Welcome to Season 6 and the 127th episode of the podcast show HOP Into Action.

Today is part one of a two-part series with Ben Hutchinson. Ben is not only a seasoned senior health and safety leader, but he also has a deep interest in safety research.

Ben operates the site safetyinsights.org and is the host of Safe As podcast, where he posts and talks about safety research summaries in a way that is relatable for others to learn from.

Ben explains his motivation for posting academic research online: the frustration that valuable safety research is often locked behind paywalls, making it inaccessible to the practitioners who need it to improve their work. And he stresses the importance of cultivating curiosity among safety practitioners regarding the existing body of knowledge.