation, Major Organization, and Department with the ability to drill into the details that comprise the fatalities, injuries, mishaps, civilian lost time, costs, and rate denominators.

FR2 currently consumes and integrates data for Military Injuries, Civilian Lost Time, Civilian Workers' Compensation Claims, Casualty Notifications, Air Evacuations, Population Strength (for Active Duty, Reserve, Guard, Civilian, and Cadet), Population FTE (for the overall military, Reserve, Guard, and Civilian), Deployments, Department Costs, as well as Service fatalities and mishaps tracked by the Service Safety Centers. FR2 mishap data is based on the standard mishap data elements (MDE) defined in the DoDI 6055.07.

FR2 is a web-based, management and analysis tool with a Tableau frontend and a SQL Server database backend. The Tableau site is comprised of easy to use dashboards and reports including a Strategic Dashboard, which integrates and centralizes key metrics for evaluating and trending data, asking the right questions, and promoting data-informed decisions. These dashboards and reports are designed to allow leaders to target risks, losses, and costs, and provide information to assist them in maximizing Force Readiness and wellness. The SQL Server backend contains reporting structures optimized for slicing and dicing data, as well as drill-through capability down to detailed data records.

FR2 features:
  • A centralized web-based portal that provides DoD leaders and safety professionals a comprehensive view into multiple data sources to understand the safety landscape and monitor personnel high-risk areas

  • Department and Service level views of mishaps (fatalities and injuries) to track trends and display key metrics for measuring progress and targeting areas for improvement

  • Integration of Civilian Pay and Personnel data with workers' compensation claims to give users insight into the causes for lost time cases across DoD installations, major organizations, occupations, units, and other complementary attributes

  • Full-time equivalent (FTE) military service population estimates (monthly & annual) for rate calculations

  • Comprehensive roll-ups of all military injury treatment claims data from military & non-military facilities to create cases related to one injury, allowing for accurate counts of incidents vs number of visits or individual items billed (reduces over-counting).

  • Military medical treatment claims include treatment costs, causes (when provided), ICD-10 codes, occupation, medical treatment facility where treated, etc.

  • DoD standard mishap data elements (MDE) that establish a common language for reporting and evaluating mishaps across and between the Military Services and DoD Components 

  • Drill down and drill across capability within all data sets to assist with high-level analysis

  • A scalable platform that can consume and integrate additional datasets as needed

 

 

Safety Management Center of Excellence (SMCX)

 

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DoD Safety Management Systems (SMS) include but are not limited to programs such as OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) and Army Strong Star, as well as other Service SMS programs.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense resources and oversees the Safety Management Center of Excellence (SMCX) to assist DoD installations in doing baseline assessments, identifying compliance gaps, developing training programs, coordinating with employee representatives, and preparing materials for program recognition, such as VPP Star.

The assessments are a means for DoD to expand the Service's #1 safety priority, which is a safety management system.


SMCX Tools and Resources

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SMS is an integrated framework and comprehensive approach to DoD safety and occupational health systems management to improve safety program performance at DoD installations.

The DoD Instruction for Safety and Occupational Health (SOH) (DoDI 6055.01) requires DoD Components to institute SOH management systems that address all management levels.


The SMCX developed electronic self-help tools such as the e-SMS tool for DoD installations to assist them in their pursuit of SMS and VPP Star recognition. The e-SMS tool is in use at sites receiving support from the SMCX, with over 5,400 individual tool users. The tool is available by registering at: https://sms.smscx.org.

 

To request an FR2 Orientation:
Contact Details

Email:   FR2.Support@ctc.com
 

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