Health and Safety
Executive

Information and services

• Guidance: health and safety

  Help and information to keep people safe and healthy at work

• Chemicals, fumes and dust

  Using and controlling substances hazardous to health (COSHH)

• The basics for your business

  Your main responsibilities as an employer

• Apply, notify or report

  Apply for a licence, send us a form or report something in a workplace

• Manage risk

  Practical steps to protect people. Know the risks and plan to avoid or control them

• Construction

  Site safety, working at height, scaffolding and Construction Design Management

• RIDDOR

  Some serious workplace accidents, diseases or near misses (RIDDOR) must be reported

• The law

  The Health and Safety at Work Act, criminal and civil law

• Asbestos

  Know the dangers. Get a licence to work with asbestos. Find out about training

News

• Cold weather working: Helping workers stay safe and warm

  Make sure you protect workers during low temperatures and wintry conditions

• HSE publishes annual work-related ill health and injury statistics for 2022 to 2023

  The statistics reveal that 1.8 million workers reported they were suffering from work-related ill health in 2022/23

• Safety alert: radiograph duplication and falsification

  HSE and other regulators have investigated several instances where non-destructive testing has been falsified

• Working Minds campaign launches free online learning for employers

  A free interactive tool has been developed bringing HSE’s Working Minds campaign principles to life

• BSR register of high-rise buildings represents major momentum for building safety

  Building registration is a major step to ensure high-rise residential buildings are safe for residents and users

• Safety notice: motorsport and leisure track safety

  There is a potential lack of awareness and understanding regarding the correct application and use of products as vehicle restraint barriers

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