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I have been asked a question and am wondering if the forum can help please?
Although I am aware that training in isolation is unlikely to do so, has anyone got conclusive personal evidence that the introduction of health and safety training had a significant short and/or long-term effect on their incident rate?
Regards
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Sheman
Excellent question but I would be surprised if anyone did have any conclusive evidence of a correlation between training and incidence rate. A SME might be more useful in this respect. Due to the many inputs in health and safety it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to identify such a trend in a large organisation. There is also no doubt that training is a key for staff in the reduction of accidents and incidents. However, it does beg the question - what type of training and to whom?
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Thanks RayRapp. It is quite possible that an SME may have the proof I request as they are possibly more likely to implement safety training in isolation (possibly following advice from a consultant?). In answer to your comment, the question was posed (not surprisingly) with specific reference to gaining funding to deliver IOSH Managing Safely level courses to line managers.
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In that case it may be more beneficial investigating anecdotal evidence, there is plenty available on the HSE website and others, plus it is a legal duty on employers to provide training for employees as per HSWA.
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Good luck!!!!!!
Without sounding too cynical or unhelpful, I wouldn't spend too much time searching for that one. I would be impressed if anyone could provide the necessary evidence to demonstrate that one could be directly correlated to the other and that some other factor(s) weren't involved.
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or that it wasn't simply a statistical aberration?
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Some interesting comments and thanks for your time.
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