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Learning velocity: the new measure of safety maturity

Safety training has often been delivered on a time-based cycle, such as annual courses and refreshers, but with new hazards and risks emerging at an ever-growing rate, it is essential that employers continuously monitor for changing risks, provide updated training, and check the new knowledge taught is actually making work safer.

By Dr Julie Riggs, British Safety Council on 07 September 2026

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Safety talk: what is your safety system really saying?

We tell workers we want them to speak up when things go wrong, but the words, numbers and models we use in safety management can quietly tell them to stay silent. Choosing our language and symbols with care can rebuild the trust that makes honest conversations about safety possible.

By Grant Tickle, British Safety Council on 08 September 2026

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The Unipart Way: our journey to Zero Harm

Achieving safety excellence involves creating an environment where every single employee feels a genuine sense of ownership – both for the safety of themselves and all their colleagues.

By Kirsty Summerby, Unipart on 08 September 2026

News

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British Safety Council calls on UK Government to ban silica-containing materials

British Safety Council has called on the UK Government to ban the import and export of high silica-containing products within the next five years to protect workers from the risks associated with high-concentration silica-containing materials.

By British Safety Council on 20 August 2026

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Hidden Hazards. Recognise Risks. Protect Lives

By British Safety Council on 01 August 2026

Features

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Why contact with electricity is this year’s leading powered access safety challenge

Electrocutions and electric shocks were the leading cause of reported fatal and major incidents involving powered access equipment worldwide in 2025, so it’s vital that those operating such equipment ensure they have suitable procedures, training and supervision in place to ensure safe work near overhead powerlines and other electrical infrastructure.

By Brian Parker, IPAF on 14 September 2026

Prosecutions

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Company fined £300,000 after surgeons forced to save man’s arm after it is severed by machine

A clinical waste disposal company has been fined £300,000 after a court heard how surgeons had to spend six hours re-attaching a man’s arm after it was severed below the elbow in an unsafe machine.

By Thomas Tevlin on 02 September 2026

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Opinion

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Learning that saves lives

Success can sometimes be a problem. The better we become at preventing incidents, the harder it can be to see what is actually preventing them.

By Mike Robinson, chief executive, British Safety Council on 11 September 2026

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