The Joint Institution Group on Safety Risk JIGSR (formally known as the Inter-Institutional Group on Health and Safety) is made up of representatives both members and staff from the:
- Engineering Council
- Hazards Forum
- Health and Safety Executive
- Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors
- Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology
- Institution of Chemical Engineers
- Institution of Civil Engineers
- Institution of Engineering and Technology
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
- Institution of Structural Engineers
- Royal Institute of British Architects
- Royal Institution of Naval Architects
- Safety and Reliability Society.
The group is currently working on three key areas of interest to the Institutions and has created working groups made up of experts from industry and academia to tackle these important issues:
Risk teaching
Promote the teaching of health and safety risk to undergraduate engineers in the UK through the provision of flexible teaching materials that could be incorporated into engineering courses.
The group is working with the Health and Safety Executive to produce a software package that will demonstrate their e-learning concept. A report outlining the proposals has been published by the Health & Safety Executive.
Occupational health
To increase the understanding of occupational health issues within the engineering profession.
Members of this working group include occupational health experts from the medical profession.
The working group has produced the following: