Surface engineering publications

This page provides links to sources of general information and specific guidance on health and safety in the surface engineering industries.

HSE and SEA joint publications

• Prevention and control of exposure to chromic acid
• Prevention of exposure and control of chromic acid mist
• Health surveillance for hexavalent chromium compounds
• Monitoring for electrolytic hexavalent chromium processes
• Nickel and Nickel Alloy Plating Operations: Controlling the Risk of Inhaling Mist Containing Nickel
• Nickel and Nickel Alloy Plating Operations: Controlling the Risk of Skin Exposure
• Guidance on the use of trichloroethylene as a vapour degreasing solvent

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HSE publications

Control of hazardous substances

• Biological monitoring in the workplace: A guide to its practical application to chemical exposure HSG167
• Health surveillance
• Managing skin exposure risks at work HSG262
• Understanding health surveillance at work : an introduction for employers INDG304
• Working safely with solvents INDG273
• Chromium and you INDG346
• Working with Nickel - are you at risk? INDG351
• Working with Cadmium are you at risk? INDG391
• Preventing contact dermatitis at work INDG233
• Selecting protective gloves for work with chemicals INDG330
• Working safely with coating powders INDG319
• Cyanide poisoning - New recommendations on first aid treatment - MISC076

Fire and explosion

• Safe handling of combustible dusts - precautions against explosions
• The spraying of flammable liquids
• Safe working with flammable substances INDG227
• Controlling fire and explosion risks in the workplace INDG370

Transport

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

Storage and warehousing

• Chemical warehousing - The storage of packaged dangerous substance
• Bulk storage of acids: Guidance on the storage of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid in tanks

General

• Health and safety in engineering workshops
• The selection, use and maintenance of molten metal protective clothing
• Electricity at work: safe working practices
• Lifting equipment at work: A brief guide INDG290
• Providing and using work equipment safely: A brief guide INDG291
• Manual handling at work: A brief guide INDG143
• Preventing slips and trips at work: A brief guide INDG225
• Confined spaces: A brief guide to working safely INDG258

Technical publications

• Hexavalent chromium in chromium plating mists
• The dust lamp MDHS82 A simple tool for observing the presence of airborne particles
• Triglycidyl isocyanurate (and coating powders containing triglycidyl isocyanurate) in air

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Other HSE guidance

Operational guidance

• Legionella in aqueous tunnel washers
• Gas fired special atmosphere furnaces: isolation and burner supervision OC 647/11

HSE Engineering Information Sheets (EIS)

• Monitoring requirements in the electroplating industry (EIS 3)
• Workplace welfare in the electroplating industry (EIS 4)
• Health surveillance requirements in the electroplating industry (EIS No. 5)
• Electrical systems in the electroplating industry (EIS 6)
• Maintenance and cleaning of solvent degreasing tanks (EIS 20)
• Safe use of solvent degreasing plant (EIS 40)
• Immersion and cold cleaning of engineering components (EIS 21)
• Surface cleaning: Solvent update including the reclassification of trichloroethylene (EIS34)
• Control of exposure to triglycidyl isocyanurate (TGIC) in coating powders (EIS15)
• Cadmium in silver soldering or brazing (EIS 31)
• Chromate primer paints (EIS 32)