Welders – protect yourself from the causes of asthma
Welders suffer one of the highest rates of occupational asthma. This supplementary guidance includes top tips, advice and case studies on how to protect yourself in the workplace.
View ArticleMajor Hazard Safety Performance Indicators in the UK Onshore Gas and...
This report presents a broad range of safety performance indicators (SPIs) from across Great Britain’s gas transmission, distribution and other hazardous pipelines sectors.
View ArticleOffshore Safety Directive Regulator – The Competent Authority
The Offshore Safety Directive Regulator (OSDR) is the Competent Authority (CA) responsible for implementing the requirements of the EU Directive on the safety of offshore oil and gas operations.
View ArticleRR1067 – Case studies to demonstrate the practical application of the...
This research explored the use of the toolkit by five construction small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to gain an understanding of how it is applied in practice. The findings from this research...
View ArticleINDG470 – Handling newspaper and magazine bundles
This leaflet is aimed at employers and others involved in the production and distribution of newspaper and magazine bundles and includes advice for newsagents. It includes guidance on the task, the...
View ArticleINDG439 – Reducing manual handling risks in carpet retail (rev1)
This guidance is about the risk of manual handling injury in carpet retail. It is aimed at manufacturers, delivery staff and carpet retailers. It outlines the legal requirements of the Manual Handling...
View ArticleHSR25 – The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989: Guidance on Regulations...
This new edition highlights what can be done by dutyholders to achieve electrical safety compliance with the duties imposed by the Regulations. References to relevant regulations, standards and...
View ArticleINDG438 – Assessment of repetitive tasks of the upper limbs (the ART tool)
The assessment of repetitive tasks (ART) tool is designed to help you risk assess tasks that require repetitive moving of the upper limbs (arms and hands). It helps you assess some of the common risk...
View ArticleRR1069 – Establishing direct and contributory factors to the uncontrolled...
The aim of the research is to identify the direct and contributory factors to accidents occurring to HGV and shunter drivers during the coupling and/or uncoupling of the tractor and the trailer unit...
View ArticleRR1062 – Health and safety in schools: exploring the perceptions of HSE’s...
This research was commissioned to explore the viewpoints of school staff responsible for managing day-to-day health and safety in schools. This study explored what guidance schools use to support their...
View ArticleRR1072 – Investigations into the immediate and underlying causes of failures...
Riser emergency shutdown valve (RESDV) failures, whether arising from a test or a real demand, are reportable to HSE under RIDDOR and a preliminary survey found approximately 180 cases of failure....
View ArticleCDM 2015 and the entertainment industry
This website provides guidance to help those in the entertainment industry understand what they need to do to comply with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015).
View ArticleRR1053 – Development of an intervention toolbox for common health problems in...
The aim of the research was to look at the feasibility of developing a toolbox for the management of common health problems in the workplace. Reliable and valid evidence identifies the two most common...
View ArticleL154 – The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case...
This guidance is for anyone who has duties under the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc) Regulations 2015 (SCR 2015), for example licensees, production installation...
View ArticleRR1034 – Review of the event tree structure and ignition probabilities used...
HSE uses the MISHAP (Model for the estimation of Individual and Societal risk from HAzards of Pipelines) model to calculate risks associated with major hazard pipelines in GB. The review took place in...
View ArticleRR1035 – Update of pipeline failure rates for land use planning assessments
HSE uses a model, MCPIPIN (Monte Carlo PIPeline INtegrity), to determine failure frequencies for major hazard pipelines. It uses two models; one based on operational experience data and a predictive...
View ArticleRR1036 – Rewriting the PIPIN code to use a Monte Carlo solution approach
The objective of this project was to produce a Monte Carlo version of the third party activity model within PIPIN. There are currently limitations with the existing model and its FORM/SORM solution...
View ArticleRR1037 – Science updates to HSE’s PIPeline INtegrity model (PIPIN)
The aims of this project were to investigate the impact on the calculated failure rates as a result of changes to the science within PIPIN. The changes had been suggested after the model was...
View ArticleRR1038 – Data updates to HSE’s PIPeline INtegrity model (PIPIN)
The objectives of this project were to investigate the impact on the calculated failure rates as a result of changes to the data within PIPIN. These changes were required to ensure that the input data...
View ArticleRR1039 – Summary of the rewrite of HSE’s PIPeline INtegrity (PIPIN) model
This report summarises all three aspects of the model updates (solution method, science changes and data updates) and provides an overview of the results obtained compared to the original version of...
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