Publications

Health and safety guidance

• Managing crowds safely
• Fairgrounds and amusement parks: Guidance on safe practice
• Health and safety in construction
• Safe use and handling of flammable liquids
• Avoiding danger from underground services
• Electricity at work: Safe working practices
• The radiation safety of lasers used for display purposes
• The safe use of vehicles on construction sites

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Health and safety regulations

• Management of health and safety at work. Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Approved Code of Practice and guidance
• Workplace health, safety and welfare. Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 (as amended by the Quarries Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions Regulations 1995). Approved Code of Practice and guidance
• Memorandum of guidance on the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989. Guidance on Regulations HSR25
• Noise at work: A brief guide to controlling the risks

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Leaflets

• Health and safety made simple. The basics for your business INDG449
• Five steps to risk assessment INDG163
• Using contractors: A brief guide INDG368
• Health and safety on audio-visual production. Your legal duties INDG360
• Workplace transport safety INDG199
• Workplace transport checklist
• The Work at Height Regulations 2005 (as amended) INDG401
• Mobile towers CIS10
• Mobile elevated work platforms CIS58
• Working at heights in the broadcasting and entertainment industries ETIS6
• Electrical safety at places of entertainment GS50
• Electrical safety for entertainers INDG247
• Working safely near overhead power lines AIS8
• Zoonoses AIS2
• Managing work-related violence in licensed and retail premises INDG423
• Guidance for employers on welfare provision
• Workplace health, safety and welfare. A short guide for employers
• Small-scale use of LPG in cylinders CHIS5
• Theatrical and stage effects (including guidance on the planning and management of special effects)
• Smoke and vapour effects

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Other publications

• Guide to safety at sports grounds (Green Guide) Sports Ground Safety Authority (SGSA)
• Good practice safety guide (Red Guide) Home Office
• Temporary demountable structures. Guidance on design, procurement and use (3rd edition) Institution of Structural Engineers
• Safe use and operation of marquees and temporary demountable fabric structures (Revised March 2011) Performance Textiles Association (MUTA)
• Fire safety risk assessment: Open air events and venues
• Fire safety risk assessment: Small and medium places of assembly
• Civil Contingencies Act 2004 Cabinet Office
• Scottish guidance on preparing for emergencies
• Bomb threats National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO)
• Noise Council Code of Practice on environmental noise at concerts 1995 Chartered Institute of Environmental Health ISBN 0 900103 51 5
• TG20:2008 Guide to good practice for scaffolding with tube and fittings National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC)
• Preventing falls in scaffolding SG04:2010 National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC)
• REACH Regulations (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals)

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British Standards

• BSI website
  • BS 9999:2008 Code of practice for fire safety in the design, management and use of buildings BSI
  • BS EN 13200 Spectator facilities BSI
  • BS 7909:2001 Code of practice for temporary electrical systems for entertainment and related purposes BSI
  • BS 7671:2008+A1:2011 Requirements for electrical installations. IET Wiring Regulations. Seventeenth edition
  • BS 5266-1 Emergency lighting
  • BS 7985:2009 Code of practice for the use of rope access methods for industrial purposes BSI