Act Now on Asbestos
What asbestos is, who is at risk, and a sixteen-point checklist for safety reps.
Fact sheets
Free guides and checklists for workers and safety reps. Download them, print them and share them with workmates.
Act Now leaflets
Short guides for workers and safety reps on the commonest problems at work. Print them and pass them round.
Download PDF of Act Now on Asbestos
Act Now on your rights as a safety rep
What a union safety rep can do, what the employer must provide, and how to use those rights well.
Act Now on heat at work
What the law says about hot workplaces, and the questions safety reps can ask when it gets too hot.
Act Now on aches and strains at work
How to prevent back pain and joint, neck and arm problems, among the commonest causes of work-related ill health.
Act Now on dust and cancer at work
Silica, wood dust and diesel fumes can cause cancer and lung disease; the questions safety reps can ask to keep them under control.
Act Now on menopause at work
What the law says about menopause at work, and what safety reps can ask employers to do.
Act Now on sexual harassment at work
Employers' new legal duty to prevent it, and the questions safety reps can ask.
Act Now on violence and abuse at work
What employers must do about threats, abuse and attacks, and the questions safety reps can ask.
Act Now on Occupational Mental Health
The scale of the problem, the law, and what unions and employers can do to prevent harm and support people.
Act Now on Accident Books
What must go in the accident book, what must also be reported under RIDDOR, and how safety reps and first aid fit in.
Campaign papers and guidance
What Hazards has told the government, and useful guidance from others.
The North West Long COVID-19 Charter
What unions, safety reps and workers need to know about Long COVID: the law, claims, support, checklists, adjustments and protection for whistleblowers.
Climate risks and air quality
An education pack on safety routes to tackling climate risks and air quality, with practical steps for safety reps.
RIDDOR: the 2026 consultation
What the injury, disease and dangerous occurrence reporting rules are, and the Hazards response to the 2026 consultation.
RIDDOR: the Hazards submission to HSE
A summary of what Hazards told HSE in its 2026 consultation on the rules for reporting injuries, diseases and dangerous events.
RIDDOR 2026: webinar crib sheet
The main points from the Hazards webinar on the 2026 reporting rules, on one sheet.
Work-related suicide: open letter to HSE
The case for making work-related suicide reportable, in a joint letter from Hazards, unions, academics and charities.
Make work-related suicide reportable
Slides from Families Against Corporate Killers on why HSE should make work-related suicide reportable under RIDDOR.
Violence at work
The Hazards position on violence at work.
Decent Jobs, Decent Lives: a manifesto to protect all workers
The Hazards Campaign’s minimum health and safety standards for every worker, from regulation and enforcement to prevention and a say at work.
Infection risks to new and expectant mothers at work
HSE guidance on protecting new and expectant mothers from infection at work, and what their employer can do to prevent the risks.
Violence in schools and colleges: Scottish Government guidance
How councils and schools should assess and manage violent, aggressive or dangerous behaviour, published in 2025.
The Whole Story archive
Every year Hazards estimates the deaths and illness caused by work that the official HSE figures leave out. Here is every edition we hold.
The Whole Story 2026 (summary)
A short summary of this year’s estimate of the deaths and illness caused by work.
The Whole Story 2025
The yearly estimate of the deaths and illness caused by work that the official figures leave out.
The Whole Story 2024
The 2024 estimate of the deaths and illness caused by work.
The Whole Story 2023
The 2023 estimate of the deaths and illness caused by work.
The Whole Story 2022
The 2022 estimate of the deaths and illness caused by work.
The Whole Story 2021
The 2021 estimate, published by the Hazards Campaign.
The Whole Story, August 2018
The Hazards Campaign’s edition from August 2018.
The Whole Story 2018
The 2018 estimate of the deaths and illness caused by work.
The Whole Story 2017
Hazards figures for 2016 to 2017.
The Whole Story 2016
Hazards figures for 2015 to 2016.
The Whole Story 2015
Hazards figures for 2014 to 2015.
The Whole Story 2014
Hazards figures for 2013 to 2014.
The Whole Story 2013
Hazards figures for 2012 to 2013.
The Whole Story 2012
Hazards figures, July 2012.
The Whole Story 2011
Hazards figures, November 2011.
The Whole Story 2008
The first edition kept online.
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