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IWMD - The Importance of Health and Safety 2022 

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Presentation 2021  - The Importance of Health and Safety 

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Presentation 2021  - The Importance of Health and Safety 

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IWMD - The Importance of Health and Safety 

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International Workers Memorial Day 2021 - Women and HS

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Presentation: Thompsons Solicitors - Making a Personal Injury Claim for Covid-19 

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Presentation: Thompsons Solicitors - Making a Personal Injury Claim for Covid-19 

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Nick Unison Covid Talk IWMD 28 April 2021

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Hazards - The Whole Story

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UNISON South West Health and Safety Webpage 

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UNISON South West Health and Safety Webpage 

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Our Health and Safety committee supports reps across the South West win better working conditions.

The committee arranges an annual forum for Health and Safety representatives.

It provides an opportunity for Health and Safety representatives to take part in workshops to focus on key current issues for safety in the workplace.

Find out more about being a Health and Safety rep

Our regional Health & Safety committee:
Caroline Emery - Chair of Committee Contact Caroline Brian Edgeler Cornwall Local Government Devon Partnership and Community Health

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Health and Safety in the South West - UNISON South West

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Our Health and Safety committee supports reps across the South West win better working conditions. The committee arranges an annual forum for Health and Safety representatives. It provides an opportunity for Health and Safety representatives to take part in workshops to focus on key current issues for safety in the workplace.

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Every year more people are killed at work than in wars. Most don't die of mystery ailments, or in tragic "accidents". They die because an employer decided their safety just wasn't that important a priority. International Workers' Memorial Day (IWMD) 28 April commemorates those workers. What is IWMD?

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International Workers' Memorial Day (IWMD)

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Every year more people are killed at work than in wars. Most don't die of mystery ailments, or in tragic "accidents". They die because an employer decided their safety just wasn't that important a priority. International Workers' Memorial Day (IWMD) 28 April commemorates those workers.

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Workers' memorial day is an international event: bringing together trade unionists to remember those who have lost their lives to work, and renew our commitment to make work safer for everyone.

This timeline details some of the events in British labour history where employer and government failures led to the preventable deaths of workers. It also includes dates which mark when trade unions won key legislative change to protect rights to safety at work.

Trades unions have, over time, secured legislative changes to protect workers, compensation to support victims financially, and on a workplace, level negotiated protections to make work safe.

Every day, trade union health and safety reps work with members and employers to bring about adjustments to keep working people safe in their job.

We know work is safer with a union. If you're not a member, join one today

If you're already a union member, consider becoming a safety rep
Find out more about the history of Health and Safety legislation
Recommended further reading

Steve Tombs, 'Death and Work in Britain', Sociological Review (1999), pp. 345-367.

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Workers' memorial day is an international event: bringing together trade unionists to remember those who have lost their lives to work, and renew our commitment to make work safer for everyone. This timeline details some of the events in British labour history where employer and government failures led to the preventable deaths of workers.

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International Workers Memorial Day 2021 - Hazards

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HSE - Fatal Injuries in UK Workplaces 2021 

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HSE - Fatal Injuries in UK Workplaces 2021 

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TUC Health and Safety Reps Survey Results 2021 

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TUC Health and Safety Reps Survey Results 2021 

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The TUC's 2020/21 survey of more than 2100 workplace safety representatives reveals that many employers are failing to follow Covid-secure rules and keep workers safe.

Survey findings on Covid-19 and health and safety at work

Risk assessments: More than a quarter of safety representatives said they were not aware of a formal risk assessment being carried out in their workplace in the last two years, covering the period of the pandemic. One in ten (9%) said their employer had not carried out a risk assessment, while 17% said they did not know whether a risk assessment had taken place. Of those who said their employers had carried out a risk assessment, more than a fifth (23%) said they felt the risk assessments were inadequate.

Workplace outbreaks: More than three quarters of safety representatives (83%) said employees had tested positive for Covid-19 in their workplace, while more than half (57%) said their workplaces had seen a "significant" number of cases.

Enforcement by the Health and Safety Executive: Less than one quarter (24%) of respondents said their workplace had been contacted by a Health and Safety Executive inspector, or other relevant safety inspectorate in the last 12 months. More than a fifth (22%) said their workplace had never been visited by an HSE inspector, as far as they were aware.

Social distancing: A quarter (25%) of representatives said their employer did not always implement physical distancing between colleagues through social distancing or physical barriers. Just over a fifth (22%) said their employer did not always implement appropriate physical distancing between employees and customers, clients or patients.

Personal protective equipment: More than a third (35%) said adequate PPE was not always provided.

Download full report (pdf)

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Union Health and Safety Rep Survey - 2020/21

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The TUC's 2020/21 survey of more than 2100 workplace safety representatives reveals that many employers are failing to follow Covid-secure rules and keep workers safe. Survey findings on Covid-19 and health and safety at work Risk assessments: More than a quarter of safety representatives said they were not aware of a formal risk assessment being carried out in their workplace in the last two years, covering the period of the pandemic.