Occupational health

Occupational cancers

7 June 2018
Occupational cancer leads to a significant number of deaths in the UK each year and this page provides advice and guidance on how the risks can be controlled and exposure to carcinogens minimised.

Fitness for work

12 December 2017
This guidance aims to bring together the key legal requirements associated with the management of fitness in the workplace.

Occupational health compliance and good practice

1 March 2017
As part of ORR's strategy to raise awareness on occupational health under our health programme, we will publicise recent cases where formal enforcement action has been taken to secure legal compliance.

Better health is happening in rail

Content archived on 17 October 2024

26 June 2015
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) today published its latest occupational health report which shows that there has been a meaningful improvement in the rail industry's management of worker health over the last four years.

First aid at railway stations

2 June 2015
When assessing first aid requirements at railway stations it is good practice to consider passengers' needs as well as those of employees.
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