Asthma publications

• Baker
• Vehicle spray painter
• Non-MVR sector
• Stonemasonry
• Solderers
• Woodworker
• Healthcare worker
• Agriculture worker
• Engineering worker
• HSE general guidance
• More guidance on asthma produced by HSE and other organisations

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)
  interactive training package "Breathe Easy" which includes the booklet, a DVD and training notes are available from
  The Federation of Bakers,
  6 Catherine Street,
  London WC2B 5JW
  Tel 020 7420 7190
  Email info@bakersfederation.org.uk
• COSHH and bakers for the flour milling and craft bakery sector - Available from the COSHH Essentials web site
• 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
• Motor vehicle repair: Good practice for SMART (small and medium-area repair technique) sprayers - WEB33
• Controlling isocyanate exposure in spray booths and spray rooms - WEB36
• MVR topic inspection pack – Isocyanate exposure (Topic inspection packs describe and support the duties of HSE inspectors.)
• COSHH and vehicle spray painters - key messages
• COSHH Essentials - motor vehicle repair - Available from the COSHH Essentials web site
• Motor vehicle repair - Respiratory health in the workplace

Non-MVR sector

• Safe use of and storage of cellular plastics - HSG92 ISBN 0 7176 1115 9, HSE Books.
• COSHH Essentials for Printers
• Safe to breathe - Dust and fume control in the rubber industry

Solderer

• Solder fume and you - INDG248
• Controlling health risks from rosin (colophony) based solder fluxes - INDG249
• Resin acids in rosin (colophony) solder flux fume - MDHS83/2

Stonemasonry

• Stoneworkers - Respiratory health in the workplace

Welders

• Welding - Respiratory health in the workplace

Woodworker

• COSHH Essentials
• Wood dust: Controlling the risk - WIS23REV1
• COSHH and the woodworking industries - WIS6REV
• Selection of respiratory protective equipment suitable for use with wood dust - WIS14

Healthcare worker

• Latex and you, INDG320
• HSE Latex website

Agriculture worker

• Health problems in agriculture
• COSHH essentials for farmers
• Grain dust EH66 ISBN 0 7176 1535 9, HSE Books.
• Grain dust in non-agricultural workplaces, INDG140
• Grain dust AIS3

Engineering worker

• Working safely with Metal Working Fluids (MWFs): A guide for employees
• COSHH essentials for machining with metalworking fluids

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.
• Health surveillance
• Asthmagen Critical assessments of the evidence for agents implicated in occupational asthma. Also known as the 'Asthmagen Compendium'
• Respiratory sensitisers and COSHH - Breathe freely, INDG95
• Breathe freely, a worker's information card INDG172
• Working with substances hazardous to health: A brief guide to COSHH INDG136
• Health and Safety Statistics
• Health Survelliance for Occupational Asthma

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
• 'Exposure to inhalable dust, wheat flour and a-amylase allergens in industrial and traditional bakeries' published in the The Annals of Occupational Hygiene, vol 48, No 1 January 2004 (pages 57-63)