Latest news on the Unite health and safety news website - click the link after each story for the full text. Remember to check the website at http://www.unitetheunion.org/hsnews for regular safety news updates.
HSE launch new Nanotechnology webpage
Protecting workers during manufacture of nanomaterials.
RIDDOR Consultation published
The consultation document on the proposed Lord Young review of RIDDOR was published today.
Practical workshops on the Assessment of Repetitive Tasks
3 workshops - delivered by experts from HSE and the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) - on how to use the Assessment of Repetitive Tasks (ART) Tool.
European survey shows work hazards vary for men and women
The exposure of women and men to physical hazards differs widely, the 5th European Working Conditions Survey shows.
Four killed at Norfolk factory
Four men have been killed at a Norfolk factory when a steel structure they were working on four metres underground collapsed on top of them.
Government ignores fitness test promises
A government claim that the 'vast majority' of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants should not be receiving the benefit, contradicts the evidence and its own admissions just two months ago, the TUC has charged.
Caterpillar worker's died of asbestos cancer
The family of a Unite member has received compensation after he died from an asbestos related cancer.
Injury costs Unite print worker his job
A printers' assistant was left unemployed after suffering a workplace arm injury that resulted in permanent pain and a loss of function in the limb.
Safety improvements follow Unite compensation case
A Unite factory worker whose hand was dragged into a machine and crushed has received £300,000 in compensation.
Report exposes rotten safety culture for rail workers
An independent review by the Rail Safety and Standards Board, following intervention by Unite, exposes the rotten safety culture affecting rail workers in the UK.
HSE publishes 'Violence at work' report
Findings from the British Crime Survey 2009/10.
Health and safety in ports
Docks website re-launched to give easier access to guidance on main causes of injury and illness.
