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Near-miss underreporting: why a quiet site is not always a safe one

Fewer near-miss reports don't always mean safer sites. Explore how reporting culture, human factors and better data can help uncover hidden risks.

October 26, 2026

The hidden cost of rail incidents isn't the incident, it's the repeat

The real cost of a rail incident is not the incident itself. COMET’s Paul Hastings highlights what happens when the same underlying conditions go unaddressed in the latest edition of the Rail Freight Group News.

October 21, 2026

The ASOS cyberattack: Why the real risk goes beyond the breach

The ASOS cyberattack highlights why effective investigations must look beyond immediate causes to uncover risks, strengthen safeguards and prevent future failures.

October 20, 2026

COMET features in the Verdantix Green Quadrant: EHS Software (2026)

Verdantix highlights the Intelex and COMET partnership in its 2026 Green Quadrant for EHS software. See where COMET features and download the full report.

October 1, 2026

COMET strengthens North America presence and global delivery with two senior appointments

COMET welcomes Ryan Jones as Senior Partner for North America and Chris Sherwin as Operations Manager to support continued growth across key markets.

August 31, 2026

Is the rail sector ready for AI adoption?

AI adoption in rail is accelerating. But readiness for AI in incident investigation is a different question, and one worth answering honestly before committing.

What would your cumulative investigation data say if it could talk

The patterns behind your most serious incidents are already in your data. COMET AI Assistant's Insight AI finds them in seconds, whatever the question happens to be.

Supporting investigation consistency across a modern, devolved railway

As Great British Railways takes shape, investigation consistency across distributed teams becomes more important, and harder to maintain. Here is why it matters.

The real reason your safety data isn't improving

Safety data stays poor despite new forms and software. The real barriers are structural: time pressure, unclear ownership, and incentives that work against you.

COMET joins Verdantix and Intelex for a live session on AI in incident prevention

Join Intelex, COMET, and Verdantix to explore how leading EHS teams use AI to prevent incidents. Register now.

From recording to preventing: Aviation's next safety challenge

From recording to preventing: Aviation's next safety challenge

COMET's COO Steve Holmes, featured in the Summer 2026 issue of The Airport Operator, explains why aviation's safety ambitions need better investigation tools to match them.

COMET and Step Change in Safety working together on incident prevention

COMET and Step Change in Safety: A shared approach to incident prevention

Preventing incidents in the energy industry takes more than reporting them. COMET has joined Step Change in Safety to contribute what we know about root cause analysis, human factors, and AI-powered investigation to an industry that takes that seriously.

COMET AI Assistant featured in COMET Shorts episode 2

COMET Shorts Ep 2: COMET AI Assistant

Watch the COMET team discuss the AI Assistant in the latest COMET Shorts episode, what it does, how it was built, and why it is different from generic AI.

Analysing water industry incident data with COMET

In the water industry, human error is a signal. Are we reading it properly?

The UK water sector keeps seeing the same failures repeat. Here is why investigation quality, not compliance reporting, is where the answer lies.

AI for incident investigation that keeps humans thinking

When AI does the thinking, who learns the lesson?

AI is changing how incidents get investigated. But if the system does the reasoning, are investigators still learning? COMET's CTO makes the case for getting this right.

COMET supporting Rail Safe Friendly rail safety education

COMET x Rail Safe Friendly: Supporting rail safety education across the UK

In our first year with Rail Safe Friendly, COMET helped reach 4,839 young people across 10 schools. Here is what that partnership looks like and why it matters.

Everyone home safe, every day - building a workplace safety culture

Everyone home safe, every day: Why a strong safety culture needs more than good intentions behind it

A safety culture that gets everyone home safe requires more than commitment. It requires the right questions after every incident and a methodology that delivers answers.

Marking two years of COMET, formerly STC INSISO

Two years as COMET: What we have built, learned, and what comes next

Two years since we became COMET. Here is an honest look at what we have built, what we have learned, and where we are heading next.

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