Performance/results

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?

Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher became chief executive of IOSH on 1 August. She spoke to IOSH magazine about her plans and priorities to take IOSH forward.

An international research project is developing human-centred safety performance indicators that could be used to improve safety across different industries. 

Malcolm Staves, corporate health and safety director at L’Oréal, on building and maintaining an all-encompassing safety culture across the giant multinational’s sites.

Then we’ll begin… Storytelling is a powerful tool for businesses, especially in health and safety. How can professionals use it wisely?

Following the implementation of The Sentencing Council's Health and Safety Offences, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety & Hygiene Offences Definitive Guideline, on 1 February 2016, the average fine handed out by courts increased from just over £54,000 in 2015-16, the year before the guidelines were introduced, to over £150,000 in 2018-19.

Ex-England cricketer offers advice to help people keep motivated during these challenging times.

Join IOSH's very own Duncan Spencer, head of policy and advice, along with Aaron Davis from Intelex Technologies ULC to learn more about how continued advancements in connected safety and connected worker technologies are changing how we manage facets of our HSE management programmes.

Dr Dominic Cooper CFIOSH argues that the ideological new take on Safety Differently raises questions.

The safety culture at Kazakhstan’s national railway hadn’t moved on from its time under Soviet control. But in the last year, new HSE director Askhat Sariyev has started to change processes, practices and – most importantly – mindsets.