A variety of harmful substances are found in our working environments â knowing how to control these safely can help protect you from harm. If you work with hazardous substances: our Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) website can help you understand the actions you should take to protect your health download HSE's publication, which explains how to control exposure and comply with the regulations: Working with substances hazardous to health: a brief guide to COSHH our COSHH safe handling chemicals poster also provides crucial guidance on how to handle chemicals safely in your workplace, including a useful hazardous signs check
COSHH practical assessment and control HSE also runs a 2-day training course, available both online and in-person, at HSE's Science and Research Centre in Buxton. It offers detailed and practical training on carrying out COSHH assessments and putting them into practice. To find out more, view upcoming dates or book a place, visit our website: COSHH practical assessment and control The injured workers were described as 'fortunate to be alive' following 2 separate incidents. In the first incident the worker slipped off a televator and landed 1.5 metres on the ground below. The second incident saw a worker sustain head injuries, including a fractured jaw and bleeding on the brain, after falling 3 metres from an elevator while unloading baggage containers from an aircraft. Read more in our press release: airline fined £3 million following worker injuries. Our website has detailed guidance on working from height. Visit our news centre for more on recent enforcement cases. These include: wood supplier hit with £40,000 for failing to protect workers from dust
Health and safety law requires health surveillance when your workers remain exposed to some health risks after you have put controls in place. Health surveillance is a scheme of repeated health checks which are used to identify ill health caused by work. Our health surveillance webpages have advice on: managing the risk consulting workers about health surveillance understanding what type of health surveillance your business needs setting up a health surveillance scheme acting on the results of health surveillance
4 June, Coventry Join us at this free-to-attend conference where leading industry figures will share best practice, case studies and legislative updates. HSE Chair Sarah Newton will provide the opening address and Paul Delderfield, specialist inspector (Noise and Vibration), will present a seminar on noise and hearing loss in industry. HSE experts will also be on-stand to answer questions and to support you with our resources, products and services. Register for your free pass HSE monitors and enforces legal requirements on the safety of most products used in the workplace, including any risks to health. HSE has a duty to notify the Secretary of State about: unsafe or non-compliant products the measures taken and communicated by an economic operator
Products notified to the HSE Product Safety and Market Surveillance Unit that present a serious or high risk to the health and safety of the user, and recalled products, are published on GOV.UK's product safety alerts, reports and recalls webpage.â¯Â  Recent examples of products notified are: Dorland 'Intrinsically Safe' Electronic Equipment sold via Amazon TEREX GB Limited Finlay J-1170+ Mobile Jaw Crusher TEREX GB Limited - Premiertrak - Mobile Jaw Crusher
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