Accident reduction

As gig working becomes more commonplace, how can OSH professionals ensure that safety standards are maintained for every worker in their care?

While it is a phrase familiar to many, for OSH professionals it is a fundamentally flawed concept. We explore why – and find out how to ensure evidence-based approaches are used.

Using predictive analytics can arm OSH professionals with a powerful tool to expose critical risks and, potentially, avert future fatalities and injuries.

The dangerous levels of fatigue in the TV and Film industry have broader lessons for OSH professionals.

User guide to your brain

Researchers from Loughborough University examine good OSH practice at Balfour Beatty’s Woolwich station site, part of London’s Crossrail project.

Even robust data-gathering systems can be subject to sampling bias or other margins of error – while interpretation can add a second layer of distortion. So how secure are the available OSH statistics, and the decisions resting on them?

Supermarket chain W.M. Morrison PLC has pleaded not guilty to four health and safety charges following the death of one of its workers in 2014.

The athletes’ village sits at the heart of every global sporting event. But building these temporary cities against the clock requires a robust OSH culture.

We look at key cases involving practical jokes at work, and offer tips on how to prevent horseplay.