Created on: 09 Sep 2026
This is the fifth edition of the EIS Health and Safety Handbook.
The revisions have been made to bring the Handbook up-to-date on legal requirements and to include additional advice and guidance developed by the EIS.
The EIS Health and Safety Handbook has been designed to provide Health and Safety Representatives with information and advice on a wide range of safety issues and it provides a comprehensive reference. The inclusion of QR codes, linking to the relevant information at the EIS website, will allow for updates to legislation, EIS advice to members and further reading.
Please ensure that the Handbook is passed on to your successor as EIS Health and Safety Representative should you give up this role. The Handbook cannot provide all of the answers to every health and safety problem but it will help to identify problems and potential solutions.
The Sections Roles and Responsibilities and Health and Safety Legislation provides information essential reading for all Health and Safety Representatives.
The first edition of this Handbook was based on the TUC’s publication ‘Hazards at Work’ and the EIS wishes to acknowledge and thank the TUC for its permission to use this material.