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2025
- RR1223: Noise control in woodworking: Review and illustration of control methods
- RR1222: Face Fit testing of FFP3 respirators: the impact of sampling port location
- RR1221: Systematic review of the method and frequency for undertaking workplace respiratory health surveillance
- RR1219: A study of the effectiveness of guarding to prevent falls through window openings
- RR1218: The effectiveness of witnessed four-stage clearances following licensed asbestos removal
- RR1213: Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in England: Assessment of risk collapse
- RR1212: Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in England: Assessment of number of RAAC panels
2024
- RR1217: The use of control measures during licensed asbestos removal
- RR1216: Review of progress of the Iron Mains Risk Reduction Programme (IMRRP) 2013 to 2023
- RR1215: When welding goes wrong: Learning from past failures
- RR1214: Review of key machinery safety standards and guidance, and how they reflect on emerging technologiess
- RR1211: Wood dust exposures in manufacturing industries
- RR1210: Investigation of Mist Explosion Hazards (MIST2) - Vertical ignition test report
- RR1209: Investigation of Mist Explosion Hazards (MIST2) - Nozzle Shape Effects Using SLM
- RR1208: Investigation of Mist Explosion Hazards (MIST2) - Diesel and Biodiesel Fuel Testing
- RR1207: Area Classification for Oil Mists (MISTS2): Summary Report
- RR1206: Fire safety: hydraulic systems used in underground work
- RR1205: Reviewing and updating the evidence base on the hazards and risks for musculoskeletal disorder symptoms and visual problems regulated by the Display Screen Equipment Regulations
- RR1204: Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of the HardSPEC environmental exposure model for pesticide regulatory assessments
- RR1203: The impact of Permanent Volumetric Modular Construction (PVMC) on building safety
- RR1202: Respirable crystalline silica exposure during demolition activity
2023
- RR1201 - Decontamination and re-use of FFP3 respirators
- RR1200: Evidence on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on work-related musculoskeletal disorders: evidence summary to 29 April 2021
- RR1198: Implementation of the Principal Designer Role within CDM 2015
- RR1196: Radiation calculations for fireball and jet fire models: A literature review
- RR1195: Exposure to Metal Powders in Additive Manufacturing
- RR1194: Fit testing of CE marked ear loop respirators
- RR1193: Static concrete mixer cleaning Establishing alternative methods for control of harmful noise and hand-arm vibration exposures
- RR1192: Industrial Cleaning: Exposure to Dust Hazardous to Health
- RR1191: Fluorescence Microscopy to measure asbestos in air and lung samples: evaluation of a commercially available method
- RR1190: Factors affecting the severity of vapour cloud explosions - flame propagation from hinging enclosures
- RR1186: Failure rates for above ground major accident hazard pipelines outside above ground installations
- RR1177: Risk control for small pressure vessels: café boilers, bench-top autoclaves, and model steam engines
- RR1175: Underground storage of explosives in mines: modelling blast effects
2022
- RR1189: Modelling flashing liquid releases for hazardous area classification including LPG and ammonia
- RR1188: Jet fire mathematical modelling for failure of pipelines carrying flammable substances: Part 2) Model Performance
- RR1187: Jet fire mathematical models for failure of pipelines carrying flammable substances: Part 1) Literature Review
- RR1185 - Fireball mathematical models and experimental data: A literature review
- RR1184 - Evaluation of exposure controls used in electrolytic nickel plating
- RR1183 - Chainsaws noise information from suppliers: usefulness for tool selection and risk assessment to protect workers
- RR1182 - Hand-arm vibration and noise emissions of battery powered tools compared with equivalent traditionally powered tools
- RR1181 - Preliminary Fire Testing of Composite Pipe Repairs
- RR1180 - Secondary Guarding on Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs): Appraisal of the level of protection offered
- RR1179: Temporary refuges on offshore installations: Modelling the time taken for heat impairment of workers
- RR1178 - Freight containers: potential worker exposure to hazardous atmospheres at ports and distribution centres
- RR1176 - Asbestos exposures to workers in the licensed asbestos removal industry
- RR1174 - Jack Rabbit II Chlorine Release Experiments: HSE scientific contribution and main findings
- RR1173 - Forestry wood chippers: suitability of measurement procedures used to provide the manufacturer's and supplier's noise advice to purchasers and users
- RR1172 - Mechanical assessment of tower crane slewing brakes
- RR1171 - Metalworking fluid and use of compressed airguns in machining: expert workshop
- RR1169 - Hydrogen in the natural gas distribution network: Preliminary analysis of gas release and dispersion behaviour
- RR1168 - Gas dispersion model DRIFT 3.6.14: modelling the dispersion of flammable vapour
- RR1167 - Gas dispersion model DRIFT 3.6.14: modelling the dispersion of continuous releases of toxic pressure-liquefied gases
- RR1166 - Gas dispersion model DRIFT 3.6.14: modelling the dispersion of flashing instantaneous releases of toxic substances
- RR1165 - Gas dispersion model DRIFT 3.6.14: evaluation and assessment
2020
- RR1164 - The effectiveness of British Standard BS EN ISO 28927-10:2011 concerning the vibration emission of percussive drills, hammers and breakers
- RR1163 - The effectiveness of British Standard BS EN ISO 28927-11:2001 concerning the vibration emission of stone hammers
- RR1162 - Standard test codes for the declaration of vibration emission: a review of research carried out by the Health and Safety Executive
- RR1161 - The response of large pressure vessels in the process industries to excess pressure: literature review
- RR1159 - International Association for Hydrogen Safety 'Research Priorities Workshop', September 2018, Buxton, UK
- RR1158 - Application of a risk-based method to evaluate operator visibility from a large rigid frame dumper truck
- RR1157 - Application of a risk-based method to evaluate operator visibility from an hydraulic excavator
- RR1156 - Visibility risk zone method to evaluate operator visibility for earth-moving machinery