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, for £15 – contact Andrea
Alexander for more information.
Glasgow Caledonian University
Superior safety performance – OSH personnel and safety
performance in construction (2007)
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.
Loughborough University
The impact of health and safety management on
organisations and their staff (2008)
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.
Nottingham University
Exploring health and safety practitioners' training
needs in workplace health issues (2008)
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.
Cardiff University
Safety culture, advice and performance
(2009)
This report describes the findings from our study which
looked at the relationships between corporate safety culture,
competent advice and safety performance.
Institute of Occupational Medicine
Reliable industrial measurement of body temperature
(2009)
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.
Cardiff University and Oxford Brookes University
Understanding the role of supply chains in influencing
health and safety management and regulation (2009)
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.
Institute of Occupational Medicine
The health, safety and health promotion needs of older
workers: an evidence-based review and guidance
(2009)
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.
University of Liverpool
Promoting active safety leadership: Identifying
the individual and organisational antecedents of active safety
leadership in construction supervisors (2010)
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.
University of Sheffield
Unacceptable behaviour, health and wellbeing at work
(2010)
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.
Cardiff University
What is a good job? The relationship between
work/working and improved health and
wellbeing (2011)
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.
Transport Research Laboratory
Work-related road safety (2011)
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).
Inter-Institutional Group (IIG) on Health and Safety
Teaching health and safety in undergraduate engineering
courses (2011)
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.
Glasgow Caledonian University
The impact of pictorial OSH training on migrant
worker behaviour and competence (2012)
This report describes findings from our study which looked at
whether 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.
University of Ulster
Working voices: An epidemiological study of occupational
voice demands and their impact on the call centre industry
(2012)
This report describes the findings of our investigation into
voice use and the impact of vocal and communication demands in the
UK and Ireland.
Survey-based reports
Löfstedt
review of health and safety legislation: The results of an IOSH
survey of member views (PDF 421 KB)
Published: July 2011 Pages: 31
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.
Slips and
trips: survey of IOSH members - wave 2 results with comparison with
wave 1 (PDF 312 KB)
Published: June 2008 Pages: 28
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.
Slips and
trips: a baseline survey of IOSH members (PDF 222 KB)
Published: June 2007 Pages: 35
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.
Slips, trips
and falls (PDF 202 KB)
Published: December 2005, reissued December
2007 Pages: 34
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.
What
practitioners do (PDF 244 KB)
Published: October 2005 Pages: 56
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.
Professionals
in partnership: A survey (PDF 95 KB)
Published: December 2003 Pages: 16
This reports the findings of a survey carried out among
Technician Safety Practitioners to gauge their views on the impact
of our guidance
Professionals in Partnership on their occupational health
activity.
Workshops
New
directions (PDF 87 KB)
Published: December 2006 Pages: 23
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.
Mind the
gap (PDF 74 KB)
Published: January 2005 Pages: 12
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.