IOSH HQ Website has a page of useful links. If what you are looking for isn't here, try them.

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• Health and Safety Executive. - this has a useful section of what's new where you can keep uptodate with new legislation, press releases, consultative documents etc.
• Hazards at Work - guidance from the Health and Safety Executive:
• Dangerous Chemicals from Oxford University - if you are into COSSH, then you want this.
• European Occupational Safety & Health - wondering what will come next from the EU - here's your chance to find out and be ahead but it will take some time! There is a lot there.
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents- find out about safety outside the workplace.
• The British Safety Council- Promoting health, safety and environmental best practice for the increase of productivity and the benefit of society.
• Safe and Healthy Working aims to improve the health, well-being and company productivity of Scottish Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The key elements of Safe and Healthy Working are:
  A free and confidential National Adviceline for employees and employers. Professional advisers available throughout Scotland to carry out a workplace visit to identify the occupational health and safety needs in your organisation. Advice and guidance empowering you to address any occupational health and safety issues.
• Scottish Chamber of Safety. The aim of the Scottish Chamber of Safety is to provide a forum for health and safety in Scotland. It's function is to act as a liaison between the various groups and individuals who have an interest in health and safety in Scotland.
• Scottish Borders Safety Forum: One of the local groups affiliated to the Scottish Chamber of Safety.
• Ayrshire Occupational Health and Safety Group: Another of the local groups.
• Fife Chamber of Safety. Meet 2nd Tuesday of the month, Royal Hotel, Dysart. Secretary: David Birrell. Email fcs@qista.net
• Institute for Safety in Technology and Research - the Institute was founded as the Institute of University Safety Officers (IUSO) by a group of UK university safety officers who were seeking to establish a body to represent their individual interests on a professional basis and in their specialist area of research and high technology.
• The British Standards Institution
• Safety News - catch up on safety news, court cases and all sorts of information.
• The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Inc - some useful information but you have to dig around.
• Means of Escape Magazine - if you undertake Fire Safety as well , then this and the next two links might be of use.
• FireNet a private website for the British Fire Service.
• Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers Association
• Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade - if you are interested in Home Fire Safety then this is for you.
• Central Scotland Fire Brigade are also worth a look.
• Statutory Instruments from 1987 onwards. Organised by year and SI number so you will have to use the search engine if you don't know that, for instance, The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendments) Regulations 1999 are SI 1999 No 303.
  Be warned - UK government enacts about 3000 Statutory Instruments each year! And only some are to do with Health and Safety.
• The Scottish Local Authorities Community Safety Forum is the national Forum for officers who are responsible for developing strategic work on community safety in partnership with others.
• The TUC Health & Safety Webpages
• Free On Line Training from the US Government - you have to register but it is easy and you might find something to spark an idea.
• The Ergonomics Society
• Scottish Environmental Protection Agency- a lot of Occupational Health and Safety Officers are also involved in considering the environmental impact of their employers operations. If so you may find this and the sites below useful.
• The Environment Agency of England & Wales
• The Scottish Executive - Environment
• Consultative Documents of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
• The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) is a multidisciplinary learned society which was founded in 1952 and now has members in over 30 countries.
  "The aim of the Society is to promote the science of occupational hygiene by raising awareness of the value of the speciality through education, information exchange, research and professional networking."