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Guidance: health and safety
Help and information to keep people safe and healthy at work
Chemicals, fumes and dust
Using and controlling substances hazardous to health (COSHH)
The basics for your business
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Apply, notify or report
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Manage risk
Practical steps to protect people. Know the risks and plan to avoid or control them
Construction
Site safety, working at height, scaffolding and Construction Design Management
RIDDOR
Some serious workplace accidents, diseases or near misses (RIDDOR) must be reported
The law
The Health and Safety at Work Act, criminal and civil law
Asbestos
Know the dangers. Get a licence to work with asbestos. Find out about training
News
Registration of the Building Control Profession – transitional arrangements
HSE's Director of Building Safety has outlined new transitional arrangements for the registration of building control inspectors in England
HSE builds construction support to protect workers’ mental health
HSE’s Working Minds campaign has welcomed 6 new partners across the construction industry, helping to reach trades and offer free support
HSE launches 'Asbestos – Your Duty' campaign
Workplaces, schools and hospitals are the focus of a new campaign to keep people safe from asbestos
HSE publishes annual work-related ill health and injury statistics for 2022 to 2023
The statistics reveal that 1.8 million workers reported they were suffering from work-related ill health in 2022/23
Safety notice: concerns with design of vapour recovery unit
The VRU lacked independent safety measures, leading to failures in overfill prevention and other crucial safety functions
Safety alert: radiograph duplication and falsification
HSE and other regulators have investigated several instances where non-destructive testing has been falsified
Bestsellers
- Health and Safety Law Poster
- Vital Statistics poster 2023
- COSHH Handling of Chemicals Poster
- Managing For Health And Safety
- Asbestos Essentials
- Basic Advice on First Aid at Work
- Safe use of work equipment
- MSD Online Assessment Tool
- Accident Book
- Near-miss Book
- COSHH Essentials
e-tool - Stress Indicator Tool (SIT)
- Safety Climate Tool (SCT)
- Managing Health and Safety in Construction
- Workplace Stress Posters
- Tackling Stress Workbook