LEGISLATION AND GUIDANCE
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ASBESTOS
Licensing
Asbestos Licence Amendment, Assessment and Revocation Guide (ALAARG)
HSG247 Asbestos: The Licensed Contractors' Guide ISBN 9780 7176 2874 2
Duty to manage
Employees
Enforcement
General
ASTHMA
Baker
Bakers - time to clear the air! flour dust can cause asthma. ISBN 9780717663583, HSE Books.
Guidance on dust control and health surveillance in bakeries (2008)
Priorities for health and safety in the flour and grain milling industries FIS13
Vehicle spray painter / Motor Vehicle Repair (MVR)
Safety in Motor Vehicle Repair: Working with 2-pack isocyanate paints - INDG388
Isocyanate paint spraying: Safely managing spray booths and rooms
MVR topic inspection pack – Isocyanate exposure (Topic inspection packs describe and support the duties of HSE inspectors.)
COSHH Essentials - motor vehicle repair - Available from the COSHH Essentials web site
Non-MVR sector
Safe use of and storage of cellular plastics - HSG92 ISBN 0 7176 1115 9, HSE Books.
Safe to breathe - Dust and fume control in the rubber industry
Solderer
Woodworker
Healthcare worker
Agriculture worker
Engineering worker
HSE general guidance
Control of substances hazardous to health (Fifth edition) L5 The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended). Approved code of practice and guidance, ISBN 0 7176 2981 3, HSE Books.
A step by step guide to COSHH assessment HSG97 ISBN 0 7176 2785 3, HSE Books.
Working with substances hazardous to health: A brief guide to COSHH INDG136
More guidance on asthma produced by HSE and other organisations
Occupational asthma - a guide for employers, workers and their representatives published by British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF) in partnership with HSE and the TUC
Occupational asthma - a guide for general practitioners and practice nurses published by BOHRF
Occupational asthma - a guide for occupational Health Professionals, Safety Professionals and Safety Representatives published by BOHRF
Occupational Asthma: Evidence Review – March 2010 published by BOHRF
BIOSAFETY
General occupational guidance
Report of the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens, Mycobacterium bovis Working Group
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 ACOP
Laboratories
Revision of laboratory containment requirements for work with novel A/H1N1 strains of influenza
Management, design and operation of microbiological containment laboratories
Working safely with research animals: management of infection risks
Vaccination of laboratory workers handling vaccinia and related poxviruses infectious for humans
Safe disposal of clinical waste
Safe working and the prevention of infection in clinical laboratories and similar facilities
Guidance on the use, testing and maintenance of laboratory and animal flexible film isolators
Biological agents: Managing the risks in laboratories and healthcare premises
Sealability of Microbiological Containment Level 3 and 4 Facilities NEW
The principles, design and operation of Containment Level 4 facilities
Healthcare
Safe working and the prevention of infection in clinical laboratories and similar facilities
Safe working and the prevention of infection in the mortuary and post-mortem room
Biological agents: Managing the risks in laboratories and healthcare premises
Agriculture
Sewage
Legionella
Legionnaires' Disease: Essential information for providers of residential accommodation
Legionnaires' disease: the control of legionella bacteria in water systems - ACOP and guidance
Controlling legionella in nursing and residential care homes
Management of Spa Pools - Controlling the Risks of Infection
Zoonoses
Miscellaneous
Research
Advisory Committees
CONSTRUCTION (DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS
CONTROL OF MAJOR ACCIDENTS AND HAZARDS (COMAH) 2015
The COMAH Regulations
A guide to the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015 (L111)
The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015 (COMAH Regulations in full)
COMAH competent authority guidance and key internal CA procedures
Other COMAH guidance
Note to COMAH operators on authorisations under the Regulations
Chemical and Downstream Oil Industry Forum (CDOIF) guidance
Case study: Warwickshire Oil Storage Ltd (WOSL) - Introducing a competency management system
Automatic Overfill Prevention Systems for Terminal Loading Racks Guidance
Prepare for flooding: A guide for regulated sites in Scotland
Environmental Risk Tolerability for COMAH Establishments Guidance
The use of external contractors in the management of ageing plant
CONTROL OF SUBSTANCES HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH (COSHH)
DUST
General dust guidance
Specific dust guidance
FIRE AND EXPLOSION
DSEAR
Other guidance on flammable substances
Petroleum
HSE leaflets
Other HSE information
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE
