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Guidance and tools

Our guidance and tools provide either operational or strategic corporate guidance on a range of health and safety issues:

How can I get a published version of a guide?

Please email your full name and membership number, or give your full postal address, to our Research and Information Services team, together with details of the guidance you would like.

Making the business case for good health and safety

Business case (PDF 1.64 MB)

Li£e Savings: A basic 'how to' guide to developing the business case for a health and safety initiative.

Published: May 2011. Pages: 11

What's the damage? Cut costs not corners (PDF 0.99 MB)

Good practice in health and safety makes sound business sense.

Published: June 2010. Pages: 1

Getting competent help

Consultancy - good practice guide (PDF 235 Kb)

This guide is for IOSH members who work as consultants or are thinking of becoming consultants.

Published: February 2012 (revised). Pages: 17

Getting help with health and safety (PDF 236 KB)

This guide outlines the key steps to consider, when engaging with a health and safety consultant.

Published: February 2012 (revised). Pages: 09

Setting Standards

Setting standards in health and safety - raising performance through training and competence development (PDF 156 KB)

This guide aims to help raise health and safety performance across all levels and sectors of employment by outlining the competencies that staff need, and how these can be developed.

Published: February 2011 (revised). Pages: 20

Leading health and safety

We've presented local authorities, Westminster, Northern Ireland Assembly and the Scottish Parliament with simple guidance booklets that help local and national politicians see their health and safety responsibilities in a new light.

Thinking about health and safety

Thinking about health and safety NI (PDF 392 KB)

Think about health and safety

Think about health and safety – what elected members of local authorities need to know (PDF 190 KB)

Think about health and safety

Think about health and safety – what elected members of local authorities need to know - presentation (PPT 4.50 MB)

Think about health and safety

Think about health and safety – supporting Westminster MPs in their constituencies (PDF 229 KB)

Supporting MSPs in work

Think about health and safety – supporting MSPs in their work (PDF 510 KB)

Managing health and safety

Responsible research - Managing health and safety in research: guidance for the not-for-profit (PDF 755 KB)

This guide aims to help anyone who needs to ensure good health and safety performance in a research environment. It gives examples of responsibilities and management approaches.

Published: October 2012 Pages: 36

Looking for higher standards: behavioural safety - improving performance (formally Behavioural Safety) (PDF 210 KB)

This guide outlines key considerations in setting up a behaviour-based safety programme.

Published: February 2012 (revised). Pages: 14

Business risk management - getting health and safety firmly on the agenda (PDF 168 KB)

This guide helps health and safety professionals understand the concept of business risk management and where managing health and safety risks sits within the business risk framework.

Published: February 2011 (revised). Pages: 8

Contractor safety

Global best practices in contractor safety (PDF 487 KB)

This guide aims to summarise good client and contractor practices leading to good health and safety performance.

Published jointly with the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE): February 2010. Pages: 20

Joined-up working: an introduction to integrated management systems (PDF 370 KB)

This guide outlines both the potential advantages and disadvantages of integrated management systems and provides a practical guide for members, employers and regulatory and standard-setting bodies.

Published: February 2012 (revised). Pages: 14

Learning the lessons

Learning the lessons: how to respond to deaths at work and other serious incidents (PDF 883 KB)

This guide aims to help organisations respond to 'hazardous events', such as accidents, cases of ill health, work-related violence and 'dangerous occurrences'.

Published: February 2011 (revised). Pages: 24

Making a difference - a basic guide to environmental management for OSH practitioners (PDF 926 KB)

This guide aims to provide good practice advice and guidance to IOSH members, their employers and other interested parties.

Published: February 2011 (revised). Pages: 20

Promoting a positive culture

Promoting a positive culture - a guide to health and safety culture (PDF 295 KB)

This document outlines the key issues in developing a positive health and safety culture.

Published: February 2012 (revised). Pages: 13

Reporting performance

Reporting performance - guidance on including health and safety performance in annual reports (PDF 303 KB)

This guide is aimed at occupational safety and health professionals, and others responsible for internal and public reporting of organisational health and safety performance.

Published: February 2011. Pages: 8

Safety without borders: keeping your staff healthy and safe abroad (formally Safety in the Global Village) (PDF 319 KB)

This guide, including checklists for employees, offer basic information for those placing people abroad and for those posted abroad – in the long or short term.

Published: February 2012 (revised). Pages: 18

Systems in focus: guidance on occupational safety and health management systems (PDF 672 KB)

This guide aims to support organisations wanting to introduce occupational safety and health management systems.

Published: May 2011 (revised). Pages: 30

Out of site

Out of site, out of mind? Managing remote working (PDF 370 KB)

This guide, including assessment and audit checklists, explains how to protect your staff and improve efficiency by sensibly managing the risks associated with remote working.

Published: February 2012 (revised). Pages: 18

Risk assessment route finder

A free and simple guide to help businesses with the risk assessment process. This online tool uses a 'sat nav' concept to take you on a journey towards getting a 'risk map' of your organisation.

Safe Start up

This tool offers free, authoritative and independent guides that are tailored to what you do for a living. Each guide talks you through what you need to do and how to do it, and offers clear, practical tips to sorting out your health and safety.

Promoting health at work

A breath of fresh air - managing a smoke-free workplace (PDF 44 KB)

To help you create, manage and maintain a smoke-free workplace.

Published: October 2008 . Pages: 4

A healthy return - good practice guide to rehabilitating people at work (PDF 436 KB)

To give occupational safety and health practitioners a grounding in rehabilitation, and to provide them with practical support. Others, including managers and human resources personnel, will also find it useful.

Published: July 2012 (revised). Pages: 36

Working well - guidance on promoting health and wellbeing at work (PDF 466 KB)

This guidance offers advice on how to promote your employees' health and wellbeing and cut down on sickness absence.

Published: July 2012 (revised). Pages: 40

Occupational health toolkit

This online database and resource brings together information, guidance, factsheets, case studies, training materials, presentations and more to help you tackle occupational health problems.