
IOSH podcast
IOSH's podcast series features exclusive interviews with industry experts, behind the scenes discussions with IOSH members, and conversations with future leaders of the health and safety profession.
Latest episodes

May 28, 2024 • 48min
CEO Series | Carl Ennis, CEO, Siemens
CEO series hosted by Stuart Hughes with special guest Carl Ennis, SiemensSiemens' chief executive, Carl Ennis, gives us an insight into how the technology giant looks after the health and safety of its 320,000 employees globally.

May 17, 2024 • 49min
CEO series | Gareth Rogers, Farnborough International
CEO series hosted by Stuart Hughes with special guest Gareth Rogers, Farnborough InternationalFarnborough International’s CEO Gareth Rogers shares his views on health and safety, in conversation with IOSH President Stuart Hughes.

May 3, 2024 • 48min
Salary survey 2024: the results
Neil Carberry, CEO of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, discusses the latest OSH pay figures and gives us an insight into the health and safety jobs market.

May 3, 2024 • 44min
CEO Series | Alex Vaughan, Costain
CEO series hosted by Stuart Hughes with special guest Alex Vaughan, CostainCostain’s CEO Alex Vaughan gives his take on safety and wellbeing at the construction giant.

Apr 11, 2024 • 28min
World Congress: Rita Zhang on building safer futures
Construction remains one of the industries with the highest risks for worker health and safety. In discussion with Rita Zhang, Associate Professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, we unpack the broad issues in the industry, safeguarding for young and future construction workers, and approaches to international benchmarking.Trigger warning: this episode includes discussion of suicide.

Mar 21, 2024 • 19min
World Congress: Emily McGuill on returning to work with a psychological injury
iCare's Emily McGuill provides an understanding of the basic challenges faced by all parties when an individual is returning to work after injury, the nuances for individuals dealing with psychological injury, and the practical steps that need to be made to get the best for all involved.

Mar 21, 2024 • 25min
World Congress: Martyn Hill on safety in the Australian outback
Martyn Hill, Founder of Outback Safety, unpacks the challenges of policy for high-risk work that fits outside the norm, digs into some stories that show off his unique Australian workplace experience, and explains how his learnings can be applied in a global setting.

Mar 21, 2024 • 37min
World Congress: Yogindra Samant on the future state of occupational health, now
Occupational health is a matter as much controlled by businesses themselves as it is by the geopolitical, social, economic, and cultural influences around them. In discussion with Dr Yogindra Samant, chief medical officer at the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority, we look at how the world of work is changing through the lens of working groups like migrants, and modes of change such as digitalisation.

Mar 14, 2024 • 36min
World Congress: Chia-Chia Chang on evidence-based wellbeing
Chia-Chia sat down with podcast host Kellie Williams to discuss how to define wellbeing from an evidence-based approach and where are we are seeing movement to create effective behaviour change.

Mar 14, 2024 • 30min
World Congress: Marcelo Abi-Ramia Caetano on making social security available to all
The state of Social Security globally is troubled; only 50% of the global population has access to some form of social security. ISSA is dedicated to improving this statistic with a goal to make social security for all a reality. In discussion with Marcelo Abi-Ramia Caetano, Secretary General, International Social Security Association, we dig into the challenges of policy and legislation for worker rights, explore ISSA’s approaches to their goal, and delve into the importance of major events like the World Congress.