Posted By Lee Bennett
Allan,
Tried to email you but it's not playing.
Here are some links that you, and maybe other users may find useful.
Kind Regards
Lee.
Health & Safety Links
General Health and Safety Sites
www.safetynews.co.uk – a site giving up to date news on health and safety including local newspaper reports. The site also has excellent information on RIDDOR
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health – the BBC news site detailing health stories some of which are work related.
Environment Sites
www.environment.detr.gov.uk – the Department of Environment Transport and the Regions environmental site giving details of government initiatives on the environment. The Government’s waste strategy can be found on this site.
www.environment.agency.gov.uk – the UK environment agency site giving news such as fines and prosecutions on environmental issues and details of new legislation.
www.sepa.org.uk – The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency site giving news on environmental issues affecting Scotland
www.foe.org.uk – Friends of the Earth Campaign site. Useful information on pollution in your neighbourhood.
Government
www.hse.gov.uk – The Health and Safety Executive’s site
http://wwt.uk.com – The Health and Safety Executives “Working Well Together” in Construction Campaign site. The Campaign is supported by the GMB.
www.doh.gov.uk/wokp/index.htm – The Department of Health’s Healthy Workplace Initiative site which includes details of the GMB and SITA Back in Work Project.
www.hawnhs.hea.org.uk – The Health at Work in the NHS site detailing action and initiatives to improve the health of NHS workers.
Ergonomics
www.ergoweb.com - a site giving general information on ergonomics as well as useful examples of case studies of improved workplace ergonomics
www.rsi-uk.org – General information on RSI including where to go for help.
www.eihms.surrey.ac.uk/r...erg/reserchstudiesex.htm – The site of the Robens Institute which specialises in ergonomics. Details of research reports on ergonomic conditions at work.
Europe
Http://agency.osha.eu.int/ - The European Agency for Health and Safety
www.eurofound.ie/ - The European Foundation for Improvements in Living and Working Conditions. A useful site containing information on both health and wellbeing and sustainable development.
www.etuc.org/tutb – The Trade Union Technical Bureau which advises the European TUC on health and safety matters.
TUC/Trade Union
www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s – the TUC site
www.vl28.dial.pipex.com/ - the TUC “Health and Safety One Stop Shop” full of useful information including details of legislation.
www.hazards.org – site for Hazards magazine. Excellent news source for Safety Representatives includes back issues and fact sheets which can be downloaded.
International
www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html – the site of the USA equivalent to the Health and Safety Executive includes an excellent database containing chemical safety data sheets.
www.whsc.on.ca – the Workers Health and Safety Centre in Ontario Canada includes links to Canadian Trade Unions and details of workplace health initiatives taken by Canadian Trade Unionist including body mapping.
GMB Documents on this site are also available in print form from GMB regional and district offices. To find your local GMB office go back to the home page and click on "Join the Union". You will find a link at the bottom of the opening page which leads to a map of Britain. Use your cursor to locate where you live and that will bring up a list of local offices with contact details. You can at the same time download a regional application form to join the GMB and send it to the local GMB office.
International Labour Organisation, SafeWork Programme
www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework - This site has a large selection of health and safety information which is authoritative yet simple to understand.There are a number of documents and databases which are accessible free through the various pages.
Institute of Occupational Health
www.occuphealth.fi - Undoubtedly one of the most respected research organisations involved in the study of health and safety within the working environment.This site has a number of documents and databases which can be accessed through the its various pages.
Occupational Safety & Health Administration, US Department of Labour
www.osh.gov - A site with a number of useful technical documents available free of charge (based on US legislation).
World Health Organisation
www.who.int - This site hosts the most authoritative sources of health internationally.There are a number of free documents which are related to occupational health.
Workers Health & Safety
www.hse.gov.uk/workers - The Health and Safety Executive site for workers health and safety.The page has information on the roles and responsibilities of employers and workers, dealing with problems in the workplace, making complaints, reporting accidents, contact points and links to other sites.