Health and Safety at Work

General Information

• Introduction to health and safety at work: the handbook for the NEBOSH National General Certificate - Phil Hughes
• Croners Health and Safety at Work.  A loose leaf, updated work giving guidance to the acts, regulations, and codes of practice.  Part 1 deals with the administration and legal background. Part 2 is an A-Z of specific topics.
• Health and Safety Law - J Stranks

• No 2 - An introduction to the health and safety regulations
• No 95 - Choosing and using a health and safety consultant
• No 200 - A guide to the regulations covering lifting and carrying at work
• No 144 - Guide to the management of health and safety at work regulations

Specific Industries

• Health and safety testing in construction - Construction Industry Training Board
• Principles of construction safety - A Holt
• Caring for cleaners -  HSE
• A bakers dozen - HSE

Risk Assessments

• Fire Risk Safety Assessments - HM Government.  Identifies what to check for in your fire risk assessment.  Gives guidance about precautions and includes references to useful publications and british standards.
• Business Information Factsheet No 289 - A Guide to carrying out a health and safety risk assessment
• Tolleys practical risk assessment handbook - M Bateman
• Risk assessment questions and answers: a practical approach - R Perry

Accidents and Disease at Work

• Hunters Disease of Occupations eg by P J Baxter

Hazardous substances

• Dangerous substances - Croners.  Part 1 gives a description of the systems of control, supply, storage and transportation of hazardous substances.  Followed by sections relating to the particular hazard type.  In addition there is a CD listing 2000 substances and the supply and transportation information that applies.
• Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials - N Sax & R Lewis.  The entry for each chemical includes physical and chemical properties, synonyms, toxicology and a safety profile giving the effects of human exposure.
• Health and Safety publications from the guidance note, guidance, regulations, legislation, and approved codes of practice series, including topics such as:
  • COSHH
  • CHIP
  • the Approved Supply List
  • EH 40 Occupational Exposure Limits
• Business Information Factsheet No 22 - A Guide to COSHH regulations 2002

Occupational Health

• Encyclopedia of occupational health - International Labour Office.  Divided into 4 volumes -
  1. Medical Information about disease and injury, prevention and management
  2. Hazards and their management
  3. Chemicals, industries and occupations: the processes, hazards, toxicological and physical properties, prevention and management
  4. Guides and indexes
• HSE booklets from the guidance, regulations, legislation and approved codes of practice series, including:
  • L127 - The management of asbestos in non-domestic premises
  • G175 - Fairgrounds and amusement parks. Guidance on Safe practice
• and advisory literature from the Guidance Notes series on Environmental Health, Chemicals, Plant & Machinery eg EH40 Workplace Exposure Limits

Historical Information

Journals

• Hazards
• Health and Safety at Work
• Safety and Health Practitioner - Produced by Institution of Occupational Safety & Health

British Standards

• BS 8800 Occupational health and safety management systems - A guide- Occupational health and safety assessment series
• BSEN 12077 - Cranes Safety requirements for health and safety
• BSEN 626-1 - Safety of machinery -reduction of risks to health from hazardous substances emitted by machinery
• BSEN 166 - Personal eye protection.  Specifications.
• BSEN ISO 20345 - Personal protection equipment. Safety footwear.

Advice

• Sheffield Occupational Health Advisory Service (SOHAS) - A charity aiming to prevent and alleviate the effects of occupational disease and injury.  They provide information and free advice for people with work related health problems.  The advisors work in GP's surgeries in Sheffield.  Details and surgery times are available through their website.  They also hold a small library of resources.
• Workplace Health & Information Gateway (WHIG) - A database of information and contacts dealing with health and safety topics, developed by SOHAS.  It includes links to websites and publications.
• Health and Safety Executive -  Contains information searchable by topic or industry.  Many of the leaflets are free of charge and can be downloaded.  The HSE Infoline 0845 345 0055 is the public enquiry contact centre, providing guidance and advice.