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RR1170 - High Rise Residential Buildings: Preliminary Serious Incident Scenarios and Potential Control Measures[67] (2021)

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  26. RR1207: Area Classification for Oil Mists (MISTS2): Summary Reporthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1207.htm
  27. RR1206: Fire safety: hydraulic systems used in underground workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1206.htm
  28. RR1205: Reviewing and updating the evidence base on the hazards and risks for musculoskeletal disorder symptoms and visual problems regulated by the Display Screen Equipment Regulationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1205.htm
  29. RR1204: Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of the HardSPEC environmental exposure model for pesticide regulatory assessmentshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1204.htm
  30. RR1203: The impact of Permanent Volumetric Modular Construction (PVMC) on building safetyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1203.htm
  31. RR1202: Respirablhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1202.htm
  32. e crystalline silica exposure during demolition activityhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1202.htm
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  34. RR1200: Evidence on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on work-related musculoskeletal disorders: evidence summary to 29 April 2021https://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1200.htm
  35. RR1198: Implementation of the Principal Designer Role within CDM 2015https://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1198.htm
  36. RR1196: Radiation calculations for fireball and jet fire models: A literature reviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1196.htm
  37. RR1195: Exposure to Metal Powders in Additive Manufacturinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1195.htm
  38. RR1194: Fit testing of CE marked ear loop respiratorshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1194.htm
  39. RR1193: Static concrete mixer cleaning Establishing alternative methods for control of harmful noise and hand-arm vibration exposureshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1193.htm
  40. RR1192: Industrial Cleaning: Exposure to Dust Hazardous to Healthhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1192.htm
  41. RR1191: Fluorescence Microscopy to measure asbestos in air and lung samples: evaluation of a commercially available methodhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1191.htm
  42. RR1190: Factors affecting the severity of vapour cloud explosions - flame propagation from hinging enclosureshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1190.htm
  43. RR1186: Failure rates for above ground major accident hazard pipelines outside above ground installationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1186.htm
  44. RR1177: Risk control for small pressure vessels: café boilers, bench-top autoclaves, and model steam engineshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1177.htm
  45. RR1175: Underground storage of explosives in mines: modelling blast effectshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1175.htm
  46. RR1189: Modelling flashing liquid releases for hazardous area classification including LPG and ammoniahttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1189.htm
  47. RR1188: Jet fire mathematical modelling for failure of pipelines carrying flammable substances: Part 2) Model Performancehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1188.htm
  48. RR1187: Jet fire mathematical models for failure of pipelines carrying flammable substances: Part 1) Literature Reviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1187.htm
  49. RR1185 - Fireball mathematical models and experimental data: A literature reviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1185.htm
  50. RR1184 - Evaluation of exposure controls used in electrolytic nickel platinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1184.htm
  51. RR1183 - Chainsaws noise information from suppliers: usefulness for tool selection and risk assessment to protect workershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1183.htm
  52. RR1182 - Hand-arm vibration and noise emissions of battery powered tools compared with equivalent traditionally powered toolshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1182.htm
  53. RR1181 - Preliminary Fire Testing of Composite Pipe Repairshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1181.htm
  54. RR1180 - Secondary Guarding on Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs): Appraisal of the level of protection offeredhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1180.htm
  55. RR1179: Temporary refuges on offshore installations: Modelling the time taken for heat impairment of workershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1179.htm
  56. RR1178 - Freight containers: potential worker exposure to hazardous atmospheres at ports and distribution centreshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1178.htm
  57. RR1176 - Asbestos exposures to workers in the licensed asbestos removal industryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1176.htm
  58. RR1174 - Jack Rabbit II Chlorine Release Experiments: HSE scientific contribution and main findingshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1174.htm
  59. RR1173 - Forestry wood chippers: suitability of measurement procedures used to provide the manufacturer's and supplier's noise advice to purchasers and usershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1173.htm
  60. RR1172 - Mechanical assessment of tower crane slewing brakeshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1172.htm
  61. RR1171 - Metalworking fluid and use of compressed airguns in machining: expert workshophttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1171.htm
  62. RR1169 - Hydrogen in the natural gas distribution network: Preliminary analysis of gas release and dispersion behaviourhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1169.htm
  63. RR1168 - Gas dispersion model DRIFT 3.6.14: modelling the dispersion of flammable vapourhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1168.htm
  64. RR1167 - Gas dispersion model DRIFT 3.6.14: modelling the dispersion of continuous releases of toxic pressure-liquefied gaseshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1167.htm
  65. RR1166 - Gas dispersion model DRIFT 3.6.14: modelling the dispersion of flashing instantaneous releases of toxic substanceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1166.htm
  66. RR1165 - Gas dispersion model DRIFT 3.6.14: evaluation and assessmenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1165.htm
  67. RR1170 - High Rise Residential Buildings: Preliminary Serious Incident Scenarios and Potential Control Measureshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1170.htm
  68. RR1164 - The effectiveness of British Standard BS EN ISO 28927-10:2011 concerning the vibration emission of percussive drills, hammers and breakershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1164.htm
  69. RR1163 - The effectiveness of British Standard BS EN ISO 28927-11:2001 concerning the vibration emission of stone hammershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1163.htm
  70. RR1162 - Standard test codes for the declaration of vibration emission: a review of research carried out by the Health and Safety Executivehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1162.htm
  71. RR1161 - The response of large pressure vessels in the process industries to excess pressure: literature reviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1161.htm
  72. RR1159 - International Association for Hydrogen Safety 'Research Priorities Workshop', September 2018, Buxton, UKhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1159.htm
  73. RR1158 - Application of a risk-based method to evaluate operator visibility from a large rigid frame dumper truckhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1158.htm
  74. RR1157 - Application of a risk-based method to evaluate operator visibility from an hydraulic excavatorhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1157.htm
  75. RR1156 - Visibility risk zone method to evaluate operator visibility for earth-moving machineryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/RESEARCH/rrhtm/rr1156.htm
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