Health and Safety Executive

Category: Internal operational instructions and guidance

HSE’S internal operational instructions & guidance. This category makes available the current internal instructions and guidance that HSE uses to carry out its core operational work of inspecting, investigating, permissioning and enforcing. The material is presented here essentially in the same way as it is made available to HSE staff but with some additional explanation for an external audience.

Development of sites at which natural gas is stored in depleted/partially depleted reservoirs

Friday, October 23, 2009

This SPC provides guidance on the application of Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) and Pipelines Safety regulations (PSR)

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Requirements for slip-resistant floor finishes

Friday, October 9, 2009

HSE staff circular provides advice to inspectors  on the application of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare)

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Stress Inspection Pack

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Guidance for HSE Inspectors - the Stress Topic Inspection Pack has been updated to include further guidance on

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Nuclear - contractors and intelligent customer capability

Friday, September 11, 2009

Guidance to help Inspectors assess the suitability of the approaches that the licensee takes to maintaining its in-house

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Offshore Intervention Guide

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

OSD follows the operational procedures and legal and enforcement guidance issued for HSE’s Operations Group. These

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Licensee management of records guide updated

Monday, August 24, 2009

This Technical Assessment Guide is to provide generic guidance to advise and inform ND inspectors in the exercise of

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Control of silica risks from kerb, paving and block cutting

Friday, August 21, 2009

This SIM provides specific guidance to Inspectors on the control and enforcement of Respirable Crystalline Silica

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Nuclear technical assessment guides

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Nuclear Directorate (ND) Permissioning inspection - Technical assessment guides,

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Work-related stress

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

This LAC presents current operational policy on work-related stress and guidance on how enforcement officers should

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Duty holders consultation with safety representatives in safety cases

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Circular to remind Inspectors that the Offshore Installations (Safety Representatives and Safety Committees)

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Working arrangements protocol between HSE, LAs and CSCI

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

This LAC introduces ‘A working arrangements protocol ’ between the Health and Safety Executive, Local Authorities

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Design management

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

This SPC is to provide guidance for Inspectors on the management of health and safety at the design stage of projects.

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Reducing the risk of falls from tail-lifts

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

HSE research carried out in 2004/05 estimate the human and economic cost of ‘falls from vehicle’ incidents that we

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Changes to the training regime for first aiders in the workplace

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

This LAC aims to make Inspectors aware of changes to the way first aiders in the workplace are trained. It explains

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Safety critical systems - guidance update

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Updated guidance circular for HSE’s Hazardous Installations Directorate  - “Performance standards for safety critical elements”

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Nuclear technical inspection guides

Monday, July 13, 2009

New guides on safety documentation, periodic reviews, new plant construction or installation, modification to design of plant under construction,

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Machines in ten pin bowling centres

Friday, July 10, 2009

Guidance for local authorities - A lack of effective physical safeguards has permitted unfettered access to dangerous

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LEV inspection pack

Friday, July 3, 2009

A topic inspection pack for Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) systems is now available.

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Working arrangements protocol between HSE, LAs and CSCI

Thursday, July 2, 2009

This SIM introduces ‘A working arrangements protocol’ between the Health and Safety Executive, Local Authorities

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Changes to COMAH arising from CHIP 2008

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

This Local Authority Circular (LAC) alerts inspectors to changes to the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999,

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