Health and safety guidance (HSG) publications

• Essentials of health and safety at work (Fourth edition)
• hsg6: Safety in working with lift trucks
• hsg17: Safety in the use of abrasive wheels
• hsg28: Safety advice for bulk chlorine installations
• hsg33: Health and safety in roof work
• hsg38: Lighting at work
• hsg39: Compressed air safety
• hsg40: Safe handling of chlorine from drums and cylinders
• hsg47: Avoiding danger from underground services
• hsg48: Reducing error and influencing behaviour
• hsg51: The storage of flammable liquids in containers
• hsg53: Respiratory protective equipment at work: A practical guide
• hsg57: Seating at work
• hsg60: Upper limb disorders in the workplace
• hsg61: Health surveillance at work
• hsg65: Successful health and safety management
• hsg71: Chemical warehousing: The storage of packaged dangerous substances
• hsg72: Control of respirable silica dust in heavy clay and refractory processes
• hsg73: Control of respirable crystalline silica in quarries
• hsg76: Warehousing and storage: A guide to health and safety
• hsg78: Dangerous goods in cargo transport units: Packing and carriage for transport by sea
• hsg85: Electricity at work: Safe working practices
• hsg87: Safety in the remote diagnosis of manufacturing plant and equipment
• hsg90: The law on VDUs: An easy guide: Making sure your office complies with the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 (as amended in 2002)
• hsg92: Safe use and storage of cellular plastics
• hsg93: The assessment of pressure vessels operating at low temperature
• hsg94: Safety in the design and use of gamma and electron irradiation facilities
• hsg95: The radiation safety of lasers used for display purposes
• hsg97: A step by step guide to COSHH assessment
• hsg101: The cost to Britain of workplace accidents and work-related ill health in 1995/96
• hsg103: Safe handling of combustible dusts: Precautions against explosions
• hsg107: Maintaining portable and transportable electrical equipment
• hsg109: Control of noise in quarries
• hsg112: Health and safety at motor sport events: A guide for employers and organisers
• hsg113: Lift trucks in potentially flammable atmospheres
• hsg114: Conditions for the authorisation of explosives in Great Britain
• hsg115: Manual handling: Solutions you can handle
• hsg117: Making sense of NONS: A guide to the Notification of New Substances Regulations 1993
• hsg122: New and expectant mothers at work: A guide for employers
• hsg123: Working together on firework displays: A guide to safety for firework display organisers and operators
• hsg124: Giving your own firework display: How to run and fire it safely
• hsg129: Health and safety in engineering workshops
• hsg131: Energetic and spontaneously combustible substances: Identification and safe handling
• hsg132: How to deal with sick building syndrome: Guidance for employers, building owners and building managers
• hsg133: Preventing violence to retail staff
• hsg135: Storage and handling of industrial nitrocellulose
• hsg136: Workplace transport safety: An employers’ guide
• hsg137: Health risk management: A practical guide for managers in small and medium-sized enterprises
• hsg139: The safe use of compressed gases in welding, flame cutting and allied processes
• hsg140: Safe use and handling of flammable liquids
• hsg142: Dealing with offshore emergencies: A guide to the roles and responsibilities of the Government departments and agencies that may become involved in emergencies in the offshore oil and gas industry
• hsg143: Designing and operating safe chemical reaction processes
• hsg144: The safe use of vehicles on construction sites: A guide for clients, designers, contractors, managers and workers involved with construction transport
• hsg146: Dispensing petrol: Assessing and controlling the risk of fire and explosion at sites where petrol is stored and dispensed as a fuel
• hsg149: Backs for the future: Safe manual handling in construction
• hsg150: Health and safety in construction
• hsg151: Protecting the public: Your next move
• hsg154: Managing crowds safely: A guide for organisers at events and venues
• hsg158: Flame arresters: Preventing the spread of fires and explosions in equipment that contains flammable gases and vapours
• hsg159: Managing contractors: A guide for employers. An open learning booklet
• hsg166: Formula for health and safety: Guidance for small and medium-sized firms in the chemical industry
• hsg167: Biological monitoring in the workplace: A guide to its practical application to chemical exposure
• hsg169: Camera operations on location: Guidance for managers and camera crews
• hsg170: Vibration solutions: Practical ways to reduce the risk of hand-arm vibration injury
