The Sheffield Group

The Sheffield Group is an informal International Group of Directors of Occupational Safety and Health Research Institutes established in 1989 on the initiative of the UK Health and Safety Executive/Health and Safety Laboratory. Group members include CEOs of leading institutes in European countries, the United States, Canada, Australia, and others. All members meet annually.

The main objectives of the Sheffield Group's activities:

• exchanging information on activity programmes,
• developing methods to improve cooperation and coordination within the above programmes,
• enabling the mutual use of research resources, exchanging researchers, undertaking joint research initiatives,
• obtaining information on the challenges and prospects for shaping the working environment,
• jointly developing reviews of the level of scientific knowledge on health and safety issues.

Member institutes:

1. Austria: Austrian Social Insurance for Occupational Risks (AUVA)
2. Denmark: Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Arbejdsmiljø (NFA) (National Research Centre for the Working Environment)
3. Finland: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH)
4. France: National Research and Safety Institute for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents and Diseases (INRS)
5. Germany: Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
6. Germany: Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA)
7. Italy: Italian Workers Compensation Authority (INAIL)
8. The Netherlands: Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
9. Norway: National Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI)
10. Poland: Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research institute (CIOP-PIB)
11. Spain: National Institute of Safety, Health and Wellbeing at Work (INSST)
12. United Kingdom: Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
13. Switzerland: Centre Universitaire De Médecine Générale Et Santé Publique (UNISANTE)
14. Sweden: Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise (Mynak)
15. Israel: Israel Institute for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (IIOSH)
16. USA: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
17. Canada: Institut de rescherche Robert-Sauve en sante et en securite du travail (IRRST)
18. Canada: Institute for Work and Health (IWH)
19. South Africa: National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH)
20. Japan: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (JNIOSH)
21. Singapore: The Workplace Safety and Health Institute (WSHI) 
22. South Korea: Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA)
23. ICOH – International Commission on Occupational Health

Sheffield Group meeting, Montreal, Canada, May 2019