{"id":821798,"date":"2025-01-22T05:11:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T11:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/products-safety-watchdog-issues-warning-over-historical-data\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T05:11:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T11:11:35","slug":"products-safety-watchdog-issues-warning-over-historical-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/products-safety-watchdog-issues-warning-over-historical-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Products safety watchdog issues warning over historical data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper_sleeve\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/03\/ibstock-brick-factory.jpg\" alt=\"Ibstock South Holmwood brick factory\"  ><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>A failure to look beyond historical statistics on construction product safety when regulating the market could lead to an \u201caccumulation of deaths\u201d, the government has been warned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A report commissioned by the Office for Product Safety and Standards, published on Monday (20 January), says that relying solely on incident data could produce \u201cunacceptable\u201d outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The study warns that, for \u201csome management teams\u201d, historical information has been \u201cthe only tool used to detect dangerous conditions\u201d. This has been witnessed in the lead up to some major events with multiple fatalities, it adds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The report says: \u201cTest cases confirm that incident data has very limited predictive value in relation to tragic, rare, multiple-fatality events.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the study, \u201ceffective market surveillance by product manufacturers is more likely to identify safety issues than analysis of forensic reports and incident statistics by the regulators\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIncreasing the number of reports of concern could be a powerful route to reduce the lead time to identify the presence of intolerable product risks,\u201d it adds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cRelying on incident data alone will lead to an accumulation of deaths, serious injuries and economic loss that might be considered unacceptable (before regulatory action is prompted).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The study says research on real-life examples illustrates that almost all product recalls in functioning systems start from market surveillance by the manufacturer or reports of concern.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn a functioning system the costs of product issues to economic actors are too high for them not to invest in market surveillance; and the safety culture of the industry is such that professionals feel an ethical obligation to report concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cRegulatory actions can shape and encourage both behaviours.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/building-safety\/products-safety-watchdog-questions-value-of-historical-data-21-01-2025\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Greg Pitcher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A failure to look beyond historical statistics on construction product safety when regulating the market could lead to an \u201caccumulation of deaths\u201d, the government has been warned. A report commissioned by the Office for Product Safety and Standards, published on Monday (20 January), says that relying solely on incident data could produce \u201cunacceptable\u201d outcomes. 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