Health & safety

TUC Risks news bulletin

Risks is an e-bulletin edited by award-winning Hazards Magazine editor Rory O'Neill. You'll get news from the TUC and the unions (and from the HSE and others, in Britain and around the world) direct. It is free, and comes straight to your PC, wap-phone or digital TV. RISKS is weekly, because health and safety news moves fast. Register to receive your copy direct every weekend at

www.tuc.org.uk/newsroom/register.cfm

The Hazards Campaign

Is a network of resource centres and campaigners on health and safety at work

www.hazardscampaign.org.uk

London Hazards Centre

Is a resource centre for Londoners fighting health and safety hazards in their workplace and community. This site is for union and community organisers anywhere who need health and safety information.

www.lhc.org.uk

Greater Manchester Hazards Centre

Is a resource centre in Greater Manchester fighting health and safety hazards in their workplace and community. This site is for union and community organisers anywhere who need health and safety information.

www.gmhazards.org.uk

HandS Health and Safety Resources

UK Health and Safety Resources - Statutes, Links and Downloads

www.dennismac.co.uk

Hazards magazine

Hazards is the only health and safety magazine to win a major international award for its "outstanding achievement in the field of occupational health and safety." Hazards is a not-for-profit and editorially independent publication.
Workers' Health International News (WHIN) aims to provide trade unions and safety activists with the resources and information they need to expose and challenge threats to workplace health and safety.

www.hazards.org

Women's health and safety

Corporate Health and Safety Crime at Work

HMSO Statutory Instruments

The full text of all published Government Statutory Instruments since 1987 are available on the internet at the HMSO website. Although numbered in the same Statutory Instrument series, non-print/unpublished Statutory Instruments which are generally of local application are not published on the internet.

With effect from July 1999 Statutory Instruments made by the National Assembly for Wales have been published via the Wales Legislation web pages whilst the series of Scottish Statutory Instruments have been published via the Scottish Legislation web pages.

All other Statutory Instruments continue to be available via the HMSO site.

The site has a search engine designed to help visitors identify the document they wish to browse.

Draft Statutory Instruments are also available.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Is the United States Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury. The Institute is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

Aims to make Europe’s workplaces safer, healthier and more productive. It acts as a catalyst for developing, collecting, analysing and disseminating information that improves the state of occupational safety and health in Europe. The Agency is a tripartite European Union organisation and brings together representatives from three key decision-making groups in each of the EU’s Member States – governments, employers and workers’ organisations.

http://agency.osha.eu.int/index_en.htm

For more information about Health and Safety: Paul Woolstenholmes (National Officer)