Every Nancheez engagement is led by Dr. Chizaram Dagogo-Nwankwo, a Chartered Ergonomist whose published research forms the methodological backbone of how we work. The publications below have appeared in peer-reviewed journals and have been cited by researchers and practitioners in oil & gas, fire safety, and process industries.

This is the difference between a consultancy that follows guidance and one that helps shape it.

Why our research matters to your business

The frameworks and methodologies referenced in these papers — HFACS-OGI, process safety management systems, the stay-put strategy in high-rise fire safety — are the same ones we apply when we walk into a client engagement. When Nancheez carries out a Safety Critical Task Analysis, conducts an accident investigation, or audits a high-hazard site, the underlying methodology has been tested, peer-reviewed, and published.

For UK businesses in regulated industries — oil & gas, chemical, energy, process manufacturing — this matters. Regulators (HSE, Ofgem, ONR) increasingly expect evidence-based methodology, not just compliance ticks. Working with a consultancy whose principal has published research in your domain provides documentary support for your safety case, your competence demonstrations, and your regulator interactions.

Our published and applied research focuses on four interconnected domains:

• Human Factors in High-Hazard Industries — accident causation, error analysis, behavioural reliability in oil & gas, chemical, and process operations
• Process Safety Management — comparative PSM systems, COMAH compliance, regulatory alignment across jurisdictions
• Fire Safety and Emergency Response — evacuation strategies, human behaviour in fire, communication failures in major incidents
• Safety-Critical Task Analysis — methodological development and application of SCTA in UK regulated industries

If your business operates in any of these domains and you would benefit from research-informed consultancy, we would like to hear from you.

Working with a research-led consultancy

Most H&S consultancies apply standard methodology with little reflection on whether it actually works. We do the opposite. The methodology behind every Nancheez engagement is grounded in peer-reviewed research — much of it our own, all of it referenced and verifiable.

For regulated and high-hazard operations, this matters in three ways:

1. Documentary evidence for regulators. When the HSE, ONR, or another regulator asks why a particular methodology was chosen, we can point to the peer-reviewed work that supports it.
2. Reduced regulatory friction. Methodology that aligns with published research is easier to defend in safety cases, COMAH submissions, and competence demonstrations.
3. Better client outcomes. Research-informed work catches issues that template-driven work misses — particularly around human error patterns, organisational influences, and procedural usability.

Discuss a research-informed project

If your operation needs human factors, process safety, or safety-critical task analysis work informed by peer-reviewed methodology, book a free 30-minute scoping call with Dr. Chizaram via email [email protected] | call 01788 249662