Published research
We publish reports from the independent research and development
projects that we fund and also from the survey-based research and
workshops we carry out ourselves or with our partners from time to
time. All our reports are free to download.
Research and development reports
We publish two free reports on each independent research project
we fund. The research summaries give you all the major findings of
the project, but if you're interested in the details of the methods
and results of the research, you can download the full reports.
If you'd like a hard copy of a full research report, they're
available, while stocks last, please send your request to rdfunding@iosh.co.uk.
Safety rules and procedures: the evidence base
by Health and Safety Technology and Management Ltd and University
of Ballarat (2012)
Management of
safety rules and procedures - review of the
literature (PDF 458 KB)
Building sound foundations – notes of
guidance
(PDF 1.92 MB)
Sound
foundations - summary
report
(PDF 1.26 MB)
The findings of this study are presented in several reports: a
review of the scientific and professional literature on rule and
procedure management (literature review), guidance to help
businesses make their safety rules more effective and efficient
(notes of guidance report), and a summary report.
Coping in the classroom (2012)
Coping in the classroom - summary report
(PDF 144 KB)
This project scopes out the need for a
resource which will assist those in the education community working
with students that have health, behavioural or emotional needs.
The limits of influence. The role of supply chains in
influencing health and safety management in two sectors by
Cardiff University and Oxford Brookes University
(2012)
The limits of influence - full research report
(PDF 987 KB)
The limits of influence - summary report
(PDF 91 KB)
This report presents findings on
factors that positively influence the way health and safety is
managed by suppliers in the construction and merchant shipping
sectors.
Talk the talk – walk the walk. An
evaluation of Olympic Park safety and communication initiatives by
Loughborough University (2012)
Talk the talk, walk the walk - full research
report
(PDF 0.98 MB)
Safety and communication initiatives at the Olympic Park -summary
report
(PDF 324 KB)
This report describes the findings of our study which evaluates
the effectiveness and impact of safety initiatives and
communications at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
construction project.
Working voices: An epidemiological study of occupational
voice demands and their impact on the call centre industry by
University of Ulster (2012)
Working voices - full research report
(PDF 795 KB)
Working voices - summary report
(PDF 150 KB)
This report describes the findings of our investigation into
voice use and the impact of vocal and communication demands in the
UK and Ireland.
The impact of pictorial OSH training on migrant worker
behaviour and competence by Glasgow Caledonian
University (2012)
Using pictures in training - full research
report (PDF 2.72 MB)
Using pictures in training - summary
report
(PDF 181 KB)
This report describes findings from our study which looked at
whether delivering occupational health and safety training, using
pictorial aids, is linked with improved occupational health and
safety competence and behaviour amongst migrant workers in the
construction industry.
Teaching health and safety in undergraduate
engineering courses by Inter-Institutional Group (IIG) on Health
and Safety (2011)
Teaching health and safety in undergraduate engineering courses
- summary report
(PDF 170 KB)
This report presents the findings of our review into the
needs of undergraduate engineers, current health and safety
training material and how it may structured and packaged for use in
universities and other learning environments.
Work-related road safety by Transport Research
Laboratory (2011)
Work-related road safety - literature review
report
(PDF 296 KB)
Work-related road safety - project
report
(PDF 189 KB)
Work-related
road safety - summary report
(PDF 194
KB)
The findings of this study are presented in several
reports: a systematic review of the
literature, for evidence relating to the effectiveness of
work-related road safety interventions (literature review), and,
feedback and insights from various stakeholders in the field of
work-related road safety (project report).
What is a good job? The relationship between
work/working and improved health and wellbeing by Cardiff
University (2011)
What is a good job - full research
report
(PDF 1.74 MB)
What is a good job - full summary
report
(PDF 181 KB)
This report presents the findings of our research,
which studies the importance of different factors, in relation to
the relationship between work, wellbeing and work.
Unacceptable behaviour, health and wellbeing at work by
University of Sheffield (2010)
Unacceptable behaviour, health and wellbeing at work -full research
report (PDF 1.16 MB)
Unacceptable behaviour, health and wellbeing at work -summary
report (PDF 299 KB)
This report describes the findings of our study which looks
at the impact of violence on employee wellbeing and how these
incidents impact on health.
Promoting active safety leadership: Identifying
the individual and organisational antecedents of active safety
leadership in construction supervisors by University of
Liverpool (2010)
Promoting active safety leadership - full research
report (PDF 1008 KB)
Factors affecting the supervision of safety - summary
report (PDF 189 KB)
This report presents the findings of our study exploring
the factors that influence supervisors' engagement in active safety
leadership and how other workers may affect these influences.
The health, safety and health promotion needs of older
workers: an evidence-based review and guidance by Institute of
Occupational Medicine (2009)
The health, safety and health promotion needs of older workers
- full research report (PDF 416 KB)
The health, safety and health promotion needs of older workers -
summary report (PDF 726 KB)
This report presents the findings of our study on the
evidence base from current and recent international research
on health, safety and health promotion needs of older
workers.
