The information on this page is supplied and managed by the Rail Infrastructure Assurance Group (RIAG). RIAG is one of the working groups of the Infrastructure Safety Liaison Group (ISLG). Its membership is made up of contractors that satisfy at least two of the following criteria: Hold a Principal Contractors Licence Hold a Plant Operators Licence A […]
PAM Assist will offer free confidential general advice or support to network Rail employees and family members on a range of areas including relationships at work or personal, financial, legal, drinking, consumer rights, general work concerns, general lifestyle concerns. They are available 24 hours a day seven days a week and can be accessed using […]
Live from the 1st of November the Network Rail Occupational Health Service offers a range of services to keep you safe in your job, including: medicals for safety-critical roles advice about medication at work guidance on controlling health risks at work and spotting early signs of work-related illness impartial advice to enable and support you at work […]
Line managers have a vitally important role to play in supporting the health and wellbeing of their team members but, sometimes, talking about other people’s health and wellbeing can be a daunting challenge. What’s important to bear in mind is that you really don’t need to be a health expert to talk to someone about […]
Managing pressure and preventing stress in the workplace is important for all organisations and managers have a vital role in making this happen. Sometimes, trying to help people who are experiencing stress can seem daunting and complicated – many managers are just unsure where to start or how to help. It may be reassuring to […]
We know supporting the health and wellbeing of their teams is important to all of our people managers and the brief guides attached to this page have been developed to provide information on good practice related to health and wellbeing. As line managers you play an important role in supporting your employee’s health and wellbeing […]
We are aiming to eliminate or reduce the amount of exposure to respiratory hazards such as silica, asbestos, lead and welding fumes, amongst others. Respiratory ill health caused by these substances is preventable and although many substance have the potential to harm, if used properly the risk of harm is reduced to the lowest possible […]
It is important to remember that exposure to noise in the workplace can cause permanent hearing damage and Network Rail employees continue to be identified as suffering some level of hearing loss. We therefore need to aim to eliminate or reduce risk to noise at work in order to meet The Control of Noise at […]
Every year Network rail employees are diagnosed with new or worsening HAVS. As you know HAVS is a permanent and potentially disabling condition that is entirely preventable. As a line manager, you can assist in ensuring risks from vibration in the workplace are controlled and provide information to employees about risks. This will allow us […]
