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Apply, notify or report
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Manage risk
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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
Safety notice: Manufacture, storage and carriage of thermites
Thermites, and thermite containing articles are currently being transported either as non-dangerous goods or as Class 4.1 dangerous goods (flammable solids)
April is Stress Awareness Month
HSE’s Working Minds campaign is inviting employers to tackle stress in the workplace with 5 steps in 5 weeks
Stay safe around cattle this Easter
HSE are reminding both farmers and walkers to do all they can to help to keep everyone safe where cattle and countryside visitors are close together
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 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
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- 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
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