OSH Research

Since its founding in 1988, the Occupational Safety and Health Council has been actively engaged in research. The Council has set up a Research Grant to support universities and other organisations to collaborate with the Council in research projects in a bid to identify OSH problems facing enterprises and the community. These researches are important for the Council to develop strategies and directions, which help enhance the effectiveness of our effort in promoting OSH standard across all occupations.

Throughout these years, Hong Kong has experienced economic restructuring and the Council has initiated research topics according to the changes in OSH issues. Apart from continuing to study issues in high-risk industries, such as the scaffold and working platform, safety helmets, OSH of the construction industry, OSH of the catering industry, the Council has been looking into other new areas, such as the quality of life and OSH culture of employees and the community, the healthy diet and exercises of employees, etc. Through examining human behavioural patterns and habits, we hope to find the causes of the problems, and devise effective solution to overcome them.

Research Committee

Members of the committee consist of experts in occupational safety and health, engineering, chemistry, epidemiology, medicine and social policy. There are also representatives from employers, employees and the government. The Research Committee has three major functions:

1	Deliberation of research priority
2	Initiation of research projects
3	Assessment of research proposals submitted by academic institutions or enterprises and allocate research funds accordingly

Application for Research Grant

Strategic areas of importance

In addition to formulating the scope and strategic directions of research development for the Council, the Research Committee is entrusted to set out the annual research priorities related to occupational safety and health and to scrutinize the progress and reports of the approved projects. We focus our research efforts to collect and analyze factual and accurate information that will reflect the current status of occupational safety and health in Hong Kong, and work out practical control measures to improve the workplace standards, and it serves as a good baseline to identify the clear objective for the industry and the community. This year, the Research Committee has laid down the following strategic research areas of importance. We always welcome submission of other relevant research proposals from tertiary institutions:

Practical engineering solutions to control occupational hazards at workplaces such as safety advices for high-risk processes in construction sites and the catering trade;

Slip, trip and fall accidents

Biological hazards at the workplace

Occupational safety and health problems, including mental fatigue and work stress

Economic loss of Hong Kong enterprises/work types/organizations due to occupational accidents and diseases

Occupational safety & health problems in small and medium enterprises

Safe use of chemicals at the workplace

Approach of research

The research proposal in each area can be one or in combination of the following approaches:

An applied type research;

Formulation of advice and recommendation to alleviate the problems;

Collecting data to identify the critical factors involved

Research Reports

Month/Year

Research Projects

12/2023

The Development of a Balance Training Programme to Prevent STF at Workplace

Full Report

Executive Summary

11/2014

OSH Survey of Injured Workers in the Construction Industry in Hong Kong

Full Report
(Chinese version only)

08/2014

OSH Survey of Injured Workers in the Catering Trade in Hong Kong

Full Report
(Chinese version only)

Executive Summary
(Chinese version only)

06/2014

Analysis of Coroner’s Court Cases Caused by Fall-from-Height in Hong Kong Construction Industry (1999-2011)

Full Report
(Chinese version only)

Online Survey

Online Risk Assessment for Display Screen Equipment

Online Risk Assessment for Display Screen Equipment Analysis Report (Chinese only)

Green Cross Bimonthly Magazine Readers' Survey

Opinion Survey on OSH Training Centre

Online Risk Assessment for Prevention of Workplace Violence

The OSH Best Project Scholarship for the academic year 2025/26

The OSH Best Project Scholarship for the academic year 2025/26 is organized this year, with the details contained in the application form.

Deadline for submission is 30 September 2026.

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OSH Student Research Scholarship

Best Project Award