UKLF participates in several Health & Safety Committees and, with the British Footwear Association and the trade union Community in the Footwear and Leather Industries Health & Safety Committee, has produced the following guidance documents:
Asbestos – Health & Safety
A guide to the legal and management aspects of dealing with asbestos in the workplace. Date submitted: 25/4/2016
Introduction to Occupational Health Monitoring & Surveillance
A guidance document on methods to detect and assess the early signs of adverse effects on the health of workers who are potentially being exposed to health hazards during the course of their work. Date submitted: 16/8/2012
A guidance document on establishing safe systems of work through examination of processes and the identification, minimisation of elimination of hazards. Date submitted: 23/10/2009
Should you be doing that? – A Guide to Permits-to-Work for the Leather and Footwear Industries
A guidance document on establishing a policy on permit-to-work system for the management of high risk activities in the work place. Date submitted: 1/11/2011
Guidance specifically for footwear factories and leather tanneries on the identification and control of hazards arising from work place transport. Date submitted: 05/09/2008
Guidance note for the footwear & leather industries on the representation and involvement of workers in the management of health & safety in the work place. Date submitted: 28/01/2008
