To further develop understanding of the current and future world of work to ensure that our regulatory approach remains suitable and sufficient, including where our regulatory interests extend beyond preventing harm to workers, e.g. covering assessment of potential adverse impacts of chemicals on the general public, consumers and the environment. To equip ourselves with new insights into the reasons why particular failures in health and safety occur. To develop the existing system of ongoing data collection, analysis, interpretation and result dissemination so that it continues to support HSE’s current priorities and prevention strategies and is flexible enough to adapt to change. To identify health and safety hazards and risks arising from change in the GB workforce and their work.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
To influence organisational and behavioural change in a traditional industrial sector and to develop an innovative, embedded and bottom-up approach to developing a health and safety culture....
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
The project partially answers the question by developing an innovative approach to developing a health and safety culture, but does not fully address alternative regulatory models and interventions.
By the best estimates around 140 people die day every day as result of injuries sustained at work or as a result of illnesses contracted as a direct result of work. That is 50,000 people a year. Millions live with work r...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Liverpool
The project fully answers the question by exploring alternative regulatory models and interventions to improve health and safety outcomes while minimizing regulatory burdens.
Workplace health and safety representative have legal rights to represent the interests and concerns of workers over health and safety, to make representations on potential hazards and dangers and to have contact with he...
Funded by: COVID
Lead research organisation: University of Greenwich
The project partially answers the question by examining the role of health and safety representatives in COVID-19, but does not fully address alternative regulatory models and interventions.