{"id":12662,"date":"2026-09-04T13:07:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/?p=12662"},"modified":"2026-09-04T14:12:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:12:03","slug":"how-can-uk-industrials-durably-reduce-their-workplace-accident-frequency-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/en\/blog-en\/how-can-uk-industrials-durably-reduce-their-workplace-accident-frequency-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"How can UK industrials durably reduce their workplace accident frequency rate?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12662\" class=\"elementor elementor-12662 elementor-12661\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc5133e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fc5133e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91e4371 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91e4371\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The accident frequency rate is one of the first indicators reviewed in industrial board meetings across the UK. Reducing it is demanded every year, often narrowed down to a headline target backed by a one-off action plan. The reality on the ground tells a different story: this rate only falls durably once it stops being managed as an isolated performance metric and becomes the symptom of a safety culture built over time. This article looks at what the most recent data shows, at the structural causes too often overlooked, and at the levers that let industrial organisations bring this rate down without settling for a one-off announcement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-949fe4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"949fe4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>A frequency rate that falls without a change in culture is not a win: it is a reprieve.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc42f56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc42f56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why does the workplace accident frequency rate stay under pressure in UK industry ?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b5c4c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b5c4c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The frequency rate relates the number of lost-time accidents to the number of hours worked, multiplied by a million. It is the reference indicator for comparing a site to its sector, and for checking, year after year, whether prevention efforts are producing a measurable effect.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>Health and Safety Executive<\/strong> (HSE), in its official 2024\/25 statistics, records <strong>680,000 self-reported non-fatal workplace injuries<\/strong> and <strong>59,219 injuries reported by employers under RIDDOR<\/strong>. That gap between what workers report and what employers formally record illustrates a reality HSE managers know well: a national picture that looks broadly stable can mask considerable differences between sectors and sites, and says nothing about how sustainable current working conditions actually are.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In heavy industry, energy, chemicals and manufacturing, pressure remains structurally higher than the national average: co-activity, subcontracting, production rates, exposure to machinery and hazardous substances. It is precisely in these sectors that C2D Prevention gets involved, through an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/en\/safety-coaching-support\/assessment\/\">assessment<\/a> that objectively maps out, before any corrective action, where a site&#8217;s risks really lie, rather than starting from generic assumptions.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This demand for measurable transparency also sits within a legal framework that keeps tightening: under the <strong>Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974<\/strong>, employers carry a general duty to ensure the safety of their workforce <strong>so far as is reasonably practicable<\/strong>, enforceable through HSE inspection, improvement and prohibition notices, and criminal prosecution in the most serious cases. The central message C2D Prevention brings to its industrial clients has always been the same: safety is not only technical, it is organisational and managerial.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae8a08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ae8a08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What causes keep recurring on the ground, beyond the headline numbers ?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-377f996 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"377f996\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/men-warehouse-working-1512x1080.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12678\" alt=\"Two warehouse workers wearing face masks and yellow safety vests reviewing data on a laptop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/men-warehouse-working-1512x1080.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/men-warehouse-working-1080x771.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/men-warehouse-working.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-732ee9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"732ee9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audits carried out on industrial sites across Europe consistently surface the same patterns, rarely linked to a lack of protective equipment. The organisations concerned generally have solid written procedures. What is missing is the consistency between what is written and what actually happens on the shop floor once production pressure increases.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gradual normalisation of deviance is the most common example: a procedure bypassed once, with no incident to show for it, quietly becomes an accepted practice. New starters, often over-represented in accident statistics, inherit this informal practice before they have even absorbed the official version of the rules. Frontline management, when itself caught between production targets that contradict safety targets, sends mixed signals that shape team behaviour far more than any prevention poster.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On top of this sits a structural weakness in reporting: near misses and dangerous situations are rarely flagged, not out of bad faith, but because the organisation has never built a reporting channel that is simple, fast and free of blame. Without this material, action plans get built on reported accidents alone \u2014 in other words, on the visible tip of a much larger problem.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0e773a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0e773a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are the real consequences when the frequency rate does not fall durably ?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de2f3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6de2f3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSE&#8217;s official cost model puts the <strong>total annual cost of workplace injury and new cases of ill health at \u00a322.9 billion<\/strong>(2023\/24 reference year), of which \u00a36.5 billion relates specifically to injury, equivalent to a <strong>unit cost of around \u00a310,000 per injury case<\/strong>. But that figure only reflects part of the real bill: HSE&#8217;s own &#8220;iceberg&#8221; model estimates that for every \u00a31 an employer recovers from insurers after an accident, a further <strong>\u00a38 to \u00a336 of uninsured losses<\/strong> go unrecovered \u2014 investigation time, retraining, production disruption, and reputational damage.