Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Organisations
The Old Bakehouse, Fullbridge, Maldon, Essex CM9 4LE
Status: Independent health and safety companies
Principal functions and activities: ISCA was founded by a number of major companies at the leading edge of health and safety consultancy in the UK and member consultants offer independent advice to the highest standards and unsurpassed levels of skill, expertise and experience.
6th Floor, The Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT, UK
Status: Independent statutory body which advises the Secretary of State for Social Security on matters relating to the industrial injuries scheme.
Principal functions and activities: The council consists of a chairman and fifteen members who include an equal number of representatives of employers and employed earners as well as doctors with a particular expertise in occupational health, epidemiology, and toxicology, and two experts in occupational law.
Tournai Hall, Evelyn Woods Road, Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 2LL, UK
Status: Trade association
Principal functions and activities: The purpose of IRATA is to ensure that work carried out by IRATA members, using industrial rope access techniques, is carried out in a safe and high quality manner.
Cranfield University, Silsoe, Bedfordshire MK45 4DT, UK
Status: University/Non-governmental organisation.
Principal functions and activities: Identifying and evaluating environment and health issues; facilitating information exchange; and conducting and managing research programmes and risk assessments on the adverse effects of environmental chemicals.
University of Nottingham, School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
Status: Industrial consultancy and research institute
Principal functions and activities: The Institute for Occupational Ergonomics is a multi-disciplinary research group established within the Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Operations Management, University of Nottingham which exists to provide an ergonomics research, training and consultancy service to industry, commerce, labour organisations and government.
77A St Peter's Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3BN, UK
Status: Professional body, registered charity.
Principal functions and activities: The IOA is the UK's professional body for those working in acoustics, noise and vibration, with 2,600 members are active in research, educational, environmental and industrial organisations.
Marlborough Hall 186a, Cranfield University Defence Academy, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8LA, UK
Status: Professional institute for explosives engineers.
Principal functions and activities: Representing the interests of members, promoting the profession of explosives engineering, and providing technical consultative facilities for government departments and other external agencies within this field.
80 Coleman St, London EC2R 5BJ
Status: Chartered engineering institution.
Principal functions and activities: Provides a forum for discussion and exchange of information through its learned society activities: conferences, technical meetings and publications. The Marine Information Centre promotes safety in all aspects of maritime engineering.
Headquarters: IOM Consulting, Research Park North, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AP
Status: The IOM is an independent non-profit making organisation registered as a company, limited by guarantee and recognised as a charity.
Principal functions and activities: The IOM is a multidisciplinary centre with extensive experience and expertise across all spheres of occupational and environmental medicine, health, hygiene and safety. All services are available on a consultancy basis from IOM Consulting.
Lloyds Avenue House, 6 Lloyds Avenue, London EC3N 3AX, UK
Status: Professional educational institute, governed by a Court of Governors.
Principal functions and activities: To promote the profession of risk management, by education and by holding qualifying examinations.
22 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1PR, UK
Status: Professional body supported by membership, a registered charity
Principal functions and activities: The provision of membership services; conferences and seminars; production of industry journal Transport Engineer and various technical guides.
University Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG
Status: Professional organisation.
Principal functions and activities: 1. To further the interest of the safety profession within the areas of membership of the Institute; 2. The advancement of safety knowledge among its members; 3. The maintenance of the professional standards of its members; 4. The preservation and enhancement of its members' status, including representation upon bodies of influence considered beneficial to the members of the institute.
9 Saxon Court, St Peter's Gardens, Northampton NN1 1SX, UK
Status: Professional body supported by membership, a learned society, and a registered charity.
Principal functions and activities: The Institute of Wastes Management (IWM) is the leading, professional body, representing all sectors of the industry and dedicated to promoting the highest standards of professionalism and excellence in all activities concerned with the control of waste and protection of the environment.
University of Nottingham, William Lee Buildings 8, Science and Technology Park, University Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 2RQ UK
Status: University institute
Principal functions and activities: Research and education in occupational health and safety.
Davis Building, 165-189 Railway Terrace, Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 3HQ, UK
Status: Independent body supported by membership and is a learned society and registered charity.
Principal functions and activities: To promote international safety and loss prevention in the chemical and process industries through symposia, courses and meetings.
Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL, UK
Status: Independent body supported by a world wide membership of nearly 140,000 members. It is a learned society and registered charity, in amalgamation with the Institution of Electronics and Radio Engineers, and the Institution of Manufacturing Engineers.
