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HSG137: Health risk management: A practical guide for managers in SMEs
This guidance draws on information and experience gained by HSE, with actual case studies used to illustrate particular points. The publication provides a framework for enabling managers to embed...
Accident book
The Accident Book will allow you to comply with legal requirements to record accidents at work. It also contains guidance on the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations...
Risk management – Online example assessments
The examples show how other small and medium-sized businesses have approached risk assessment. If you can't find your industry listed, pick the one closest to it and adapt it for your own workplace.
Office health and safety – Risk assessment tool
This tool allows those working in low-risk office-based environments to do their risk assessment quickly and easily.
Risk assessment – Online interactive tools
HSE has developed these interactive tools to help those working in low risk offices and shops, including charity shops understand what they need to do to assess and control risks in the workplace and...
Example risk assessments – Approaches for small businesses
These examples show kind of approach HSE expects a small business or workplace to take and how other small and medium-sized businesses have approached risk assessment.
Independent Regulatory Challenge Panel
Looks into complaints regarding advice given by HSE or LA inspectors about health and safety which you think is incorrect or goes beyond what is required to control the risk adequately.
Free employer and business advice – Wembley
24 February at the Grand Union Village Community Facility – free government advice and help for small and medium businesses.
Free business advice event in Kings Lynn
22 February at Kings Lynn Town Hall - for those running a business, starting out as an employer, or even just thinking about it.
Small and medium business case studies
Read how a number of small and medium businesses reaped the benefits of implementing good health and safety practice
Help for the industry – from the industry, at construction safety and health awareness day in Leicester
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) together with local industry experts are holding a free safety and health awareness day in Leicester on Wednesday (9 November) to improve safety on the city's...
Vehicle recovery firm fined for breaking prohibition notice
A Barking-based vehicle recovery business has been fined for using a forklift truck after being served with a Prohibition Notice preventing its use.
Machinery at work – The law and your responsibilities
Since 1995 all new machinery in scope of the Machinery Directive has to be designed and constructed to meet common minimum European requirements for safety.
Innovation in safety – small business award
Have you come up with an innovation to improve health and safety in a small business? Has the firm saved money because of it? If yes, then enter the IOSH/HSE Innovation in Safety – Small Business...
Construction Industry rises to London 2012 Safety Challenge
North East construction firms are being offered the chance to get first hand insight into how the high health and safety standards were achieved during the “Big Build” phase of the London 2012...