The Institute for Occupational Safety and Hygiene is leading in the fields of occupational safety and occupational hygiene and acts as a hub for all bodies involved in the promotion of occupational safety and occupational hygiene. Three core values accompany the institute's activity: "innovation, creativity and a learning organization"
The Institute for Safety and Hygiene (the IIOSH), is a statutory, non-profit corporation, established in 1954 according to section 26 of the 1954 Labor Inspection Organization Law. IIOSH was established in order to promote a culture of work safety and occupational hygiene, in various fields: industry, service and commerce, construction and agriculture. This can be achieved, among other things, through research, risk diagnosis, managers' training, the National Center for Simulators, the National Lifeline Center, training, advocacy, information, surveys and monitoring.
The IIOSH does not engage in supervision and enforcement activities, operations entrusted to the regulator, who is the safety administration in the labor branch of the Ministry of Economy and Industry. In a manner similar to that which exists in most countries of the western world, where there is a clear distinction between enforcement and prevention, advocacy and research.