• hsg173: Monitoring strategies for toxic substances
• hsg174: Anthrax: Safe working and the prevention of infection
• hsg175: Fairgrounds and amusement parks: Guidance on safe practice
• hsg176: The storage of flammable liquids in tanks
• hsg177: Managing health and safety in dockwork
• hsg178: The spraying of flammable liquids
• hsg179: Managing health and safety in swimming pools
• hsg180: Application of electro-sensitive protective equipment using light curtains and light beam devices to machinery
• hsg186: The bulk transfer of dangerous liquids and gases between ship and shore
• hsg187: Control of diesel engine exhaust emissions in the workplace
• hsg188: Health risk management: A guide to working with solvents
• hsg189: Working with asbestos cement
• hsg190: Preparing safety reports: Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH)
• hsg191: Emergency planning for major accidents: Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH)
• hsg192: Charity and voluntary workers: A guide to health and safety at work
• hsg195: The event safety guide: A guide to health, safety and welfare at music and similar events
• hsg196: Moving food and drink: Manual handling solutions for the food and drink industries
• hsg201: Controlling exposure to stonemasonry dust: Guidance for employers
• hsg209: Aircraft turnaround: A guide for airport and aerodrome operators, airlines and service providers on achieving control, co-operation and co-ordination
• hsg210: Asbestos essentials: A task manual for building, maintenance and allied trades on non-licensed asbestos work
• hsg213: Introduction to asbestos essentials: Comprehensive guidance on working with asbestos in the building maintenance and allied trades
• hsg217: Involving employees in health and safety: Forming partnerships in the chemical industry
• hsg218: Managing the causes of work-related stress: A step-by-step approach using the Management Standards
• hsg220: Health and safety in care homes
• hsg221: Technical guidance on the safe use of lifting equipment offshore
• hsg222: Effective health and safety training: A trainer’s resource pack
• hsg223: The regulatory requirements for medical exposure to ionising radiation: An employer’s overview
• hsg225: Handling home care: Achieving safe, efficient and positive outcomes for care workers and clients
• hsg227: A comprehensive guide to managing asbestos in premises
• hsg228: CHIP for everyone
• hsg229: Work-related violence: Case studies – Managing the risk in smaller businesses
• hsg230: Keeping electrical switchgear safe
• hsg232: Sound solutions for the food and drink industries: Reducing noise in food and drink manufacturing
• hsg233: A baker’s dozen: Thirteen essentials for health and safety in bakeries
• hsg234: Caring for cleaners: Guidance and case studies on how to prevent musculoskeletal disorders
• hsg235: Bulk storage of acids: Guidance on the storage of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid in tanks
• hsg236: Power presses: Maintenance and thorough examination
• hsg238: Out of control: Why control systems go wrong and how to prevent failure
• hsg240: Managing health and safety at recreational dive sites
• hsg243: Fuel cells: Understand the hazards, control the risks
• hsg244: Remotely operated shutoff valves (ROSOVs) for emergency isolation of hazardous substances: Guidance on good practice
• hsg245: Investigating accidents and incidents: A workbook for employers, unions, safety representatives and safety professionals
• hsg246: Safety in the storage and handling of steel and other metal stock
• hsg247: Asbestos: The licensed contractors’ guide
• hsg248: Asbestos: The analysts’ guide for sampling, analysis and clearance procedures
• hsg249: Managing sickness absence and return to work: An employer’s and manager’s guide
• hsg250: Guidance on permit-to-work systems: A guide for the petroleum, chemical and allied industries
• hsg251: Fumigation: Health and safety guidance for employers and technicians carrying out fumigation operations
• hsg252: A recipe for safety: Occupational health and safety in food and drink manufacture
• hsg253: The safe isolation of plant and equipment
• hsg254: Developing process safety indicators: A step-by-step guide for chemical and major hazard industries
• hsg256: Managing shift work: Health and safety guidance
• hsg257: Occupational health services in higher and further education
• hsg258: Controlling airborne contaminants at work: A guide to local exhaust ventilation (LEV)
• hsg260: Sound advice: Control of noise at work in music and entertainment
• hsg261: Health and safety in motor vehicle repair and associated industries
• hsg262: Managing risks from skin exposure at work
• hsg263: Involving your workforce in health and safety: Good practice for all workplaces