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GPMU Safety Reps' Handbook

The GPMU Safety Reps' Handbook is available below, divided into small sections to enable easy downloading. Each section is in pdf format which requires Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. If you do not have this installed, the free Reader can be downloaded from the link on the left.

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1 Contents (pdf, 49KB)

2 Introduction (pdf, 40KB)

3 What is health & safety? (pdf, 154KB)

4 Safety reps (pdf, 255KB)

5 Consulting non-recognised workers (pdf, 109KB)

6 Health & safety recruitment (update Aug 2004) (pdf, 65KB)

7 Is your employer managing health & safety? (pdf, 127KB)

8 Incident & accident investigation (update Feb 2003) (pdf, 95KB)

9 Training for health & safety (pdf, 105KB)

10 Health & Safety Regulations (pdf, 70KB)

10a Health & Safety at Work Act (pdf, 69KB)

11 Management of Health & Safety at Work (update July 2002) (pdf, 125KB)

12 Workplace (pdf, 108KB)

13 Manual Handling (update July 2004) (pdf, 124KB)

14 PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) (pdf, 83KB)

15 Work Equipment (pdf, 124KB)

16 Lifting Equipment (pdf, 86KB)

18 Noise (pdf, 118KB)

19 Electricity (pdf, 75KB)

20 COSHH (update April 2005) (pdf, 101KB)

21 RIDDOR (pdf, 100KB)

22 First aid (pdf, 72KB)

24 WRULDs & RSI (pdf, 99KB)

25 Smoking (pdf, 67KB)

26 Drugs & alcohol (pdf, 111KB)

27 Aerosol spray products (pdf, 86KB)

28 Diesel exhaust fumes (pdf, 105KB)

29 Temperature of the workplace (pdf, 89KB)

30 Working alone (pdf, 104KB)

31 Cancer (pdf, 69KB)

32 Medical examinations & health surveillance (pdf, 73KB)

33 Ultra-violet curing (update Oct 2004) (pdf, 85KB)

34 Stress (pdf, 88KB)

35 Women's health & safety (pdf, 88KB)

36 HIV-AIDS (pdf, 71KB)

37 Environment (pdf, 122KB)

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