WOLVERHAMPTON, UK, July 14, 2026 – Health, safety, security and environmental (HSSE) reporting platform jobsafe is encouraging construction companies to equip every site worker with its mobile incident reporting app, arguing that capturing accurate information at the moment an incident occurs can significantly reduce the time, cost and complexity of health and safety investigations.
According to jobsafe, the quality and timing of incident reporting often has a greater impact on the overall cost of an investigation than the incident itself, particularly when records are incomplete or created long after the event.
Construction remains one of the sectors most heavily scrutinised by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The regulator’s latest annual statistics recorded 25 fatalities among construction workers in Great Britain during 2025/26, the highest total of any industry despite falling from 35 the previous year. Around half of those deaths resulted from falls from height. Over the three years to March 2025, approximately 50,000 construction workers also reported non-fatal injuries, with injury rates remaining well above the average across all industries. Almost one-third of those incidents resulted in absences lasting more than a week.
Wendy Dalton, CEO of jobsafe, said: “These figures are alarming, but they don’t tell the full story. On many construction sites, incidents and near misses are still documented hours or even days later using handwritten notes or people’s memories. By the time an HSE inspector, insurer or solicitor needs a detailed account of what happened, teams are often trying to piece events together rather than referring to an accurate record. That uncertainty is exactly what extends investigations, increases disputes and drives up costs.
“If HSE identifies what it classifies as a material breach, businesses become liable for the regulator’s Fee for Intervention charges. Inspector time is currently billed at £188 per hour, with invoices continuing for as long as the investigation remains active.”
jobsafe says investigations lasting only a few weeks can generate costs running into tens of thousands of pounds before any financial penalties are imposed. Recent HSE prosecutions have resulted in fines ranging from £50,000 following a fall through an unglazed window to £800,000 after an apprentice suffered injuries in a stairwell collapse. Cases involving fatalities or life-changing injuries can take between 18 months and five years to reach court, while legal expenses and civil compensation claims continue alongside enforcement action. Compensation settlements alone can often reach six-figure sums where serious long-term injuries are involved.
The jobsafe platform has been developed to eliminate delays in incident reporting. Workers can submit incident or near-miss reports directly from their smartphones as events unfold, automatically capturing timestamps, GPS location data and photographic evidence instead of relying on retrospective accounts. Each report follows a structured Record, Resolve, Prevent process, enabling incidents to be tracked from initial submission through investigation and resolution. Managers also benefit from site and depot dashboards that provide real-time visibility of emerging trends across multiple locations.
Wendy Dalton added: “The common thread in almost every difficult investigation is uncertainty over exactly what happened, when it happened and where it happened. That isn’t simply a compliance issue. It’s a data issue. Giving every worker access to jobsafe means the evidence exists from the moment the incident occurs. That can make the difference between presenting investigators with a reliable record or relying on guesswork.”
Harrison Stanford, CTO of jobsafe, said: “From a technology perspective, the real advantage comes from capturing information immediately rather than retrospectively. A photograph with GPS coordinates and a timestamp recorded at the time of the incident carries significantly greater evidential value than a written statement produced days later. We designed jobsafe so that creating a contemporaneous record becomes the default, not something that depends on memory or administrative follow-up.”
The platform enables workers to submit time-stamped, GPS-tagged incident and near-miss reports from any smartphone in less than a minute. Photographs and video can be attached while still at the scene, ensuring evidence is preserved as events unfold.
Its Record, Resolve, Prevent workflow tracks every report through investigation and close-out, while site and depot dashboards provide managers with live oversight across every location. Together, these features create a comprehensive audit trail that is ready to support HSE investigations, RIDDOR reporting, insurance claims or legal proceedings whenever required.
jobsafe is available for both iOS and Android, with licences starting from £3 per user. The platform also includes incident resolution tools and its Sites & Depots reporting functionality, giving construction businesses a single real-time view of health and safety performance across all their operations. Organisations interested in implementing jobsafe can find further information at jobsafe.cloud or by calling 0333 8000 883.
