Grants awarded 2005
Our call for bids in 2005 asked for
proposals that studied the effect on measured occupational safety
and health performance from the use of competent occupational
safety and health advice by employing organisations.
In this round of funding we've committed around £0.26 million to
three projects:
Institution: Cardiff University
Project leader: Professor Andy Smith
Title: Occupational health and safety: culture,
advice and performance
Start date: December 2005
End date: December 2007
Final report: Download
final report (PDF 833 KB)
Summary report: Download
summary report (PDF 160 KB)
This project assessed and compared the
relative contributions of:
- Occupational safety and health (OSH) performance
- corporate culture
- OSH practitioners' experience and competence.
Institution: Glasgow Caledonian University
Project leader: Dr Iain Cameron
Title: What makes superior health and safety
performance: Investigating the relationship between the provision
of professionally competent OSH management resources and
superior OSH performance in construction organisations
Start date: May 2006
End date: June 2007
Final report: Download final
report (PDF 370 KB)
Summary report: Download
summary report (PDF 275 KB)
This project investigated the relationship between the use of
competent occupational safety and health (OSH) management resources
and OSH performance in a range of construction
organisations.
Institution: Loughborough University
Project leader: Professor Cheryl Haslam
Title: Occupational safety and health - promoting
good health and good business
Start date: April 2006
End date: July 2007
Final report: Download final
report (PDF 576 KB)
Summary report: Download
summary report (PDF 204 KB)
This project examined the impact of occupational safety and
health (OSH) management on a range of organisational outcomes,
including:
- safety culture
- accidents and work-related illness rates
- staff health
- commitment and morale
- staff turnover
- productivity
- financial performance.
The project set out to determine the organisational and
worker benefits of OSH management and improve the evidence base
regarding links between OSH management and organisational
performance.