hse

PPE: PERSONAL PROTECTIVE

EQUIPMENT

puwer : replaces the provison of work and use of equipment regulations

PUWER replaces the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992 and carries forward these existing requirements with a few changes and additions, for example the inspection of work equipment and specific new requirements for mobile equipment. Many aspects of PUWER should therefore be familiar to you.

HSE

Health and

safety

executive

COSHH:

CONTROL OF SUBSTNACES

AND HARMFUL TO HEALTH

POTENTIAL HAZARDS

RIDDOR:

REPROTING OF INJURIES ,DISEASES AND

DANGEROUS

OCCURENCES REGULATIONS

This site provides information on RIDDOR which puts duties on employers, the self-employed and people in control of work premises (the Responsible Person) to report serious workplace accidents, occupational diseases and specified dangerous occurrences (near misses).