QHSE Insights

How this blog is organised

The archive holds 43 posts across 5 content series, and the series is the category label on each card. 48 earlier posts were merged into other posts and pages, and their old addresses now point to the page that replaced them, so they are not listed. The Industry tab is empty for that reason. A post carries exactly one label, so a piece on an ISO standard can sit under Guide or Regulation depending on whether its main job is to explain the rule or to help someone carry out a task. The tabs above filter by series, the search box looks at titles, summaries and tags, and the figures below always cover the whole archive, whichever tab is open.

What each series is for

Guide

Task-led pieces. They walk through a programme such as lockout/tagout, confined space entry or contractor prequalification, explain how to buy or roll out software, or set out a method such as a double materiality assessment. Start here when there is a job to finish.

Regulation

Pieces built around a named standard or rule, among them ISO 45001 and 45003, ESRS and CSRD, CBAM, OSHA recordkeeping, COMAH, Seveso and GDPR. Compare the date of the rule with the post's update date before relying on a detail.

Best Practice

Measurement and judgement pieces: leading indicators, injury-rate formulas, root cause methods, return-on-investment frameworks and sceptical readings of what AI features in EHS software can do.

Comparison

Reading notes that set two or three products against the same demonstration tasks. Most posts of this kind were merged into pair pages that are rewritten from the product profile records, so look to the comparisons section for the current version of a pair.

Process Safety

Short technical notes for major-hazard sites: pre-startup review, choosing between hazard analysis methods and hot work permits.

Two cautions about reading by series. The tags are free-form and a few mean the same thing in different spellings, so the topic list above is a convenience and not a taxonomy. And 19 post titles name a year, with 21 carrying a 2026 tag: those were written against that year's rules, prices and product versions, which is the first thing to check when a post looks out of date.

How we update posts

A post's published date does not move. When the text or its supporting figures are revised, the “Updated” date on the post changes and the earlier wording is replaced rather than shown beside it. 36 of the 43 posts have been revised after publication and 7 have not; the most recent revision is dated October 2026, and 39 posts were revised in that month. A revision date shows that the file changed. It is not a logged personal check, and, as the methodology states, the editor does not re-check every source each time a page is updated. Where a check has been logged, the page says so with its own date.

Posts that quote prices or counts take them from the same research records as the pricing pages, so a re-measured record changes the figure in the post without anyone retyping it. Everything else, including regulatory dates, is only as current as the update date and the sources the post cites. If a statement is wrong, send the post address, the sentence and a source through the contact form; past corrections are listed in the editorial log, and the corrections policy says what to include.

This index lists 3 posts on life-safety topics that are kept out of search engines until a qualified reviewer has been through them. They are still readable here, and they carry the same revision dates as the rest.