Occupational health

Advice on what railway industry occupational health diseases that must be reported to us under RIDDOR can be found on this page.

An overview of the effects of work on health in the UK and the costs to employers and society and advice on how these health effects can be prevented and where to go for more information.

On this page we explain what the key legal requirements are for managing and controlling the risks from asbestos.

This page provides sources of further guidance on managing work-related stress, including the business case for better stress management.

This page provides examples of how rail companies can learn from others, including links to good practice case studies on managing work-related stress both from within and outside the rail industry.

Information on what rail employers need to do to adopt an organisational approach to preventing work-related stress.

Our position on managing work-related stress in the rail industry, highlighting the costs as well as the business benefits of preventing stress before harm occurs.

Information is provided for employers and employees on health in the work place generally, specific health issues, healthy lifestyles and managing health risks