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Reducing Serious Injuries and Fatalities with Evidence-Based Safety

The global occupational safety and health landscape has undergone significant transformation over the past two decades, with newer theories gaining widespread adoption in industry. However, these approaches often promote philosophies rather than evidence-based practices proven to reduce incidents and injuries. Meanwhile, workplace fatalities have increased from 1 million in 1999 to 2.9 million in 2023, according to the International Labor Organization, suggesting that current approaches may be missing the mark on what actually works to prevent harm. This resource bridges the critical knowledge gap by researching specific occupational safety and health topics to identify, assess, and report exclusively on field studies that have demonstrated measurable injury and incident reductions.

This book examines evidence-based safety fundamentals, explores ten core safety topics validated through research and catastrophic event analyses, evaluates contemporary safety theories against their actual performance in reducing incidents, and synthesizes findings to reveal common elements and evidence gaps. Readers will gain access to proven, research-backed approaches that deliver real safety improvements rather than theoretical guidance. Reducing Serious Injuries and Fatalities with Evidence-Based Safety is an invaluable resource for safety practitioners, occupational safety and health professionals, academics teaching safety courses, industry trainers developing safety programs, and organizational leaders tasked with protecting their workforce. The book also contains downloadable material in the form of multiple-choice questions and PowerPoint slides.

An evidence-based approach is the future of safety

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Welcome to BSMS, Thought Leaders in the Psychology of Safety, dedicated to helping domestic and international clients achieve world-class safety performance.

BSMS works with organizations to create and implement customized safety culture solutions, using proven methods developed by industry pioneer Dominic Cooper, Ph.D. Our firm has vast experience with companies in a variety of industries and geographic regions, including projects throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Our goal is to help clients create a culture of safety awareness and accountability so that nobody gets hurt. Doing so can dramatically reduce the number of lost-time and minor injuries, and the associated costs which detract from your bottom-line.

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