Health and Safety Research summaries

This research has identified factors contributing to delivery of the London 2012 Olympic Park being on time, on budget and with an exemplary health and safety record. Where other research captured ‘how’ things were done, this research explored ‘why’ things...

This research summary explores how leadership and worker involvement contributed to the low rates of accidents across the Park. Available data indicates positive health and safety outcomes for the Olympic Park. By June 2011, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) recorded...

This research project evaluated the effectiveness of health and safety communication and the impact on workers’ awareness attitudes and behaviour.

This project researched the extent to which the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) 2007 helped or hindered the construction of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by reviewing how those with duties under CDM put them into practice.

The research estimates the economic benefits of occupational hygiene services on the Park and Village to encourage debate on the importance of preventing work-related ill health. The aim of the research was to quantify the benefits of the occupational hygiene...

This paper provides a summary of the approach to the management of health and safety taken by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and its supply chain.

The ODA as client, along with its Delivery Partner (DP) aspired to achieve good practice of health and safety on the Olympic Park during construction, and to disseminate information amongst the wider construction industry as to how this was achieved....

This research project assessed supply chain strategies on the Olympic Park and the driving factors behind them. It also considered their transferability – something which is being explored further within an ongoing comparative research project including case studies both within...

A priority for the ODA was to achieve excellence in health and safety management. To accomplish this, a comprehensive occupational health (OH) service was established offering free support to all contractors from a multi-disciplinary OH team (nurses, physicians, physiotherapists and...