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HSE publishes a comprehensive range of information and guidance on our website. You can find out what the health and safety law requires by searching under the relevant topic[24] or industry[25] section, and all of our publications[26] are free to download. HSE Books[27] provides information about orders for HSE publications, leaflets and posters.

The three areas of our site below deal with some of the most common areas of interest:

If you think health and safety has to be complicated - it doesn't. The Health and safety basics for your business site[29] will make it easier for you to comply with the law and manage health and safety in your business.

For many businesses, all that's required is a basic series of tasks. The site will take you through the steps and help you make sure you have done what you need to - and no more.

HSE does not answer general health and safety questions. If you need to engage the services of a health and safety consultant, you may wish to visit the Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR).

However;

  • If you have a specific question on how the health and safety law applies to a particular issue at your workplace, and you cannot find the answer on our website, then you can ask us for information by telephone. Before you do this, check that HSE is the enforcing authority.[30] Lines are open Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm (on Wednesdays we are open from 10am to 5pm): 0300 003 1647.
  • If you are an employee or a member of the public and you think the health and safety law is being broken, or minimum standards are being ignored within the workplace, tell us about the health and safety issue[31].

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. topichttps://www.hse.gov.uk/guidance/topics.htm
  25. industryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/guidance/industries.htm
  26. publicationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/index.htm
  27. HSE Bookshttps://books.hse.gov.uk/
  28. frequently asked questionshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/faqs/index.htm
  29. Health and safety basics for your business sitehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/index.htm
  30. check that HSE is the enforcing authority.https://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/authority.htm
  31. tell us about the health and safety issuehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/tell-us-about-a-health-and-safety-issue.htm
  32. Publicationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/index.htm

Glossary of abbreviations/acronyms on this page

RIDDOR
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013

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2023-04-11