Detailed, industry-specific guidance on health surveillance associated with hazardous substances can be found at the following links:
Hazardous industry:
Agriculture
Motor vehicle repair
Foundries
Metalworking fluids
Ceramics
Electroplating
Timber treatment / wood working
Food industry
Beauty industry
Printing industry
COSHH essentials for printers: Health surveillance for occupational asthma
COSHH essentials for printers: Health surveillance for occupational dermatitis
COSHH essentials for printers: Biological monitoring for isocyanates
Welding, hot work and allied processes
General dust exposure
Borehole sites and operation
Boreholes Sites and Operations Regulations 1995 regulation 10. As is necessary for their protection
Construction industry
COSHH essentials: Health monitoring for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COSHH essentials: Health surveillance for occupational asthma
COSHH essentials: Health surveillance for occupational dermatitis
COSHH essentials: Health surveillance for those exposed to respirable crystalline silica (RCS)
Particular hazards
LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE
Programme of interventions for controlling Legionella risks in workplaces 2013-14: half-year report
Legionnaires' disease HPA & HSE Guidance: Management of Spa Pools: Controlling the risk of Infection
Inspection topic pack to deliver the Legionella Intervention Programme 2012-2014
Videos
Other resources
Useful links
LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION (LEV)
Guidance
INDG408 - Clearing the air
A simple guide to buying and using local exhaust ventilation (LEV).INDG409 - Time to clear the air!
A workers' pocket guide to local exhaust ventilation (LEV).Controlling airborne contaminants at work - HSG258 (includes DVD 'Everybody needs to breathe')
Videos
A series of videos giving examples of common processes and sources of local exhaust ventilation and an explanation of what LEV is are available.
DVD
METALWORKING FLUIDS
NOISE
Controlling noise at work. Guidance on the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005.
Sound Advice: control of noise at work in music and entertainment. HSG260.
HSE’s free employers leaflet Noise at Work - Advice for employers INDG362 (rev 1)
Noise - Don't lose your hearing (HSE's free pocket card) INDG363
Other
Exposure calculators and ready-reckoners
The noise exposure calculators can help you work out your daily noise exposure, weekly noise exposures, and estimate the performance of hearing protection.
If your version of Excel is having compatibility issues with the calculator then please see:
Noise exposure ready-reckoners
The noise exposure ready-reckoners allow you to estimate daily or weekly noise exposure. To use the daily exposure ready-reckoner you will need to know the levels of noise and durations of exposure which make up a person's working day. For weekly noise exposure, appropriate where somebody's noise exposure varies markedly from day to day, you will need to know the daily noise exposure for each day in the working week. These ready-reckoners can be printed for completion by hand.
RADIATION
Work with ionising radiation HSC Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) and guidance in support of IRR99. ISBN 0 7176 1746 7 reference L121 HSE Books.
A guide to the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001
INDG334 Working safely with ionising radiation : guidelines for expectant or breastfeeding mothers .
Ionising Radiation Protection Series information sheets
No. 3 - Portable nuclear moisture/density gauges in the construction industry
No. 7 - Selection, use and maintenance of portable monitoring Instruments
Dose constraints for comforters and carers - research report
Information to accompany patients undergoing nuclear medicine procedures – research report
Doses to the embryo/foetus and neonate from intakes of radionuclides by the mother – research report
Other publications
REGISTRATION, EVALUATION, AUTHORISATION & RESTRICTION OF CHEMICALS (REACH)
Anyone requiring more detailed information should consult the comprehensive guidance available from the ECHA website .
UK REACH CA information leaflets
Publications
Incident reporting in schools (accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences)
Reporting injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences in health and social care.
Forms
Statistics
Useful links
RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
Respiratory protective equipment at work: A practical guide (HSG 53)
Fit testing of respiratory protective equipment facepieces (OC 282)
Training, tools and information
Research
Factors influencing the implementation of RPE programmes in the workplace (RR798)
Review of occupational hygiene reports on suitability of respiratory protective equipment (RR746)
Review of fit test pass criteria for Filtering Facepieces Class 3 (FFP3) respirators (RR1029)
Respiratory priority areas
VIBRATION
Guidance
Solutions
Calculator
Whole Body Vibration