A Public report prepared by the HSE on Behalf of the Competent Authority

• Main contents
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• A - C
• E - H
• I - O
• P - U

Appendix 4 - Published guidance

Permissioning Regimes

• Memorandum of Understanding between HSE and SEPA
  see http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/hse/policy/sepamou.htm

• HSE Policy on permissioning regimes
  To download document see http://www.hse.gov.uk/enforce/permissioning.pdf

• Information on Major Accidents notified to the European Commission by the Competent Authority for April 1999/March 2000 can be obtained from www.hse.gov.uk/hid/land/comah/careport.htm

• Regulating higher hazards: Exploring the issues.
  Principles underlying the legal frameworks, as exemplified by the offshore, chemical, rail and nuclear regimes
  HSE Discussion Document DDE 15
  To download document see http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/disdocs/dde15a.pdf
  

Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 (PSSR)

• L122 - Safety of Pressure Systems. Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 - Approved Code of Practice.
  HSE Books 2000
  ISBN 0 7176 1767 X
  See also www.hse.gov.uk/comah/sragtech/docspubguid.htm

• INDG261 - Pressure Systems – Safety and you.
  HSE Books 2001
  ISBN 0 7176 1562 6
  See www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg261.pdf

RIDDOR

• L73 - A guide to the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995.
  HSE Books 1999
  ISBN 0 7176 2431 5

• HSE31 - RIDDOR explained. Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations/ Leaflet.
  HSE Books 1999
  ISBN 0 7176 2441 2

Safety management

• HSG65 – Successful Health and Safety Management
  HSE Books 1997
  ISBN 0 7176 1276 7
  See also www.hse.gov.uk/comah/sragtech/docspubguid.htm

Introduces POPMAR model for successful health and safety management

• INDG275 - Managing Health and Safety: Five steps to success.
  HSE Books 1998

• Essentials of health and safety at work
  HSE Books 1995
  ISBN 0 7176 0838 7

• HSG217 - Involving employees in health and safety – Forming partnerships in the chemical industry
  HSE Books 2001
  ISBN 0 7176 2053 0
  See also HSE Press Release E127:01 - 20 July 2001

Seveso II - Major accidents

• European Process Safety Centre (EPSC) at www.epsc.org.
  Information on the Seveso II Directive (96/82/EC) and the Major Accident Reporting System (MARS) from the EU Major Accidents Hazards Bureau can be accessed via the EPSC website.

• Information on Major Accidents notified to the European Commission by the Competent Authority for April 1999/March 2000 can be obtained from www.hse.gov.uk/comah/europort/car2000.htm

• See also the European Union online website at www.europa.eu.int

Technical papers

• Catastrophic Water Hammer in a Steam Dead Leg – C.Galante (HSE), S.Pointer (HSE),  - Loss Prevention Bulletin, IChemE, Issue 167, October 2002.

• “Preventing Major Accidents with catastrophic consequences – a UK goal”, G.Adderley, V.Partington, A.McNab and A.Blackmore, HSE, Bootle, Merseyside. 17^th Annual Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) International Conference and Workshop – Risk, Reliability and Security, October 8-11, 2002, Jacksonville, Florida.

Tolerability of Risk/Risk Assessement and ALARP

• Reducing Risks – Protecting People (R2P2)
  HSE discussion document DDE11
  Documents available from www.hse.gov.uk/consult/disdocs/dde11.htm

• See also www.hse.gov.uk/dst/alarp1.htm

Underground services

• HSG47 - Avoiding danger from underground services
  HSE Books 2000
  ISBN 0 7176 1744 0

Utilities

• For general information on the “Reliability of Utilities” see www.hse.gov.uk/comah/sragtech/techmeasutilitie.htm
• For information on the Chemstar Ltd Explosion/Fire see www.hse.gov.uk/comah/sragtech/casechemstar81.htm and also report published by
  Health and Safety Executive, “The explosion and fire at Chemstar Limited,
  ISBN 0 11 883666 8, 6 September, 1981”

• See also “Process Utility Systems”, Broughton, 1993, IChemE.