Health and Safety
News, Reports and Information
The CWU Eastern Region Health and Safety Forum is dedicated raise health and safety standards for our members in their workplaces and in general.
We aim to promote the benefits of good health and safety organisation and management in the communications industry and offer support through our Safety Representatives. This includes joint employer/safety representative consultation in order to promptly identify risks and appropriate remedial actions to address health and safety issues and workplace hazards.
NHS Needs More Blood and Organ Donors
In England, somewhere in the region of 8,000 blood transfusions are carried out every day and more than 10,000 people in the UK currently need an organ transplant.
Legionella Link to Windscreen Water Bottles
A preliminary study from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) found an association between not using screen wash in wiper fluid and the risk of contracting Legionnaires' disease.
Workers' Memorial Day – Wednesday 28 April 2010
Workers' Memorial Day has been informally commemorated in the UK since 1992, and from 2010 it will be officially recognised by the Government.
- Directors Health & Safety Duties Campaign
- Breast Cancer
- Gas Safety and Carbon Monoxide
- Christmas Drink Driving Warning
- Preventing Workplace Harassment and Violence
- Winter Driving Information
- Norovirus Stomach Bug
- Hypertention (High Blood Pressure)
- Swine Flu (H1N1 virus)
- Display Screen Equipment
- Dangerous Dogs
- Bullying at Work
- Domestic Abuse
- Mobile Phones and Driving
- Stroke Awareness
- Keep your Vehicle Safe and Legal
- Cervical Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Prostate Diseases
- Safe Driving Practices
- Sun Exposure and Heat Stress
- Asbestos
- Firework Safety
- Fire Safety
- Work-Related Stress
- Leptospirosis (Weil's Disease)
- Alcohol
- Speed Limits for Vans and Goods Vehicles