Grants awarded 2006

Our call for bids in 2006 asked for proposals that studied the effectiveness of health and safety training, both formal and informal, at all levels, using all methods.

We also considered innovative applications that address other aspects of the IOSH vision, 'A world of work which is safe, healthy and sustainable'. In this round of funding we've committed around £0.25 million to three projects:

Institution: Loughborough University
Project leader: Clare Lawton
Title: Effect of training on the application and effectiveness of check-list based risk assessments
Start date: June 2007
End date: August 2009

Focussing on manual handling and musculoskeletal disorders, this project examines how effective different checklist designs are combined with different levels of training. Effectiveness is assessed by correct identification of hazards and implementation of risk controls. The project also considers transferability to other checklist-based risk assessments.

Find out more about this project (PDF 40KB).

Institution: University of Manchester
Project leader: Dr Sharon Clarke
Title: Effectiveness of occupational safety and health training in the promotion of a positive safety culture
Start date: May 2007
End date: July 2010

This project tracks the effect of specific training interventions and their long-term effects on:

• safety culture, focusing on employees' safety attitudes and perceptions
• safe behaviour
• accident and injury rates.

The study will improve our understanding of the conditions under which training can support the promotion of a more positive safety culture.

Institution: Institute of Occupational Medicine
Project leader: Dr Richard Graveling
Title: Reliable industrial measurement of body temperature
Start date: August 2007
End date: February 2009
Final report: Download final report (PDF 553 KB) 
Summary report: Download summary report (PDF 192 KB) 

In many industries, measuring the stresses and strains of working in hot environments is vital to keep workers healthy. This project aims to determine a predictive relationship between infra-red temperature and intra-gastric temperature for core body temperature measurement. Various statistical procedures will be used to establish the basic reliability of the technique and explore potential factors which may influence its reliability.