Resources

This page provides links to sources of general information and specific guidance on health and safety in the motor vehicle repair (MVR) and associated industries.

Example risk assessments

• Motor vehicle repair body shop
• Motor vehicle mechanical repair shop
• Motor vehicle showroom

Press releases

• Search for MVR related press releases

HSE priced publications

• Health and safety in motor vehicle repair and associated industries - HSG261 This new guide is a one-stop-shop for the MVR industry. It replaces two previous publications, Health and safety in motor vehicle repair (HSG67) and Health and safety in tyre and exhaust-fitting premises (HSG62), both published in the early 1990s. The new book reflects changes in the industry since then, including: air conditioning, air bags, hybrid vehicles, compliant paints and spray guns and Small and Medium Area Repair Techniques (SMART).
• The spraying of flammable liquids - HSG178 (1998)
• The storage of flammable liquids in containers - HSG51 (1998)
• A guide to the handling and storage of airbags and seat belt pretensioners at garages and motor vehicle repair workshops - INDG280 (1998)
• Workplace transport safety - HSG136 (1995)
• Control of diesel exhaust emissions in the workplace - HSG187 (1999)

HSE free leaflets

General

• Working safely under motor vehicles being repaired - INDG434
  • Note: Updated guidance on vehicle lifts
• Safety during tyre inflation in motor vehicle repair - INDG433
• Reducing ill health and accidents in motor vehicle repair - INDG356(rev1) (2009)
• The motor vehicle repair checklist can now be found in Reducing ill health and accidents in motor vehicle repair - INDG356(rev1) (2009)

Electrical Safety

• Do you use a steam/water pressure cleaner - INDG68 (1997)

Flammable and Explosive Substances

• Application of DSEAR to MVR - Information document HSE 803/71
• Safe working with LPG fuelled motor vehicles - INDG387 (2003)
• Fire and explosion - how safe is your workplace - INDG370 (2002)
• Hot work on small tanks and drums - INDG314 (2000)
• Safety in gas welding, cutting and similar processes - INDG297 (1999)
• A guide to handling and storage of airbags and seatbelt pretensioners at garages and motor vehicle repair shops - INDG280 (1998)
• Safe working with flammable substances - INDG227 (1996)
• Hot work on vehicle wheels - EIS1 (2002)

Health: Substances

• Safety in motor vehicle repair: working with 2-pack isocyanate paints - INDG388 (2009)
• Safe working with vehicle air-conditioning systems - INDG349 (2002)
• Benzene and you - INDG329 (2000)
• Latex and you - INDG320
• Diesel engine exhaust emissions - INDG286 (1999)

Manual Handling

• Choosing a welding set? make sure you can handle it - (Includes welding set buyer's manual handling poster) - INDG390 (2003)
• Getting to grips with manual handling: A short guide for employers - INDG143 (2004)
• Collection and delivery of tyres - Tackling the risk of manual handling injuries: a practical guide

Plant and equipment

• Risk of vehicles falling off two-post vehicle lifts in motor vehicle repair (MVR) - Sector Information Minute 03/2010/02
• Defective locking devices identified on modern 2-post lifts - Sector Information Minute 03/2008/12
• Guidance on the application of Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 and the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 to Motor Vehicle Repair - Sector Information Minute 03/2005/05
• Working safely under motor vehicles being repaired - INDG434
  • Note: Updated guidance on vehicle lifts

Slips, Trips and Falls

• Preventing falls from vehicles - INDG413
• Preventing slips, trips and falls at work - INDG225 (2003)

Workplace Transport

• Managing vehicle safety at the workplace: A short guide for employers - INDG199