Research - HSE

Research is undertaken to help meet HSE's business objectives. It plays a key role in:

Improving our understanding of health and safety risks and how to control them
Improving our understanding of how people behave and organisations respond to risks
Supporting enforcement activities eg developing analytical techniques
Ensuring health and safety regulations, standards and guidance are technically sound and cost effective

Recent construction specific research

Evaluation of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (RR920) 2012^[1]
Levels of respirable dust and respirable crystalline silica at construction sites (RR878) 2011^[2]
A commentary on routes to competence in the construction sector (RR877) 2011^[3]
Health and safety in public sector construction procurement - A follow-up study (RR848) 2011^[4]
Evaluation of Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007: Pilot study (RR845) 2011^[5]
Achieving change using the supply chain model in construction (RR843) 2011^[6]
Preventing catastrophic events in construction (RR834) 2011^[7]
Health surveillance in silica exposed workers (RR827) 2010 (PDF) ^[8]
Tower crane incidents worldwide (RR820) 2010^[9]
Report of qualitative research amongst 'hard to reach' small construction site Operators (RR719) 2009 (PDF) ^[10]
Health and safety in public sector construction procurement (RR556) 2007 (PDF) ^[11]
An analysis of the prevalence and distribution of stress in the construction industry (RR518) 2007 (PDF) ^[12]
Occupational health standards in the construction industry (RR584) 2007 (PDF) ^[13]
The risk to third parties from bored tunnelling in soft ground (RR453) 2006 (PDF) ^[14]
An investigation of approaches to worker engagement (RR516) 2006 (PDF) ^[15]
Trojan horse construction site safety messages (RR336) 2005 (PDF) ^[16]
Safer foundations by design (RR319) 2005 (PDF) ^[17]
Causal factors in construction accidents (RR156) 2003 (PDF) ^[18]

Link URLs in this page

Evaluation of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (RR920) 2012https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr920.htm
Levels of respirable dust and respirable crystalline silica at construction sites (RR878) 2011https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr878.htm
A commentary on routes to competence in the construction sector (RR877) 2011https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr877.htm
Health and safety in public sector construction procurement - A follow-up study (RR848) 2011https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr848.htm
Evaluation of Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007: Pilot study (RR845) 2011https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr845.htm
Achieving change using the supply chain model in construction (RR843) 2011https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr843.htm
Preventing catastrophic events in construction (RR834) 2011https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr834.htm
Health surveillance in silica exposed workers (RR827) 2010https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr827.pdf
Tower crane incidents worldwide (RR820) 2010https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr820.htm
Report of qualitative research amongst 'hard to reach' small construction site Operators (RR719) 2009https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr719.pdf
Health and safety in public sector construction procurement (RR556) 2007https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr556.pdf
An analysis of the prevalence and distribution of stress in the construction industry (RR518) 2007https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr518.pdf
Occupational health standards in the construction industry (RR584) 2007https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr584.pdf
The risk to third parties from bored tunnelling in soft ground (RR453) 2006https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr453.pdf
An investigation of approaches to worker engagement (RR516) 2006https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr516.pdf
Trojan horse construction site safety messages (RR336) 2005https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr336.pdf
Safer foundations by design (RR319) 2005https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr319.pdf
Causal factors in construction accidents (RR156) 2003https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20241206190319/https://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr156.pdf
Health and safety in constructionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg150.htm
CDM Regulations 2015 – Legal Series Guidance (L153)https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l153.htm
The Absolutely Essential Health and Safety Toolkit https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg344.htm
HSE Publicationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/index.htm
Health and safety Bulletinshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/index.htm