The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its 2025 Annual Science Review, showcasing the work it has delivered in support of the five strategic objectives outlined in its 10-year strategy ‘Protecting People and Places’.
The 2025 review features more than 20 case studies from HSE’s science division demonstrating how HSE’s scientists, engineers, physicians and analysts use their expertise, knowledge and capability to make a positive impact on the working world and our environment more widely.
Case studies in this review include:
- When welding goes wrong: gathering evidence demonstrating how shortcomings of welding have contributed to high consequence incidents, and identifying priority areas to help industry improve.
- Experiments testing standards to which liquid hydrogen tanks are built, providing assurance that the infrastructure used for liquid hydrogen (in aircraft and other uses) is safe.
- Reducing musculoskeletal disorders: identifying the highest risk tasks and trades in construction allowing for targeted interventions to reduce musculoskeletal disorders.
- Expert engineering materials guides for the Building Safety Regulator
The review highlights the range of research that HSE scientists are working on, from the safe introduction of hydrogen technologies and supporting the UK target to achieve net zero emissions, to assessing the evidence for safe levels of exposure to various toxicological hazards.
Professor Andrew Curran, Director of Science, Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of GSE Profession, said: “I’m proud of the important, innovative work that the scientists, engineers and analysts carry out, providing the evidence base to help deliver our strategy. The science review provides interesting examples of their important work as well as introducing you to some of the excellent people from around our organisation we are privileged to work with.”
The 2025 Annual Science Review is available for download from HSE’s science and research website.
More can be found out about the case studies on HSE’s YouTube Channel.ReplyReply AllForwardEdit as new