Health, Safety and Environment
Welcome to the Branch Health, Safety & Environment section.
The Health, Safety & Environment section are committed to providing a first class service to our members in all areas of the Communication Industry. We aim to provide the best advice and representation to our Safety Reps and members.
Our greatest assets are our Safety Representatives, and we fully support them in their work.
Together with the National Health and Safety Committees we are striving to make our workplaces safe.
CWU Demands Urgent Dog Law Reform
A new petition on the Prime Minister's official Number 10 Downing Street web site has been launched by to put pressure on the Government to deliver on its assurances and overhaul dog laws and bring forward new legislation in the Queen's Speech.
What Alcohol Can Do To Your Health
Over ten million adults in England alone are drinking above the recommended daily limits, and alcohol related hospital admissions topped the one million mark for the first time in 2009/10.
Van Drivers Seat Belt and Mobile Warning
The findings of two reports published recently show that the main culprits for driving without a seatbelt and mobile phone use are van drivers and their passengers.
- Winter Weather
- It’s Movember – Help to Save Men’s Lives
- Stress Tops Sickness Absence Chart
- False Black Widow Spider
- World Mental Health Day: 10 October 2011
- Euro Safety and Health at Work week 2011
- Atrial Fibrilation 'Ask First' Campaign
- Asbestos: Hidden Health Hazard in Homes
- Depression
- Workers' Memorial Day - 28 April 2011
- Openreach: Pre-climb Pole Checks
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month - March
- Employers and GPs must Help Fight Cancer
- No Smoking Day 9 March 2011
- Tips for Defensive Driving
- Stress: Sources of Advice and Guidance
- Workstation Hygiene
- Snow and Ice Clearance at Home and Work
- RoSPA Recommends Cutting Road Journeys
- Driving in Severe Weather
- Smoke Alarms at Home
- UK Needs Better Health and Safety
- NHS National Blood Service Needs More Donors
- No10 Downing St E-Petitions Service Suspended
- Legionnaires' Disease Link to Screen Wash Bottles
- Sun Exposure and Heat Stress
- NHS Organ Donor Register - Organ Donation Campaign
- European Week for Safety and Health at Work 2010
- Workers' Memorial Day – Wednesday 28 April 2010
- New Medical Statement: Fit Note
- Directors Health & Safety Duties Campaign
- HSE Shattered Lives Campaign
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month – March 2010
- Severe Weather and Heavy Snow
- Christmas Drink Driving Warning
- Winter Driving Information
- Harassment and Violence Prevention
- Swine Flu
- UK Road Safety Week 2009
- Euro Week for Safety and Health at Work
- BT Exchanges in Hot Weather
- Vehicle Checks - Stay Safe on the Road
- Heatwave Advice
- Workers Memorial Day - Recognition Soon?
- Swine Flu (H1N1 virus)
- Workers Memorial Day - 28 April 2009
- The Health and Safety Offences Act 2008
- Ticks and Lyme Disease
- Speed Limits for Vans and Goods Vehicles
- BT WITHOD - Safety Belt and Lighting Kit
- Hepatitis Awareness
- Pandemic Flu
- Norovirus Stomach Bug
- Firework Safety
- Mobile Masts - No Short-term Harm
- Health and Safety for Young Workers
- Workplace Bullying
- Health and Safety for Disabled Workers
- Asbestos issues and Pleural Plaques
- Alcohol - Do You Know Your Limits?
- Guidance for New and Expectant Mothers
- Safety Checks using BT Ladders Extension
- Weil's Disease (Leptospirosis)
- Work-Related Stress
- Stroke Awareness
- Road Safety
- Prostate Diseases
- Mobile Phones and Driving
- Lung Cancer
- High Blood Pressure
- Gas Safety and Carbon Monoxide
- Fire
- Domestic Abuse
- Display Screen Equipment
- Cervical Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Asbestos
- Alcohol
- Sick Pay in BT Group
- Accident Investigation in BT