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 HEALTH & SAFETY ADVICE

BRANCH HEALTH & SAFETY LIBRARY

The Branch Office's Health & Safety library contains books and leaflets on the following subjects. If you require a copy please contact the Branch Health & Safety Officers.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 A 

  • Accidents

  • Accident Investigation

  • Aches and strains at work

  • Administration of drugs

  • Alcohol & drug misuse

  • Asbestos

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 B 

  • Back care

  • Body illness

  • Body mapping

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 C 

  • Catering

  • Central Health & Safety and Welfare Panel

  • Chemicals

  • Childcare

  • Construction

  • Continence

  • COSHH and RIDDOR

  • Counselling

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 D 

  • Disabilities H&S Issues

  • Dogs

  • Domestic Violence

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 E 

  • Ear Protection

  • Electrical safety

  • Emergency evacuation

  • Ergonomics

  • European Health & Safety Law

  • Eye protection

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 F 

  • Fire

  • Food Contamination

  • Food Safety Act 1990

  • Foot protection

  • Fork lift trucks

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 H 

  • Hand protection

  • Harassment

  • Hazards at work

  • Health & Safety at Work Act

  • Health & Safety Leaflets and books

  • Health & Safety magazines

  • Health & Safety reps information

  • Health & Safety "6 Pack" books

  • Hoists and moving people

  • Hot & cold weather working

  • HSE books

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 I 

  • Infectious diseases and controls

  • Infectious diseases and controls in schools

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 L 

  • Latex

  • Legal

  • Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998

  • Lone working

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 M 

  • Manual handling

  • Men's health issues

  • Millennium 2000

  • Mobile phones

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 N 

  • Needlestick injuries

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 O 

  • Occupational health

  • Office hazards

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 P 

  • Personal Protective Equipment

  • Pregnancy issues

  • Premises Management Manual for Social Services Departments

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 R 

  • Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)

  • Revitalising Health & safety Strategy 2000

  • Risk Assessments and questionnaires

  • Road Traffic Accidents

  • ROSPA, Tolleys, Croner Health & Safety information

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 S 

  • Safety in the store

  • Safety policies

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

  • Sickness absence

  • Smoking

  • Solvents

  • Stress

  • Stress and bullying

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 U 

  • UNISON East Midlands Health & Safety guide

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 V 

  • Ventilation

  • Vibration White finger syndrome

  • Violence

  • Violence to staff

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 W 

  • Women's health issues

  • Work equipment

  • Work: It's a Risky Business

  • Work Related Upper Limbs Disorders (WRULDS)

  • Working Time Directive

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H&S ADVICE LINKS

UNISON's national website H&S section

TUC national website H&S Section

Health & Safety Executive

The Hazards Campaign

London Hazards Centre

UNISON website giving free H&S info for small and medium sized community and voluntary organisations