Guides and reports for health and safety reps

In addition, guidance on most major issues can be found in the TUC book "Hazards at Work: Organising for safe and healthy workplaces", the best-selling guide to health and safety at work. To buy a copy order here (if you are a safety representative on a TUC training course please speak to your tutor about getting a discounted copy)

Guides and reports

• Asbestos (PDF)
• Behavioural Safety - A briefing for workplace representatives 
• Being a Health and Safety Representative - a guide to what the role means 
• Bullying
• The Case for Health and Safety  
• Checking your Personal Protective Equipment (PDF)  
• The Compensation Myth (PDF)  
• Confidentiality and Medical records  
• Diesel exhaust in the workplace (PDF)
• Drug testing in the Workplace  
• Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace  
• Dust in the Workplace (PDF)
• Fatigue (PDF) 
• Feet and Footwear (PDF)  
• Fire Safety
• Flooding - advice for reps
• Gender and health and safety (PDF - includes checklist)  
• In Sickness and in Health?: Good work - and how to achieve it (PDF)  
• Industrial Injuries benefit (PDF)
• Inspections (PDF)  
• Is my occupational provider accredited?
• ISO 45001 - Using the new health and safety standard in the workplace (PDF)
• Lone Working 
• Maintenance in the workplace  
• Medical referrals - is your doctor qualified?  
• Migrant Workers (PDF)  
• Noise at Work (PDF)  
• Occupational Cancer - A Workplace Guide (PDF)
• Occupational hygiene - a guide for reps (pdf)
• Older workers (PDF)
• Organising for Health and Safety: A Workplace Resource (PDF)  
• Pandemic Flu (PDF)  
• Personal Injury Claims – proposals for change (PDF)  
• Preparing for the new 'Fit Note' (PDF)  
• Promoting Health at Work  
• Protecting health and safety after Brexit (PDF)
• Reach (chemicals)  
• Risk assessment (PDF)  
• Health and Safety Myths – The truth behind the headlines  
• Safety representatives – a charter for change (PDF)  
• Safety representatives surveys: 
  • Safety representatives biennial survey 2020 (PDF)
  • Safety representatives biennial survey 2018 (PDF)
  • Safety representatives biennial survey 2016 (PDF)
  • Safety representatives - biennial survey 2014 (PDF) 
  • Safety representatives -biennial survey 2012 (PDF) 
  • Safety representatives – biennial survey 2010 (PDF) 
  • Safety representatives – biennial survey 2008 (PDF) 
  • biennial survey 2006 (PDF),
  • biennial survey 2004 (PDF)  
• Skin Cancer and Outdoor Workers (PDF)  
• Smoking (PDF)  
• Stress (TUC guidance)
• Stress (joint guidance with HSE)
• Suicide and work: TUC guide 
• Supporting women through the menopause (PDF)  
• Temperature at Work - heat (PDF)
• The Government record on H&S (PDF)
• The Union Effect  
• Time off for training (PDF)
• Toilet facilities  
• Violence (HSE also has guidance on workplace violence)
• Women and PPE (PDF)
• Work and Well-being: A trade union resource  
• Young workers (PDF)

Forms

• Inspection Form (PDF)
• Report form for reporting and incidents (PDF)