Health and Safety
At your workplace you can get support from our Health & Safety Representatives who are trained via our excellent training courses. Safety Representatives have legal rights to: conduct investigations into accidents and potential hazards; inspect the workplace; consult with members and take up issues on their behalf with Management. Our Safety Representatives are not on their own: we recognise the importance of Health and Safety and provide support both Regionally and Nationally.
Your National Health & Safety Committee representatives are elected by each Region (Rule 4). Your current Committee are:
Region 1: Tatiana Rees and Vince Payne
Region 2: Tony Mansell and Vicky Bassett
Region 3: Michael Blundred and Amanda Bailey
Region 4: John Owens (Chair)
Region 5: Mark Dickens (Vice Chair) and Angela Robinson
Region 7: Diarmuid Best
How to raise a Health & Safety related issue:
At site level speak initially to your Branch Health & Safety Representative (or other Branch representative). Some issues may require further progression throughout the Union. This can be done through your Branch meeting and to your Regional Council. If the Regional Council deems an issue to be serious enough, this will then be referred to the National Health & Safety Committee. Some issues may require a Union campaign, this may require a Resolution being submitted to Annual Conference.
If you require any further information, contact your Regional Office.
| Why should you become a BFAWU Health and Safety representative? |
| There are plenty of health and safety laws that should protect workers, but without trade union organised workplaces including Safety Reps, employers can ignore their legal duties, click on the link above to find out more! |
Webinars!
Our national committee are putting together a number of useful webinars for reps and members, the recordings will be available here after they have finished!
Mental Health and wellbeing in the workplace Webinar.
With contributions from Vicky and Tony from our National health, safety and Environment Committee and Andy from AndyMans Club.
Useful Documents
Click on the links below to open/download the document:
Safety-rep-poster-2023-green INF-X-Strategy-Overview INFO-01-assessment-tool INFO-01-A-5-min-assessment-tool INFO-02-assessment-toolGuidance on Dust Control and Health Surveillance in Bakeries
https://www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/
Health, safety and well-being | TUC
GenderHS2017 BrownBook2015 hsg252 common-strategy