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Assess the risks of working in confined spaces
Identifying typical hazards in enclosed spaces and analysing the chances of their occurring including lack of oxygen, poisonous gases, fumes and fire.
Reduce the risk of repetitive strain injury at work
How to reduce the risk of repetitive strain injury in your business by encouraging breaks, adjusting workstations and reducing the weight of items handled.
Checklist: avoiding repetitive strain injury
Key steps to avoid repetitive strain injury in your business, including carrying out a risk assessment, consulting employees and looking out for symptoms.
Prevent repetitive strain injury at work
An outline of what repetitive strain injury is, how to spot it and what steps to take to avoid it, including the risks from tools, repetitive tasks and computer use.
Provide health and safety training
How to make sure your staff and visitors have the information they need to stay safe on your premises and avoid any potential risks to health and safety.
Security for lone workers
Your security procedures must cover the extra risks lone workers face from accidents or violence at work to help you carry out a loner worker risk assessment
Safety and lone workers who deal with the public
Look for risks lone workers might present to members of the public - and risks the public might present to them, assess these risks and take action where needed
Benefits of health and safety management systems
Management systems help control risk, reduce costs and improve your reputation, other benefits include increased morale and possible lower insurance premiums.
Health and safety during storms and bad weather
Health and safety considerations during bad weather and storms, including assessing the risks and taking action to protect workers.
Health and safety risks for people working outdoors
Ways of reducing the chance of accidents to employees who work outside, both on your premises and elsewhere by spotting and reducing health and safety risks.
Support people affected by traumatic events
What you can do to support and accommodate colleagues and employees after a traumatic event such as a natural disaster or serious accident.
Manage your own stress
Identifying and tackling stress in yourself, including the common physical and emotional symptoms and tactics for coping with stress such as relaxation techniques.
Seven key ways to manage stress at work
Practical tips on how to effectively manage and reduce stress in your business to protect employee wellbeing and prevent productivity loss and sickness absence.
Types of PPE: helmets and headgear
Types of protective headgear for safety in the workplace, activities for which it may be required such as building work, and what to look for when purchasing.
Does your business need personal protective equipment?
Working out whether your business is affected by the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations, including risk assessment and who should pay for it.
Buy the right personal protective equipment
Choosing protective kit that's suitable for the risks, workplace conditions and the wearer including the types of protective equipment you should provide.
How to get gigs
A step-by-step guide for musicians and bands who want to book gigs.
Health and safety prosecutions
Reasons to warrant a prosecution that is in the public interest such as a death or repeated poor compliance and possible penalties such as a fine or imprisonment.
Be ready for a health and safety inspection: seven top tips
Top tips to ensure that your business is ready for a visit from the health and safety inspector at all times – including what records you must have to hand.
Welfare facilities at work
Your legal duty to provide welfare facilities for employees, such as toilets, drinking water and clothes storage.