COSHH covers substances that are hazardous to health. Substances can take many forms and include chemicals, products containing chemicals, fumes, dusts, vapours, mists, nanotechnology, gases and asphyxiating gases and biological agents.
News from HSE
- 2012
- May
- April
- March
- February
- January
- Clearing snow and ice advice and tips
- Violence at work – findings from the British Crime Survey
- Local government – FAQs
- Equality Duty – HSE’s commitment to the Equality Act 2010
- False identity leads to prosecution for Peterborough man
- Two companies fined over worker’s injury at power plant
- Dover man fined after failing asbestos regulations
- Death at Hampstead site leads to prosecution
- Farmers encouraged to attend Herefordshire safety event after thumbs up
- Firm fined after lack of hygiene facilities for workers
- Major construction firm fined more than £100k after death
- “Squirrels put on a wonderful show” – HSE responds
- Risk assessment – Online interactive tools
- Care home fined after resident’s fatal fall from window
- Oxford landlord fined for failing to meet basic gas safety regulations
- Health Board fined after patient contracts legionnaires’ disease (COPFS release)
- Firm fined after worker fractures pelvis
- Respiratory Protective Equipment – FAQs
- Boat builder fined after man breaks leg in four places
- Free event to help Argyll construction companies cut death and injury
- Scaffolding firm fined after man’s fall through roof
- RoSPA: Health and safety legal seminar – London 28 March
- Keeping in touch with HSE – Subscribe for free news and updates by email or RSS
- Tata prosecuted for endangering workers during gas leak repair
- Principal Inspector of Mines vacancy
- Cleaning products case study: Wrong product causes mayhem
- Hampshire firm fined over death of delivery driver
- Three companies fined after worker falls from roof
- BAOD events – additional dates for February 2012
- CD238 – Proposals to revoke seven Statutory Instruments
- Health and safety made simple – The basics for your business
- Construction firm fined over worker’s injuries
- Report of the LPG Independent Expert Working Group
- Tree work eBulletin
- Worker’s fingers severed in bubble wrap machine
- Lung diseases: Silicosis – Major disease risk from RCS dust
- Worker burned by molten metal at Worcester factory
- Flooring firm fined after worker injury
- Norfolk companies prosecuted after worker crushes hand
- Domestic gas safety – Information for home owners
- RR903 – Review on the validity and reliability of self-reported work-related illness
- OSHCR: Find a consultant – Fast accessible and proportionate advice
- Worker suffers severed finger at plastics firm
- Social care workers exposed to violence and aggression
- Tenby landlord sentenced for gas safety failings
- RIDDOR reporting – Changes to injury classifications
- Unregistered gas installer had two previous convictions
- Firm fined after workers put at risk
- Office for Nuclear Regulation vacancies
- Examination in mining health and safety law – 2011 sample answers
- Leicester man given suspended sentence after death of worker
- Clyde Q3 and Oldbury Q4 LLC/SSG 2011 reports
- Steel beam falls and fatally injures worker
- Office for Nuclear Regulation strategy
- Temperature eBulletin
- Liverpool businessman fined £112k over roof fall death
- Firm fined £160,000 after technician’s death at factory
- Suspended prison sentences for illegal gas fitters
- Wylfa Power Station – Agreement to fitting new GSRV main filter assemblies
- Complaints and concerns Workplace health and safety – how to make a complaint
- Demolition worker fined after colleague was severely injured
- Lancashire roofer caught on camera risking lives
- Door firm fined after worker suffers severe hand injuries
- BSIF concerned about competency of RPE fitters
- Construction industry dangers highlighted at North East event
- New LLC Site Stakeholder Group (SSG) Reports for Q3 2011 – GE Healthcare and Dungeness A
- Working at height in construction – Management advice
- Reports published on geological disposal of radioactive waste
- Manchester Occupational Health and Safety Group – 2012 Programme
- Register to attend the Fukushima community briefing – 25 January, Bangor University
- WISH Forum minutes – May 2011
- ONR leads international talks on changes to transport regulations
- WWT Event: Refurbishment Safety and Health Awareness Day, 24 January
- Pesticide approvals for December 2011
- Plumber put lives at risk with illegal gas work
- Chocolate manufacturer fined over fractured finger
- Suffolk County Council fined for health and safety breaches
- Manchester worker paralysed in crane crush
- Example risk assessments – Approaches for small businesses
- Lichfield firm fined after man’s neck broken
- Gas fitter sentenced for series of safety breaches
- Biocides – Reporting incidents of exposure
- Landlord prosecuted after Blackburn family put at risk
- Fork lift fall leads to prosecution for Derbyshire company
- Evesham firm fined for worker’s fall through glass roof
- Metal firm’s safety flaws exposed after worker crushed
- Independent Regulatory Challenge Panel
- Construction safety – Slips and trips on site
- Risk of explosion from gas release put lives at risk
- Film, theatre and broadcasting eBulletin
- Free employer and business advice – Wembley
- What is a “substance hazardous to health”?
- Free business advice event in Kings Lynn
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009