Online tools

• Health risks by trade PDF [78KB]
• Hand-arm vibration exposure calculator
• Manual Handling Assessment Chart (MAC)

Free leaflets

• What REACH means for users of chemicals [419KB]
• Time to clear the air! Protect your lungs when using cut-off saws MISC830 [214KB]
• Getting to grips with manual handling. A short guide INDG143 [435KB]
• Aching arms (or RSI) in small businesses INDG171 [311KB]
• Managing health and safety: Five steps to success INDG275 [48KB]
• Health and safety benchmarking. Improving together: Guidance for those interested in applying benchmarking to health and safety INDG301 [810KB]
• Lead and you: A guide to working safely with lead INDG305 [23KB]
• Noise at work: Guidance for employers on the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 INDG362 [397KB]
• Protect your hearing or lose it! INDG363 [56KB]
• Are you making the best use of lifting and handling aids? INDG398 [542KB]
• Want construction work done safely? A quick guide for clients on the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 INDG411 [166KB]
• Asbestos: Medical guidance note MS13 [43KB]
• Medical aspects of occupational skin disease MS24 [47KB]
• Provision of welfare facilities at fixed construction sites CIS18 [29KB]
• Silica CIS36 [432KB]
• Provision of welfare facilities at transient construction sites CIS46 [30KB]
• Dust control on concrete cutting saws used in the construction industry CIS54 [91KB]
• Asbestos essentials task sheets
  • What to do if you uncover or damage asbestos materials EM1 [2.1MB]

 
COSHH Essentials: General guidance

• Health monitoring for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease G401 [40KB]
• Health surveillance for occupational asthma G402 [39KB]
• Health surveillance for occupational dermatitis G403 [38KB]
• Health surveillance for those exposed to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) G404 [75KB]

COSHH Essentials: Construction

• Advice for managers CN0 [60KB]
• Concrete scabbling CN1 [65KB]
• Chasing with hand-held power tools CN2 [110KB]
• Drilling and coring with hand-held rotary power tools CN3 [65KB]
• Crushing and screening demolition material CN4 [63KB]
• Clearing and removing rubble CN5 [64KB]
• Cutting paving and kerbstones with rotary cutters CN6 [115KB]
• Abrasive blasting CN7 [64KB]
• Tunnelling and shaft sinking CN8 [66KB]
• Pneumatic breaker in poor ventilation (eg indoors) CN9 [64KB]
• Cutting silica-filled composites CN10 [85KB]
• Control cabins and vehicle cabs CN11 [81KB]

COSHH Essentials: Respiratory protective equipment

• UK Standard Assigned Protection Factor 20 (APF 20) R3 [48KB]
• An analysis of the prevalence and distribution of stress in the construction industry - Research Report RR518

Priced publications

• Upper-limb disorders in the workplace HSG60
• Health surveillance at work HSG61
• Successful health and safety management HSG65
• Backs for the future: Safe manual handling in construction HSG149 (includes case studies)
• Vibration solutions HSG170
• Manual handling. Guidance on Regulations L23

Posters

• Skin contact: Distance your skin from chemicals and wet work [80KB]
• Skin care: Hand washing and applying hand cream [56KB]
• Skin care: Method for using hand cream, soap and cleanser [62KB]
• Skin checks for dermatitis [68KB]
• Correct removal of gloves: Reusable gloves (chemical resistant) [71KB]
• Correct removal of gloves: Single use gloves (splash resistant) [62KB]

Case studies

• Director leadership
• Avoiding/reducing the use of vibrating equipment
• Sound Solutions - noise control
• COH01 Reduce bending to materials [288KB]
• COH02 Using mast climbers [427KB]
• COH03 Keeping materials dry [1569KB]
• COH04 Trench blocks with handholds [123KB]
• COH05 Reduce plasterboard manual handling [357KB]
• COH06 Manual pallet trucks [266KB]
• COH07 Window installation device [250KB]
• COH08 Reducing hearing damage [214KB]
• COH09 Block splitting [140KB]
• COH10 Safety-critical worker screening [101KB]
• COH12 Reducing exposure to vibration [214KB]
• COH13 Kerb cutting at Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council [325KB]
• COH14 Using plastic kerb for the A2/A282 Dartford improvement scheme [56KB]