Health and safety

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.

This page contains details of improvement notices issued in 2018.

Access all the quarterly occupational health updates produced by ORR until July 2018 and find out how to subscribe to the RSSB health and wellbeing newsletter which has taken its place.

Those wishing to invest in the national rail network or rail assets connected to it should approach various other bodies to discuss their proposals.

We issue licences to show that a person is ‘fit and proper’ to operate railway assets.

If a train operator wants to run trains on the national railway network, it will need a track access contract with Network Rail.

​Anyone wishing to use a structural subsystem on the mainline railway – infrastructure or rail vehicle – must get an authorisation from us before putting the subsystem into use. ​

You will need to comply with general health and safety requirements applicable to all UK employers.