Contact HSE - Frequently asked questions

Most popular FAQs

This page provides answers to HSE's commonly asked questions about health and safety[24].

Reporting accidents

Need to report an accident or injury? Find out exactly what you need to report and how to go about it[25].

Temperature at work

What is the max/min workplace temperature?[26]

First aid

What you need to do[27] as employers, employees, first-aiders and training providers.

Working times

What breaks am I entitled to under working time regulations?[28]

Asbestos FAQs

Frequently asked questions on working with asbestos[29].

When does CDM apply?

The CDM 2015 Regulations apply to most common building, civil engineering and engineering construction work[30].

Link URLs in this page

  1. Contact HSEhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/index.htm
  2. Is HSE the correct enforcing authority?https://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/authority.htm
  3. Ways to contact HSEhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/contact.htm
  4. FAQshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/faqs/index.htm
  5. Report an incident - RIDDORhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/index.htm
  6. Overview - Tell us about a health and safety issuehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/tell-us-about-a-health-and-safety-issue.htm
  7. What happens after you report an issue?https://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/after-you-report-a-problem.htm
  8. Whistleblowershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/whistleblowers.htm
  9. HSE formshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/forms/index.htm
  10. Overview - HSE officeshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/maps/index.htm
  11. East & South Easthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/maps/eastsoutheast.htm
  12. Londonhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/maps/london.htm
  13. Midlandshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/maps/midlands.htm
  14. North Westhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/maps/northwest.htm
  15. Scotlandhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/maps/scotland.htm
  16. Wales & South Westhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/maps/waleswest.htm
  17. Yorkshire & North Easthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/maps/yne.htm
  18. International and overseas visits to HSEhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/visit.htm
  19. Overview - Complaintshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/complain-about-hse.htm
  20. Complaints about regulatory advicehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/regulatory-complaints.htm
  21. HSE’s regulation of higher hazard workplace and activitieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/regulatory-complaintshazard.htm
  22. Freedom of Information (FOI)https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/index.htm
  23. Confidentialityhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/confidentiality.htm
  24. HSE's commonly asked questions about health and safetyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/faqs/allfaqs.htm
  25. what you need to report and how to go about ithttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/faqs/riddor.htm
  26. max/min workplace temperature?https://www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/index.htm
  27. What you need to dohttps://www.hse.gov.uk/firstaid/index.htm
  28. under working time regulations?https://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/faqs/workingtime.htm
  29. working with asbestoshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/faq.htm
  30. most common building, civil engineering and engineering construction workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm/faq/index.htm

Glossary of abbreviations/acronyms on this page

RIDDOR
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013

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2023-06-02