Who we are

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is the Chartered body for health and safety professionals. With more than 37,000 individual members, we’re the biggest professional health and safety organisation in the world.

We’re committed to cutting down the number of people who die or are made ill by what they do for a living. Across the world, two million people die every year as a result of health and safety failures. In the European Union alone, someone dies every three and a half minutes.

We think that when it comes to health and safety, only advice from qualified, experienced and skilled professionals will do. That’s why one of our main roles is to maintain high standards.

We’re the voice of the profession, and lobby governments on policy and law. We accredit qualifications for our members, give guidance, develop resources and run courses and events to help them in their work.

We recognise that health and safety isn’t just down to the experts. We work with a range of organisations to raise awareness – and standards. And we develop training for schools and businesses, and run campaigns that are relevant to millions of working people.

IOSH was founded in 1945 and is a registered charity.