Ep 204 - The "Black Box" of Safety: We Know What, But We Don't Know Why

In this #StudyFinds episode of #ProveItPod, we discuss how we are spending billions on safety interventions, but the evidence base backing them is surprisingly thin. We rely on 'Before and After' success stories that might just be statistical luck. If we want to be taken seriously as a scientific discipline, we need to stop accepting anecdotes as data and start demanding to know the mechanism of change.

References:

Dawney, J., Adams, A., Sykes, K., Maistrello, G., & Fahy, N. (2025). Occupational safety and health interventions: The state of the evidence [Technical report]. Lloyd’s Register Foundation Global Safety Evidence Centre. https://www.lrfoundation.org.uk/publications/OSH-evidence-review

American Society of Safety Professionals. (2026). Report explores how EHS professionals & researchers work together to increase safety. Professional Safety.