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AI and predictive safety tools 🧰are useless without good data. But if frontline workers think tech is meant to monitor or penalise them, they won’t use it.

As HSI CEO Jose Arcilla notes, success requires a "human-led, AI-accelerated" approach. Involve staff in co-design, prioritise simplicity, and build trust first. 🤝🙏

👉Read the full piece here: https://ow.ly/wwNa50Zl7Qc

⚛️ Is Over-Regulation the Real Nuclear Risk?

As AI drives unprecedented demand for 24/7 power, nuclear is the ultimate clean energy powerhouse hope. Yet the primary barrier to rollout isn't public pushback - it's a culture of hyper-regulation.

As we explore with Kelvin Williams, occupational hygienist at Hinkley Point C, extreme compliance pressure can trigger dangerous human factors risks such as over-engineering: zero-tolerance specifications that expose workers to conventional hazards like silica dust.
At the same time nuclear energy's so-called 'culture of extreme risk aversion' can't be laid at the regulator's door, says Kevin Bampton of BOHS.

We ask whether a fundamental reset of how we define and tolerate risk in nuclear is required. Or if there's more complexity at play:

👉 Read the full article here: https://ow.ly/ycys50ZkYNe

📰 Expert reaction in the Sunday Express from Ian Cooke:

"Strict containment, effective cleaning and ventilation along with robust emergency procedures are fundamental controls in any high-security laboratory handling infectious agents or hazardous chemicals...High-hazard laboratory environments depend not only on technical controls, but also on consistent behaviours, transparent reporting and a strong commitment to continuous improvement."

https://ow.ly/x99Z50ZkGOG

🎙️NEW podcast episode available now! 🌟

"Upstreaming health - the slow-burn crisis hiding in plain sight"

Joining Dr Shaun Davis on this episode is British Safety Council’s Education & Membership Director, Dr. Julie Riggs DProf CFIOSH.

💸Shaun and Julie discuss upstreaming health and what she describes as the "slow-burn crisis hiding in plain sight" - the blind spots we have to worsening health outcomes - which are costing society and our economy £150 billion a year.

⚖️ Julie identifies the differences between feeling ‘normal’ and ‘healthy’
🤒 explains the importance of not normalising illness
🤏 discusses the small behaviour changes we can make to influence our own everyday health
🫶 and pinpoints where employers can help by providing employees better, healthier, environments.

If you want to understand more fully why prevention is better than the cure, this episode is for you.

https://ow.ly/sIe550Zky1H

If we willingly track our sleep and heart rates at home, are we ready for AI to do it at work?

Dr. Julie Riggs warns that while smart tech can predict risks like fatigue 💤, it cannot understand human context. Safety professionals must step up as algorithmic auditors - ensuring data supports employee wellbeing 🩵 rather than driving invasive surveillance. ⌚
👉Read Julie's piece here: https://ow.ly/x5hC50ZjBv4

✅ As a trusted advisor and critical friend, our work is undertaken without fear or favour. We know that challenging poor practice and addressing uncomfortable truths is at the heart of keeping workers safe around the globe.

🗣️ We continue to give underrepresented groups a platform to raise tough issues through Safety Management, our events and our media commentary that reach tens of millions globally.

🔗 Read more in our latest Impact Report https://ow.ly/aFHB50ZjGJB

On Wednesday 8 July, our Audit, Consultancy and Culture Change Director, Ian Cooke, will be leading an interactive Virtual Knowledge Exchange exploring how organisations can move from reactive health and safety management to a more proactive, best-practice approach to risk.

If you're looking to challenge your current approach and learn from peers across the industry, we'd love to have you join us.

💻From Reactive to Best Practice: A Smarter Approach to Risk
📅 Wednesday 8 July | 10:00 AM BST

Register here: https://ow.ly/uSWr50ZjzWa

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