There is much to be done if jobs around the world are to be safe and this review will shape what we do as a Foundation.
Director of Research, Lloyd’s Register Foundation
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09 Jan 2019
Our Foresight Review on global safety evidence explores the current data we have, how those data sets are used and what the trends and challenges are for the future evidence base for safety.
At an individual level, nothing is more important or emotive than our safety; our ability to keep ourselves and our loved ones well and out of harm’s way. We need good data and intelligence on what causes harm – at a global, national, industry, community and individual level – to learn from safety failures and improve in the future. Excellent data is essential; each safety failure is an opportunity to know more to prevent future harm.
The Foundation’s latest Foresight Review addresses a subject close to our heart. Lloyd’s Register’s origins lie in the publication of global safety evidence. The Register of Ships was a trusted source of public information, informing stakeholders’ decisions. More than 260 years later we live in a global data age. Yet despite advances in data collection, reporting and analysis, there are still large knowledge gaps, especially in the poorest parts of the world. Improved data is required to make better decisions and target resources where they are most needed. Coupled with data gaps is a changing world: supply chains are increasingly complex, workers move between sectors and countries, and technology enables fresh ways of working. Different approaches in capturing safety data have strengths and weaknesses, with innovative data collection methods and analytical techniques offering new opportunities for safety and risk insights to help us understand, monitor and prevent harm.
There is much to be done if jobs around the world are to be safe and this review will shape what we do as a Foundation.
Director of Research, Lloyd’s Register Foundation
Beyond the complex and varied data landscape, our Foresight Review reveals wider considerations. Industries need to factor in the changing way in which decisions are made and the needs of the community for predictive indicators to prevent harm and not just record it. Our research also challenges the very definition of safety data and whether this should be more closely aligned to people’s health as the understanding of safety matures. Alongside tackling safety issues right now, there is a new opportunity to be more predictive, preventing potential problems happening later down the line.
The Foresight Review on global safety evidence was a partnership between the Foundation and the UK’s Health & Safety Executive (HSE), being led by Professor Andrew Curran, Chief Scientific Adviser and Director of Research at HSE. It draws on an international range of experts from many sectors and with different perspectives through interviews and desk studies.
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