Principal functions and activities: As a qualifying body, the IEE admits to corporate membership persons whose academic attainment, professional training, and responsible experience mark them as worthy of recognition as chartered electrical engineers.
London Road, Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 0RH
Status: Professional organisation, a nominated body of the Engineering Council.
Principal functions and activities: To promote, encourage and improve the science and practice of fire extinction, fire prevention and fire engineering and all operations and expedients connected therewith, and to give an impulse to ideas likely to be useful in connection with or in relation to such science and practice to the members of the Institution and to the community at large.
12 York Gate, London, NW1 4QG, UK
Status: Independent professional engineering institution, incorporated by royal charter, supported by membership funding, a learned society and registered charity.
Principal functions and activities: To represent the interests of professional gas engineers and to register same with the Engineering Council.
Regent House, Regent Place, Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2PN
Status: Professional institution.
Principal functions and activities: The promotion, encouragement and improvement of the science and art of efficient lighting.
1 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5DB, UK
Status: Professional/learned society.
Principal functions and activities: The Institute was formed in 2002 from the merger of the Institute of Materials and the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and aims to be the leading international professional body for the advancement of materials, minerals and mining to governments, industry, academia, the public and the professions.
1 Birdcage Walk, London SW1H 9JJ, UK
Status: Professional body supported by membership, learned society and registered charity.
Principal functions and activities: IMechE is involved in the education, training and professional development of engineers, and acts as an international centre for encouraging research and technology transfer in mechanical engineering.
The Grange, Highfield Drive, Wigston, Leicestershire LE18 1NN, UK
Status: Professional body
Principal functions and activities: IOSH is the home of the Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner - and independent not-for-profit organisation which regulates and steers the health and safety profession in the UK and, increasingly, Europe-wide, maintaining standards and providing impartial, authoritative guidance.
22 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1PR, UK
Status: Professional body supported by membership, a registered charity.
Principal functions and activities: The provision of membership services; conferences and seminars; production of industry journal Plant Engineer and various technical guides.
11 Upper Belgrave Street, London SW1X 8BH, UK
Status: Professional institution supported by membership, a learned society and registered charity incorporated by Royal Charter.
Principal functions and activities: In its dual role as a qualifying body and learned society the institution seeks to promote excellence in the theory and practice of structural engineering world-wide.
Suite 7A, 77 Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8JA, UK
Status: The International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM) is a professional body for health and safety practitioners.
Principal functions and activities: Over 7,800 members worldwide receive a comprehensive range of membership benefits including: designatory letters, free technical/legal helplines, IIRSM Newsletter, Health and Safety at Work magazine,certificate of membership, membership card and networking opportunities.
5 Lower Belgrave Street, London SW1W 0NR, UK
Status: Trade association
Principal functions and activities: IMCA is the international trade association for offshore, marine and underwater engineering companies, representing the interests of specialist vessel owners, operators and contractors engaged in the support of offshore construction, and also publishing a large number of guidance documents covering safety, training and personnel competence, diving, DP Operations, ROV and offshore survey.
4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR, UK
Status: Specialised agency of the United Nations
Principal functions and activities: Adopts conventions, codes and recommendations dealing with maritime and offshore safety, pollution prevention and related matters. IMO has 161 Member States.
c/o Suite 2, Georgian House, Great Northern Road, Derby DE1 1LT, UK
Status: International association
Principal functions and activities: To promote and develop occupational hygiene throughout the world; to promote the exchange of occupational hygiene information among organisations and individuals; to encourage the further development of occupational hygiene at a professional level; to maintain and promote a high standard of ethical practice in occupational hygiene.
21 Tilton Road, Borough Green, Kent TN15 8RS, UK
Status: Not for profit public service organisation. Global subsidiary of National Safety Council (USA)
Principal functions and activities: Health and safety information and services on worldwide basis including training, audit and technical services. Publication of technical books, videos and software. Training programmes in Russian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Dutch and German.
60 Charles Street, Leicester LE1 1FB, UK
Status: Interpave, the Precast Concrete Paving and Kerb Association, a product
association of the British Precast Concrete Federation.
c/o Ravenswood Services, 15 Robertson Street, Greenock, Inverclyde PA16 8NL, UK
Status: voluntary group running safety information centre. Principal functions and activities: provide information instruction training and advice to small and medium sized business in central Scotland on health and safety matters, nning seminars for schools and courses for industry.