Health and Safety - Frequently asked questions
This page provides answers to HSE's commonly asked questions about health and safety.
Hot topics
- Are turban-wearing Sikhs exempt from the need to wear head protection in the workplace?[24]
- RIDDOR[25]
- What is the maximum/minimum temperature in the workplace?[26]
- What breaks am I allowed under the working time regulations?[27]
- Control of asbestos regulations[28]
- When does CDM (Construction, Design and Management Regulations) apply to a project?[29]
- Portable appliance tests - information on PAT[30]
Other general health and safety regulations and advice
- Pregnant workers and risk assessment[31]
- How much space am I entitled to at work?[32]
- How do I report an accident?[33]
- How many first aiders do I require?[34]
- Smoking - Advice on smoking at work?[35]
- Lone working - Can a person be left alone at their workplace?[36]
- WC Facilities - How many toilets should a workplace have?[37]
- Health and Safety law poster - What details do you need to put on the new Health and Safety law poster?[38]
- What are the health risks from asbestos?[39]
- Vibration - Are the new regulations in force yet?[40]
- Work at height regulations[41]
- PPE - Do employers have to provide personal protective equipment?[42]
- Policy - Information on compiling health & safety policy[43]
- Disabled Access - What responsibility employers have for access to buildings?[44]
- Charities - Does health & safety legislation apply to volunteers working for charities?[45]
- The Working Time Regulations[46]