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On top of these costs sit effects that are harder to quantify immediately but just as real for an industrial leadership team: higher Employers&#8217; Liability insurance premiums, greater exposure in the event of an HSE investigation or prosecution, growing difficulty recruiting and retaining staff in trades already under pressure, and weaker internal trust in management. A frequency rate that stagnates always ends up showing up somewhere other than the safety statistics.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to know exactly where the risks lie on your site before investing in a new action plan? C2D Prevention runs an on-the-ground assessment that separates the real causes from the visible symptoms. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/en\/contact\/\">Contact C2D Prevention<\/a> to discuss it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0d6755 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a0d6755\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What concrete solutions durably reduce the frequency rate ?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba659a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba659a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Which levers should be activated first on the ground ?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-096e996 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"096e996\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durably reducing a frequency rate means moving beyond the logic of the one-off action plan. Three levers consistently show up in organisations that achieve stable results: making near-miss reporting reliable, training teams and management on the behaviours actually observed on the ground rather than on theoretical procedures alone, and embedding short but regular safety rituals, driven by frontline management rather than imposed from head office. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/en\/the-cap-method\/\">CAP Method<\/a> developed by C2D Prevention structures precisely these three dimensions into a progressive programme, adapted to each site&#8217;s own pace.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42b87ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42b87ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What role does frontline management play in this shift ?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7deafc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7deafc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First-line management remains the single most decisive factor in actually reducing accident rates, ahead of even the technical measures in place. A team leader trained to spot weak signals, to reframe a safety instruction without wielding it as a punishment, and to escalate a dangerous situation without fear of reprisal, changes their team&#8217;s behaviour within a matter of weeks. That is why C2D Prevention&#8217;s interventions systematically include a manager coaching component, drawing on neuroscience-informed approaches to behaviour change.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d96c0cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d96c0cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How does C2D Prevention support this transformation ?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dc8a47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0dc8a47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C2D Prevention works with industrial leadership teams through a combination of support, coaching, Qualiopi-certified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/en\/training\/\">training<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/en\/workshops-3\/\">Safety Day workshops<\/a> designed to embed shared safety reflexes across every level of a site&#8217;s hierarchy in a single day. The multidisciplinary team, made up of coaches, trainers, organisational psychologists and employment-law specialists, addresses the human, managerial and regulatory dimensions of accident prevention together, rather than limiting itself to a conventional technical audit.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c8b5a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c8b5a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What does this actually change on the ground, beyond the headline number?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ded5230 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ded5230\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At a chemical industry site supported by C2D Prevention, structuring a twelve-month CAP Method programme first produced a rise in the number of reported dangerous situations, before any fall in the frequency rate. That shift, counter-intuitive for a leadership team keen to show a result quickly, is in fact the first reliable sign of a genuine culture change: teams report because they trust the reporting channel, not only once an accident has already happened.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is exactly the kind of trajectory \u2014 where the number improves after the culture, not before it \u2014 that C2D Prevention looks for in every engagement. A frequency rate that falls without any underlying change on the ground remains fragile and creeps back up the moment attention lapses; a frequency rate that falls because teams themselves carry day-to-day vigilance holds over time, including during periods of high activity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-643d2bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"643d2bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e64a4e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e64a4e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durably reducing the workplace accident frequency rate is not decided in a quarterly dashboard review. It is built in the everyday consistency between what an organisation writes down, what its management models, and what teams actually experience on the ground. The available data confirms this: beyond its human cost, a stagnant accident record weighs on productivity, on profitability, and on an industrial site&#8217;s attractiveness as an employer. Organisations that manage to durably reverse the trend are those that accept treating accident prevention as a matter of culture, with the time and resources that requires.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to get this moving on your site? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/en\/contact\/\">Get in touch with C2D Prevention<\/a> to build, with your teams, an action plan grounded in what is actually happening on the ground rather than in statistics alone.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd352e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd352e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FAQ<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11f9883 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11f9883\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is the workplace accident frequency rate ?