Health
and Safety Links
Trade Unions
The following unions have useful health and safety areas.
TUC
Separate section on health & safety, press releases, as well as a summary of
health & safety news in the substantial weekly risk bulletin.
GMB
Advice & guidance on many health and safety issues.
GPMU
The health and safety page includes information on solvents, inks and
occupational asthma, WRULDS (work-related upper limb disorders) &
respiratory sensitisers .
NUT
Comprehensive guidance to health and safety in schools.
TGWU
A comprehensive Guide for Safety Reps.
UNISON
Large Health and safety section with guidance on a wide range of issues.
UK Sites
Hazards Magazine
Supported by the TUC. Site includes articles and extracts from the magazine as
well as an excellent resource section which includes guidance and toolkits for
body mapping and UINs.
The
Health & Safety Executive
All the free information available from this body.
UK
Legislation
The HMSO site carries the full text of all acts of parliament from 1988
and all statutory regulations from 1987.
UK
Courts
The full text of UK court cases are held on this site.
Employment
Tribunals
This website will allow you to choose between the Employment
Tribunal or the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) site.
Both sites contain the necessary information and forms to make a claim. The EAT
site includes court decisions.
Consultation
Documents
Current consultation and discussion documents can be accessed and
downloaded from the Health & Safety Executive site.
The
Physical & Theoretical Chemical Laboratory Oxford University
List of known & suspected carcinogens, MSDS chemical data sheets,
COSHH (UK) maximum exposure limits and other information.
Health,
Environment & Work (University of Edinburgh)
Includes some information and an excellent links section to other useful
sites.
Stress
UK
Information on workplace stressors, symptoms of stress, ways of reducing
stress & workplace bullying. Not updated recently.
Tim
Fields Workplace Bullying
Types of bullying, the causes of bullying, the effects of bullying and
how to deal with them, the law on bullying & statistics on bullying.
General
Federation of Trade Unions
Studies on workplace asthma with an orientation towards flour workers.
London
Hazards Centre
Hazard newsletter and downloadable factsheets on a number of hazards. For
subscribers there are handbooks on RSI, chemicals, asbestos, VDUs, stress, sick
building syndrome, pesticides and lighting.
Thompson
& Thompson
Trade Union Solicitors. Site includes online
guides and printable leaflets on asbestos, medical negligence, spinal injuries
and personal injury claims.
UK
Parliament
Details the progress of bills currently before parliament.
Institute
of Occupational Safety and Health
Professional & training body for health and safety practitioners in
the UK
European Sites
European
Agency for Safety and Health
News, future European health & safety events, links to
EU directives, proposals, standards and guidelines. Special areas for accident
prevention, musculoskeletal disorders, dangerous substances, stress,
construction and health care.
European
Law
New EU portal site giving
access to the official journal, treaties, legislation, legislation in
preparation and case law.
European
Employment and Social Affairs
Link to some health and safety information from the EU
Directorate responsible for health and safety at work.
European
Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Responsible for the authorative European surveys on working
conditions.
European
Trade Union Education Online
Advice on delivering trade union education by
computer-based systems & the implication of computers for trade unions.
The European Trade Union Technical Bureau for Health and Safety (TUTB)
The TUTB forms part of the European Trade Union
Confederation site (ETUC) and
contains materials on musculoskeletal
disorders, dangerous substances, asbestos, carcinogens, chemical
substances, DSE, EMF, ergonomics, ionising radiation, lifts, manual handling,
PPE, safety of machines, work equipment, working environment & working time.
European
Work Hazards Network
Health & safety information and addresses of hazard
centres in Europe.
OSHWEB
This site, located in Finland, provides a European-oriented
index of occupational safety and health resources.
Occupational
Asthma
This site has been designed as a diagnostic tool for
occupational asthma.
International
and other Organisations
International
Labour Organisation
The Safework pages contain policy documents, areas of
action & resources for health & safety.
Pesticide
Action Network
Articles & factsheets on pesticides & chemicals.
Access to EXTOTNET (toxic chemicals) database.
ATSDR
Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry. Site includes the HAZDAT database on
toxic substances data sheets & the TOXFAQ database with data sheets on toxic
substances in the question-and-answer format.
New
Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Well laid out hazardous substances
factsheets
NIOSH
International chemical safety cards (WHO & European
Union version), occupational health guidelines for chemical hazards, NIOSH
pocket guide to chemical hazards, specific medical tests, lists of chemicals
with the levels which are immediately dangerous to life and health & women’s health and safety issues.
International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers (ICEM)
ICEM Safecards on Workplace Hazards, links to other
occupational health and safety information, articles and news updates on
occupational health and safety issues in the ICEM's industrial sectors.
Chemfinder
Search engine for information on chemicals from many lists.
IRIS
IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System) is provided by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a database of human health
effects that may result from various substances found in the environment. The
site has a list of IRIS substances
Workers
Health and Safety Centre Ontario Canada
Health and safety advice.
AFSCME
This American union provides a large variety of factsheets,
including violence, on health & safety.
TOXNET
(Toxicology Data Network)
A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals
and related areas.
UNEP
Chemicals
UNEP Chemicals is the centre for all chemicals-related
activities of the United Nations Environment Programme.
NOHSC
The website of the Australian National Occupational Health
& Safety Commission.
Internet
Safety Resources
World-wide health and safety link site.