Useful Internet Sites
Trade Unions
Most trade unions hold some health and safety information on their
websites. Click Here to go to the TUC list of affiliated trade unions online, and find out more from
each union.
Selected Sites
A selection of sites that hold good health and safety information are
listed below. Selecting a site will take you to a short description of the information
held on it. You can then link directly to that site.
European Sites
UK Sites
Other Sites
European Sites
European Agency for Safety and Health
URL: http://europe.osha.eu.int
Contact:
Useable Information:
- News
- Future European health & safety events
- Full text of all health & safety directives
- Health and safety related strategies and programmes
- European H & S case law
- Links to other European organisations and agencies
- Statistics gathered by European bodies
- Details of European Network Workplace Health Promotion
Other Information: Links to other EU bodies.
European Law
URL: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex
Contact:
Useable Information:
- European law
- Legal cases (including health and safety)
Infobase Europe Database
URL: (URL to be included shortly)
Contact:
Useable Information:
- H & S press releases from the EU on health & safety
- Information from the European Union on health and safety matters
European
Employment, Industrial Relations and Social Affairs Directorate (DG5)
URL: http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg05/h&s/index_hs.htm
Contact: info@dg5.cec.be
Useable Information:
- Areas of activity
- Details of new EU proposals on H & S
- Health & safety in a historical perspective
- The Strategies of the Commission on health and safety
- Health & safety events
European Foundation for the
Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
URL: www.eurofound.ie/
Contact: postmaster@eurofound.ie
Useable Information:
- A large number of files on work conditions but not much online
- Project on the monitoring of work conditions
The European Court of Justice
URL: http://curia.eu.int/en/index.htm
Contact:
Useable Information:
- Press releases from the court
- Summaries of judgements
- Full judgements
European Trade Union
Education Online
URL: www.etuenet.org/
Contact: derek.stubbs@dial.pipex.com
Useable Information:
- Lots of advice on delivering trade union education by computer-based systems
- The implication of computers for trade unions.
European Trade Union
Confederation (ETUC)
URL: www.etuc.org
Contact: tutb@etuc.org
Useable Information:
The European Trade Union Technical Bureau for Health and Safety
(TUTB)
section of this site contains details of (for
a direct link click here):
- Link to the page on the campaign and promotional materials on musculoskeletal disorders in Europe
- A project on the classification of dangerous substances
- A large number of articles taken from their newsletter covering:
- Asbestos
- Carcinogens
- Chemical substances
- DSE
- EMF
- Ergonomics
- Ionising radiation
- Lifts
- Manual handling
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Personal protective equipment
- Safety of machines
- Work equipment
- Working environment
- Working time
Other Information: Access to library and H & Standards through HESALIB &
HESANORM.
European Work Hazards Network
URL: www.geocities.com/RainForest/8803
Contact: ltucrc@msr.ccis.org.uk
Useable Information:
- Information and addresses of hazard centres in Europe
Institute For Systems,
Informatics And Safety (ISIS)
URL: http://ulisse.etoit.eudra.org/Ecdin/Ecdin.html
Contact:
Useable Information:
Holds the ECDIN database, (Environmental Chemicals Data Information Network)
- European-funded extended chemical data sheets with European exposure limits.
ECU –Notes
URL: www.ecu-notes.org
Contact:
Useable Information:
On this site maintained by infoBase Europe,
- The European Commission Trade Union Information Bulletin which contains some
health and safety information
- Latest publications from infoBase Europe
- The InfoBase Europe Flash press releases
UK Sites
TUC
URL: www.tuc.org.uk
Contact: info@tuc.org.uk
Useable Information:
- Press releases on health and safety
- Stress
- Work-related upper limb disorders (WRULDS)
- Hazards at work
- Hazardous substances
- Asbestos
- Occupational asthma
- Asbestos
- The storage of petrol
- Violence
- WRULDS
- Working Conditions
The Health & Safety
Executive (UK)
URL: www.open.gov.uk/hse/hsehome.htm
Contact: 0541 545500
Useable Information:
- Press releases on the work of the HSE including new legislation, new guidance
literature, new initiatives and consultation papers.
- Comprehensive advice on common hazards at work
- Full consultative documents.