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98fc11f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98fc11f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The accident frequency rate measures the number of lost-time accidents recorded over a period, related to the number of hours worked and multiplied by a million. It is the reference indicator industrial businesses use to compare their own accident record to their sector, and to track prevention performance from one year to the next.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4088b4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4088b4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How is the accident frequency rate calculated ?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3acff5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3acff5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The calculation relates the number of lost-time workplace accidents over a given period to the total number of hours worked by the whole workforce, then multiplies the result by a million. This standardised formula allows sites or companies of different sizes to be compared on a common basis.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6b6fdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b6b6fdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What counts as a good frequency rate in industry ?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-969fead elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"969fead\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no universal threshold: the reference frequency rate varies significantly by sector, site size and level of co-activity. The most useful comparison remains how a given site&#8217;s own rate evolves over time, set against its sector average as published in official HSE statistics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2662894 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2662894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How much does a workplace accident really cost a business ?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce18664 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce18664\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSE puts the unit cost of a workplace injury case at around \u00a310,000 on average. But that figure only captures part of the real bill: HSE&#8217;s own &#8220;iceberg&#8221; model estimates \u00a38 to \u00a336 of uninsured losses for every \u00a31 an employer recovers from insurers, covering investigation time, production disruption, retraining and reputational damage.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55c6269 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55c6269\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How long does it take to durably reduce a frequency rate ?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffbfba3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffbfba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no standard timeline, but organisations supported by C2D Prevention typically see a significant shift over twelve to eighteen months, when the work focuses on safety culture \u2014 reporting, frontline management, on-the-ground rituals \u2014 rather than a one-off action plan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-742bab8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"742bab8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Key takeaways<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bf0c62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3bf0c62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The workplace accident frequency rate remains, in 2026, an indicator under pressure in UK industry, even where the national picture looks broadly stable, since it masks significant sector-level disparities. The root causes lie less in equipment than in the gap between written procedures and what actually happens on the ground, often sustained by management caught between production and safety targets. A stagnant accident record measurably weighs on productivity and profitability, well beyond the direct cost of any single accident. Durably reducing this rate means rebuilding trust in the reporting of dangerous situations and embedding reflexes driven by frontline management, rather than stacking up one-off action plans.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4665b21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4665b21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Further reading<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550800b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"550800b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/en\/blog-en\/why-behavior-based-safety-bbs-is-the-key-to-reducing-workplace-accidents\/\">Why Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) Is the Key to Reducing Workplace Accidents<\/a> \u2014 further insight into the behavioural approach to safety.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/en\/blog-en\/bbs-behavior-based-safety-a-proven-method-for-effective-prevention-and-a-100-safety-culture\/\">BBS (Behavior-Based Safety): A Proven Method for Effective Prevention and a 100% Safety Culture<\/a> \u2014 to go further on the behavioural levers covered in this article.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/en\/blog-en\/safety-day-how-to-make-your-companys-safety-day-a-success\/\">Safety Day: How to Make Your Company&#8217;s Safety Day a Success?<\/a> \u2014 more detail on the workshops referenced in the solutions section.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73fe554 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73fe554\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">See also<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd769de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd769de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/en\/the-cap-method\/\">The CAP Method<\/a> \u2014 C2D Prevention&#8217;s structured programme for embedding a lasting safety culture.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/en\/workshops-3\/\">Safety Day workshops<\/a> \u2014 an immersive day to mobilise every level of a site&#8217;s hierarchy.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/en\/safety-coaching-support\/\">Safety support and coaching<\/a> \u2014 C2D Prevention&#8217;s tailored modules for leadership teams, managers and HSE.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03eeccb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"03eeccb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sources<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbaeb10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbaeb10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/statistics\/overview.htm\">Health and Safety Executive \u2014 Key figures for Great Britain 2024 to 2025<\/a>, official HSE statistics (680,000 self-reported injuries, 59,219 RIDDOR-reportable injuries).<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/statistics\/cost.htm\">Health and Safety Executive \u2014 Costs to Britain of workplace injuries and new cases of ill health<\/a>, official HSE cost model (\u00a322.9 billion total cost 2023\/24; \u00a310,000 unit cost per injury case; \u00a38\u2013\u00a336 uninsured cost ratio).<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, general duty of employers to ensure safety so far as is reasonably practicable.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The accident frequency rate is one of the first indicators reviewed in industrial board meetings across the UK. 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