Health & safety rep of the year 2015 flyer

Nomination form for safety rep awards 2015

A four page newsletter aimed at UNISON health and safety reps, branch health and safety officers and UNISON members with an interest in health and safety

This booklet is intended for use in education courses and other training situations to provide UNISON safety representatives with information about their legal rights. Updated 2015

Aimed primarily at UNISON health & safety reps, this explains what asbestos is, the threat it poses to workers and the public, what UNISON is campaigning for and what branches and members can do to support the campaign and protect their members

This guidance gives health and safety advice on workplace temperature, including working outside.

Leptospirosis is an infection spread from contact with animal urine. UNISON members at risk include sewage, canal and river workers. This factsheet advises how the infection is transmitted and the precautions which can be taken to avoid the disease.

UNISON evidence is response to call for evidence for triennial review of HSE. This is for information and aimed primarily at UNISON Safety Reps.

Guidance on safe working at height and with ladders, checklist and employers duties. Audience – safety reps and members.

A course book for the Organising for Health and Safety course. Can only be ordered by regional education officers.

Information for branch health and safety officers and safety reps on how to organise and recruit around health and safety issues

This guide includes information on how to prevent slips and trips, cases studies and a useful checklist for safety reps.

This factsheet about the superbug MRSA highlights prevention and control measures in the workplace. It is aimed at branch officials, stewards and safety reps.

Guidance for safety reps explaining how to give employers formal notice they are not complying with health and safety legislation in respect of an identified workplace hazard.

Explains the legal requirement on employers to ensure people can move freely and with ease at work and what action branches can take where this is not the case.

The problem with noise, assessing risk, and other regulations applying to noise.

How it’s caused, who’s at risk, prevention and control. Includes employer duties, water testing and treatment, and a checklist for branches.

This briefing is intended to alert branches to some of the issues they should consider where gloves are concerned.

This Information Sheet features: Symptoms, causes and prevention, including the legal protections for people working with hazardous substances and what employers must do to avoid risk to staff.

Information about the problems associated with using display equipment, and of the legal duty on employers to provide workers with eye tests and rest breaks.

This information sheet aims to give safety reps a basic understanding of fire safety and fire risk assessments under the current law.

Comprehensive guide to Britain’s most common health problem, including advice on prevention, treatment, manual handling and conducting risk assessments.

Are You At Risk? – UNISON’s pamphlet which aims to raise awareness about the importance of risk assessment amongst both members and potential members. The pamphlet explains the HSE’s five steps to risk assessment and within each step, includes a point for members to think about their work.