- Accident statistics in the UK with a breakdown of accidents in particular industries
such as residential care.
Other Information: Details of some HSE publications and electronic products
Her Majesty’s
Stationery Office (UK)
URL: www.hmso.gov.uk/
Contact: enquiries@hmso.gov.uk
Useable Information:
- Full text of all acts of parliament from the 1-1-96
- All statutory regulations from 1-1-97.
Other Information: A close reading of the copyright provision allows
reproduction other than for profit.
Oxford University
Physical Laboratory
URL: http://joule/pcl.ox.ac.uk/
Contact: Hugh Cartwright@chemistry.oxford.ac.uk
Useable Information:
- List of chemical carcinogens
- U.S. MSDS chemical data sheets
- U.K. MSDS chemical data sheets (gases only),
- COSHH (UK) maximum exposure limits.
Other Information: links to other databases of chemical information.
Health, Environment &
Work (University of Edinburgh)
URL: www.med.ed.ac.uk/hew
Contact: Raymond.Aquius@ed.ac.uk
Useable Information:
Tutorials on a wide number of topics including:
- Occupational asthma, lung disease, air pollutants, radon
- Sick building syndrome
- Hearing hazards
- Lead,
- Musculoskeletal problems
- Ultraviolet radiation
Other Information: wide number of health and safety links.
RSI –UK
URL: www.demon.co.uk/rsi/
Contact: $rsi-uk-owner$@tictac.demon.co.uk
Useable Information:
- How to deal with RSI
- Symptoms
- Articles from the medical profession and the hazard movement on the problem
- The law (UK)
Other Information: links to other RSI sites.
Stress UK
URL: www.stress.org.uk
Contact: sos@stress.org.uk
Useable Information:
- Information on workplace stressors
- Symptoms of stress
- Ways of reducing stress
- Workplace bullying
Tim Fields Workplace Bullying
URL: www.successunlimited.co.uk
Contact: timfield@successunlimited.co.uk
Useable Information:
- Types of bullying
- Information on the causes of bullying
- The effects and how to deal with them
- The law on bullying
- UK statistics on bullying
General Federation of
Trade Unions
URL: www.gftu.org.uk/
Contact: gftuhq@gftu.org.uk
Useable Information:
- Studies on workplace asthma with an orientation towards flour workers.
GPMU
URL: www.gpmu.org.uk/hs/index.html
Contact: general@gpmu.org.uk
Useable Information:
- Solvents & inks
- MDF board
- Occupational asthma.
- Slips, trips and falls
- WRULDS (work-related upper limb disorders)
- List of respiratory sensitisers
- Workplace temperature
- Diesel exhaust fumes
TGWU
URL: www.tgwu.org.uk
Contact:
Useable Information:
- Guide to Working Time
- Guide for Safety Reps
NUT
URL: www.teachers.org.uk/hands/index.html
Contact:
Useable Information:
- Comprehensive guidance to health and safety in schools
USDAW
URL: www.poptel.org.uk/usdaw
Contact: Dave Williams, usdaw-co@mcrl.poptel.org.uk
Useable Information:
- H & S in the retailing sector
- Diesel exhaust fumes
- Dry cleaning solvents
- Work-related violence
- Heat stress
- Risk assessment.
UNISON
URL: www.unison.org.uk
Contact:
Useable Information:
- Health and safety section with a few leaflets on current campaigns
- Risk assessment
- Violence at work
- Large searchable database which includes health and safety materials drawn from
Unison’s own research and publications of the Labour research Department.
Hazards
Magazine & Workers International Newsletter (WHIN)
URL: details held on this site
Contact: sub@hazards.org
Useable Information:
- Hazards Magazine
- Workers International Newsletter
- Samples and articles of these two publications are on this page
Other Information: To subscribe to Hazards or WHIN click
here.
London Hazards Centre
URL: www.lhc.org.uk
Contact: lonhaz@mcrl.poptel.org.uk
Useable Information:
- Daily Hazard newsletter
- Handbooks on RSI, chemicals, asbestos, VDUs, stress, sick building, pesticides and
lighting
- Hazlit Database on hazard literature
- Factsheets on air, light, temperature, asbestos, contaminated land, construction regs,
EMF, stress, wood-based board, the six-pack regs and cockroaches
Thompson & Thompson (solicitors to UNISON and other Trade Unions)
URL: www.unison.org.uk/
Contact: 0171 637 9761 (accessed through Unison website)
Useable Information:
- Labour and European law review
- Online guides and printable leaflets on asbestos, medical negligence, spinal injuries
and personal injury claims.
