Hazards 131, July-September 2015

FEATURES

We're here to stay With a renewed government attack on unions, it has never been more important to get organised, says TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady. more

Cameron killed Cameron Minshull was just 16 when he was dragged into a machine, dying of horrific head injuries. Hazards looks at the human cost of safety neglect at work. more

CENTREPAGES

Turn it on Your best defence at work is to be organised and active, says Mick Holder. In a special organising poster, he spells out the key steps to being a more effective union safety rep. more

PHOTOFILE

You know best Workers are best placed to see the hazards in their workplace and, when they have a voice and power, to take action to prevent illness and injury. A Hazards photofile shows how to take control at work. more

POSTER

A crying shame Workers die when the government says workplace safety isn’t important. It’s dead wrong. A pin-up-at-work Hazards poster.

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News in brief. 8-17 Unions and campaigns. 22-31 International news. 32-33 Asbestos. 34

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Deadly Business
A Hazards special investigation

The decimation of Britain's industrial base was supposed to have one obvious upside - an end to dirty and deadly jobs.

In the 'Deadly business' series, Hazards reveals how a hands off approach to safety regulation means workers continue to die in preventable 'accidents' at work.

Meanwhile, an absence of oversight means old industrial diseases are still affecting millions, and modern jobs are creating a bloodless epidemic of workplace diseases - from 'popcorn lung' to work related suicide.  Find out more