Understanding the role of supply chains in influencing
health and safety management and regulation by Cardiff University
and Oxford Brookes University (2009)
Understanding the role of supply chains in influencing health and
safety at work - full research
project (PDF 743
KB)
How supply chains influence health and safety at work -summary
report (PDF 200 KB)
This report describes the findings of our
study on supply chain relationships, the factors that affect them,
and their role in influencing health and safety management and
standards among supplier organisations.
Reliable industrial measurement of
body temperature by Institute of Occupational Medicine
(2009)
Reliable industrial measurement of body temperature - full research
report (PDF 549 KB)
Measuring heat stress in industry - summary
report
(PDF 192 KB)
This report presents the findings from our
study which looked into the use of infrared thermometry of tympanic
temperature to determine core body temperature in industrial
conditions.
Safety culture, advice and performance by
Cardiff University (2009)
This report describes the findings from our study which
looked at the relationships between corporate safety culture,
competent advice and safety performance.
Safety culture, advice and performance - full research
report (PDF 833 KB)
Safety culture, advice and performance - summary
report (PDF 160 KB)
Exploring health and safety practitioners' training
needs in workplace health issues by Nottingham
University (2008)
Exploring health and safety practitioners' training needs in
workplace health issues - full research
report
(PDF 314 KB)
Workplace health issues - summary
report
(PDF 193 KB)
This report presents findings from our study on what workplace
health issues should be targeted through education and training
schemes for health and safety professionals.
The impact of health and safety management on
organisations and their staff by Loughborough
University (2008)
The impact of health and safety management on organisations and
their staff - full research report (PDF 576
KB)
The impact of health and safety management - summary
report (PDF 204 KB)
This report presents findings from our study which looked into
how proactive health and safety management affects organisations -
and the people who work for them.
Superior safety performance – OSH personnel and safety
performance in construction by Glasgow Caledonian
University (2007)
Superior safety performance - full research
report
(PDF 370 KB)
The impact of expert health and safety advice -summary
report (PDF 275 KB)
This report describes findings from our study which looked at
whether there's a relationship between competent health and safety
advice and health and safety performance in the construction
industry.
Survey-based reports
Löfstedt review of health and safety
legislation
Löfstedt review of health and safety legislation: The results of an
IOSH survey of member
views
(PDF 421 KB)
This report presents the findings of a survey of our members'
views on the areas examined by the Löfstedt Review of health and
safety regulation. Members’ views were sought in order to inform
the IOSH response to the review.
Published: July 2011 Pages: 31
Slips and trips: survey of IOSH members - wave 2 results
with comparison with wave 1
Slips and trips: survey of IOSH members - wave 2 results with
comparison with wave
1
(PDF 311 KB)
This report presents findings from a survey of our members'
views on slips and trips. This is the second of three reports. We
carried out the third and final wave in May 2009 and we'll report
on that this Autumn. Taken together, the reports will provide both
us, and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), with valuable
information on how understanding and practice are changing.
Published: June 2008 Pages: 28
Slips and trips: a baseline survey of IOSH
members
Slips and trips: a baseline survey of IOSH
members
(PDF 221 KB)
This report presents findings from a survey of our members'
views on slips and trips. It's the first in a series of three
surveys we're carrying out with the Health and Safety Executive
(HSE) and we'll compare the results of this baseline survey with
the results from follow-up surveys in 2007 and in 2009.
Published: June 2007 Pages: 35
Slips, trips and falls
Slips, trips and
falls
(PDF 176 KB)
This report analyses responses to a joint IOSH–Health and Safety
Laboratory (HSL) survey of our members about their perceived
effectiveness of the HSE's Slips and Trips Priority Programme.
Published: December 2005, reissued December
2007 Pages: 34
What practitioners do
What practitioners do
(PDF 243 KB)
This report describes the UK's involvement in a multinational
study by the European Network of Safety and Health Practitioner
Organisations (ENSHPO) into the roles and tasks of occupational
safety and health practitioners.
Published: October 2005 Pages: 56
Professionals in Partnership
Professionals in partnership: A
survey
(PDF 124 KB)
We asked Technician safety practitioners about the impact of our
Professionals in Partnership guidance email us for a copy on their
occupational health activity. Read this report to find out what
they
thought.
Published: December 2003 Pages: 16
Workshops
New directions
New directions
(PDF 87 KB)
Based on the findings from our research workshop, held in
September 2006, this report details health and safety research
priorities for 2007–08. It recommends work in four areas:
practitioners as agents of change, functional alliances, supply
chain and performance, and work and health.
Published: December 2006 Pages: 23
Mind the gap
Mind the gap
(PDF 74 KB)
This report describes the proceedings of our first research
workshop, held in Cardiff University in June 2004. It outlines the
discussions following input from three speakers on occupational
safety and health competence at individual, organisational,
national and European levels.
Published: January 2005 Pages: 12