Other Information: Much information on UK and European
Employment law.
UK Parliament
URL: www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk
Contact:
Useable Information:
- Bills currently before parliament
Institute of
Occupational Safety and Health
URL: http://www.iosh.co.uk
Contact:
Useable Information:
- Training body for health and safety practitioners in the UK
Internet Safety Resources
URL: www.christie.ab.ca/safelist
Contact:
Useable Information:
- World-wide health and safety listing site
The Simon Jones Memorial
Campaign
URL: www.simonjones.org.uk
Contact: S.B.Hutton@ic.ac.uk
International and other Organisations
International Labour
Organisation
URL: www.ilo.org/public/english/
Contact: webinfo@ilo.org
Useable Information:
- Contains CIS, The International Occupational Safety & Health Centre
- Also The Occupational Safety & Health Branch of the ILO
- Material on chemicals, fire & ionising radiation
- Hazard sheets on particular occupations, e.g. diving
- Current project on developing a health and safety culture in the workplace
Pesticide Action Network
URL: www.panna.org/panna
Contact: panna@panna.org
Useable Information:
- Articles on pesticides
- Comprehensive and searchable pesticide database
- Factsheets on pesticides and chemicals
- EXTOTNET (toxic chemicals) database and factsheets
Other Information: links to other pesticide sources of information.
EMF Effects
URL: www.thwww.com/mrwizard/wizardEMF.HTM
Contact: mrwizard@yelmtel.com
Useable Information:
- Types of electromagnetic fields
- The adverse health effects
- Review of the evidence
- Data and scientific papers on EMF
ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry)
URL: http://atsdr1.atsdr.cdc.gov:8080/atsdrhome.html
Contact: ATSDRIC@cdc.gov
Useable Information:
- HAZDAT database on toxic substances data sheets
- TOXFAQ database with data sheets on toxic substances in the question- and-answer format
New Jersey Department of Health
and Senior Services
Right To Know
URL: www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsfs.htm#F
Contact:
Useable Information:
- Fast site with hazardous substances factsheets
NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health, based in the USA)
URL: www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html
Contact:
Useable Information:
- International chemical safety cards (WHO & European Union version)
- Occupational health guidelines for chemical hazards
- NIOSHH pocket guide to chemical hazards
- Specific medical tests
- Lists of chemicals with the levels which are immediately dangerous to life and health
International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers
(ICEM)
URL: http://www.icemna.org/ersrch4.htm
Contact:
Useable Information:
- ICEM Safecards on Workplace Hazards offers detailed information on
specific chemicals and hazards
- Links to occupational health and safety information on the web
- Articles and news updates on occupational health and safety issues in the
ICEM's industrial sectors
Chemfinder.Com
URL: http://www.chemfinder.com
Contact:
Useable Information:
- search engine for evaluation of chemicals from many lists
- other chemical information packages
IARC Monographs
URL: http://193.51.164.11/default.html
Contact:
Useable Information:
- Programme on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans
- search engine for evaluation of chemicals from many lists
California Proposition 65
URL: http://www.prop65news.com
Contact:
Useable Information:
- Chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and
reproductive harm
Workers
Health and Safety Centre Ontario Canada
URL: www.whsc.on.ca
Contact:
Useable Information:
AFSCME
URL: http://www.afscme.org
Contact:
Useable Information:
- good guide to health and safety on this American union site
Commonwealth
Trades Union Congress (CTUC)
URL: http://www.commonwealthtuc.org
Contact:
Useable Information:
Labourstart
URL: http://www.labourstart.org
Contact:
Useable Information:
- global news from the trade union movement including occasional health and
safety news
International
Federation of Journalists
URL: http://www.ifj.org/publications/health/health.html
Contact:
Useable Information:
- regular health newsletters, some of which are available
on this site. For a full selection click on the URL above.
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