Miscellaneous reports
These reports are made available by the Health and Safety Executive. Neither the Executive, nor the contractors assume any liability for the reports nor do they necessarily reflect the views of the Executive.
All the reports listed below are in PDF format.
- HSL Science Review - October 2010
Introduction by HSE's Chief Scientific Adviser
I am reviewing the quality of the Health and Safety Laboratory’s scientific and technical outputs. This will take four years to complete, following a rolling programme that looks at a different part of HSL each year.
These reviews are designed to provide an independent, though time-limited, view of the work of HSL. They are to give assurance to me - and through me, to the HSE Board and Government Chief Scientific Adviser - that the quality of HSL's work stands scientific scrutiny from its peers.
On this occasion, the review team examined fire safety, explosives, explosive atmospheres, the Explosives Notified Body, process safety, fluid dynamics and incident investigation. The reviewers were Prof. Jacqueline Akhavan, Prof. Vincent Tam, Dr Jay Keller and Patrick McDonald.
- HSL Science Review - October 2009
Introduction by HSE's Chief Scientific Adviser
I am reviewing the quality of the Health and Safety Laboratory’s science and technical outputs. This will take four years to complete.
These reviews are designed to provide an independent, though time-limited, view of the work of HSL. They are to give assurance to me - and through me, to the HSE Board and Government Chief Scientific Adviser - that the quality of HSL's work stands scientific scrutiny from its peers. On this occasion, the review team consisted of Prof Sir Anthony Newman-Taylor, Prof Paul Blanc, Dr Trevor Ogden and me.
- Workplace health connect in rural areas [2.6MB]
Research report presenting the findings of a study to provide evidence to ensure that the needs of employers and employees in rural areas are incorporated into any future planning for the Workplace Health Connect service.
- Powertrain Occupational Respiratory Disease Outbreak: Report of Immunological Investigation MU/06/01
Powertrain Limited produced engine components in aluminium and cast iron. In March 2004, HSE was informed by Birmingham Heartlands Chest Clinic of a number of cases of extrinsic allergic alveolitis in Powertrain employees prompting further investigation. By March 2006 the cases of probable and definite work-related respiratory disease had reached 1021 mainly of occupational asthma (OA) and extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA).
- Analysis of Slips, Trips and Falls in the UK Printing and Publishing Industries, 2002-2003.
Report Number PED/04/09
The aim of this piece of work was to analyse the 2002 to 2003
RIDDOR reportable slip and trip accidents for printing and publishing. In the Printing industry between 2002 and 2003 25% of reportable injuries were caused by slips
and trips. If only major injuries are considered, slips and trips account for 41% of injuries.
- Summary report of a survey to
investigate the use of antifouling products (AFOs) in UK freshwaters
Report produced by HSE’s Biocide and Pesticide Unit based on the results of a survey undertaken by Applied Management Techniques.
- Professional operator practices – A site survey of timber treatment businesses in the UK utilising brush, dipping and spraying application methods
Investigates the operating practices at timber treatment sites concerned with brush, roller, spraying, dipping and irrigation applications of wood preservatives, to identify potential losses to the environment.
- Catalogue of OSD and HID Offshore Research by Key Human Factor Elements – 2002 Revision
Originally published in 1999 this catalogue has now been updated (2002).
- Lines of defence/layers of protection analysis in the
COMAH context
This report considers a number of risk assessment techniques
using the Line of Defence / Layer of Protection concept and their usefulness in the COMAH
context.
- A simplified approach to estimating individual risk
Describes a simplified method of calculating individual risk. The method described
is a development of other semi-quantitative approaches such as the risk matrix or Layer of
Protection Analysis. The method may be useful in the context of performing risk
assessments for the purposes of preparing safety reports under COMAH.
