Reducing Serious Injuries and Fatalities with Evidence-Based Safety

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-28447-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

The global occupational safety and health landscape has undergone significant transformation over the past two decades, with newer theories including Resilience Engineering, Safety Differently, and Human Organizational Performance 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.

Zielgruppe

Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cooper, Dom

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Zuverlässigkeit, Sicherheitstechnik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Arbeitsplatz, Arbeitsschutz, Gefahrstoffschutz

Über Autor(innen)

Dom Cooper is a past Professor of Safety Education and Adjunct Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. An award-winning author, Dr. Cooper started his career in the British military with the Royal Engineers and became an advanced scaffolder on demobilization. Awarded a PhD from The University of Manchester, he helped pioneer the use of behavioral safety in the UK construction industry. His 35-year OSH career has taken him to work in Indonesia, UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Niger, as well as posts in the Andes and on North Sea drilling platforms. His experiences have given him the ability to empathize and interact with the entire workforce, from shop floor to top-tier management, across 25 industries, to help entities achieve world class safety results and verify safety science.