New operational guidance

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1. Freedom of informationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/index.htm
2. Operational guidancehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/index.htm
3. New operational guidancehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/index.htm
4. Operational Circulars (OCs)https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/ocs/index.htm
5. Operational Minutes (OMs)https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/oms/index.htm
6. Sector Information Minutes (SIMs)https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/sims/index.htm
7. Permanent manualshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/hid/index.htm
8. Semi-permanent circulars (SPCs)https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/hid_circs/index.htm
9. Transport and Public Services Unit work plan 2022-23: Inspections to assess the management of asbestos in school buildingshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00133.pdf
10. Welfare standards for construction workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00002.pdf
11. Waste and recycling Sector work plan 2022-23: Targeted inspectionshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00100.pdf
12. Manufacturing Sector work plan 2022-23: Occupational lung disease (OLD) caused by wood dust in wood working and furniture making industrieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00132.pdf
13. Agriculture sector workplan 2022 to 2023: Inspection in conjunction with agriculture compliance eventshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00131.pdf
14. National Fairground Inspection Team (NFIT) Sector Workplan 2022 to 2023https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00130.pdf
15. Onshore decommissioning and dismantling of offshore installations - Intervention planninghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00129.pdf
16. The Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00128.pdf
17. Manufacturing sector work plan 2021 to 2022: Impact Evaluation Inspections: Occupational Lung Disease (OLD) caused by wood dusthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00127.pdf
18. Moving and handling construction materialshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00126.pdf
19. National Fairground Inspection Team (NFIT) sector workplan 2021 to 2022https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00125.pdf
20. Inspection of the management of risk from violence and aggression and musculoskeletal disorders in healthcare 2021 to 2022 https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00124.pdf
21. Agriculture sector work plan 2021 to 2022: Inspection in conjunction with agriculture compliance eventshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00123.pdf
22. Manufacturing Sector Work Plan 2021 to 2022: Occupational Lung Disease (OLD) caused by asthmagens and carcinogens, in the fabricated metal sectorhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00122.pdf
23. Preventing or controlling ill health from animal contact at animal visitor attractionshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00121.htm
24. Construction dust: Inspection and enforcement guidancehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00017.pdf
25. Arrangements for drilling notifications and enforcement at onshore borehole siteshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00120.pdf
26. Hand-arm vibration: Inspection and enforcement guidancehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00119.pdf
27. Assessing the use and effectiveness of acoustic warning signalshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00117.pdf
28. Dealing with asbestos contamination incidents/eventshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00116.pdf
29. Inspection of violence and aggression and musculoskeletal disorders in healthcare 2019 to 2020https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00114.pdf
30. Agriculture sector work plan 2019 to 2020: Inspection of farmshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00115.pdf
31. National Fairground Inspection Team (NFIT) sector workplan 2019 to 2020https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00112.pdf
32. Transport and Public Services unit: Work plan 2019 to 2020: Proactive inspections to assess the management of asbestos in buildingshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00111.pdf
33. Manufacturing sector work plan 2019 to 2020: Musculoskeletal disorders in food and drink manufacturinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00110.pdf
34. Manufacturing Sector Work Plan 2019 to 2020: Occupational Lung Disease (OLD) caused by asthmagens, carcinogens and Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS), in manufacturing industrieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00109.pdf
35. Asbestos Regulation 7 plans of work – purpose and core principleshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00108.pdf
36. COMAH Competent Authority process for exempting a local authority from the requirement to prepare an external emergency plan under the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00107.pdf
37. Managing fire risk during cladding and insulation removal and replacement on tall buildings – guidance for inspectorshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00106.pdf
38. Manufacturing Sector Work Plan 2018 to 2019: Musculoskeletal disorders in food manufacturinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00101.pdf
39. The Victim Personal Statement (VPS) schemehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00097.pdf
40. Civil Proceedings in England and Waleshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00023.pdf
41. Structural safety: Action by inspectors including liaison with local authoritieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00096.pdf
42. Control of Legionella: Inspection of evaporative cooling systems and investigation of outbreaks, clusters and single cases of Legionnaires' diseasehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00095.pdf
43. Understanding onshore oil and gas well notificationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00094.pdf
44. Enforcement of pesticide legislationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00092.pdf
45. Tackling labour abuse - joint working and intelligence sharinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-0087.pdf
46. Cyber Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS)https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-0086.pdf
47. Worker consultation – enforcement of Regulationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00083.htm
48. Contact with employee representatives by HSE field staffhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00082.htm
49. Solid fuel catering appliances - enforcement guidancehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00078.htm
50. Role of HSE in Civil contingencies and cross-government emergency planning work https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00077.htm
51. Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998: Main activity concepthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00075.htm
52. The use of Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998: Regulations 5 (Transfer) and 6 (Assignments)https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00074.htm
53. Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00073.htm
54. Bungee Jumping – Advice for regulatorshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00069.htm
55. Material and evidence management (collection, retention and disposal)https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00061.htm
56. Dermal exposure to hazardous substances: Prevention of dermatitishttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00059.htm
57. Investigating cattle incidentshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00058.htm
58. The management of HSE material at HSLhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00057.htm
59. Management of access to material by interested parties at HSL to meet HSE investigation requirementshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00056.htm
60. The prevention of entanglement in the rotary parts of drilling and piling rigshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00055.htm
61. Proof Testing of Safety Instrumented Systems in the Onshore Chemical / Specialist Industryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00054.htm
62. Strategic initiative between HSE and BAE Systems 2014 to 2016https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00053.htm
63. Inspection of gas supply emergency arrangements and associated co-operation requirementshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00052.htm
64. Working with the health and safety authorities in Guernsey and Jerseyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00051.htm
65. Construction Noise: Inspection and Enforcement Guidancehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00050.htm
66. Operator Response within Safety Instrumented Systems in the Chemical, Oil & Gas, and Specialist Industrieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00047.htm
67. Management of instrumented systems providing safety functions of low / undefined safety integrityhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00046.htm
68. Protection against inadvertent ignition of explosive atmospheres by radio-frequency radiation at onshore hazardous installationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00045.htm
69. Lightning protection at onshore hazardous installationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00044.htm
70. Respiratory Protective Equipmenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00041.htm
71. Onshore Pipeline Integrity Management - Operational Guidance for Inspectorshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00037.htm
72. Construction Hazardous Substances: Inspection and Enforcement Guidancehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00036.htm
73. Obtaining Information from Government Departments and Agencies and Open Sourceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00034.htm
74. Whistleblowing and whistleblowershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00033.htm
75. Assuring the independence of prosecution decisionshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/ocs/100-199/168_9.htm
76. Quarry industry worker competencehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00031.htm
77. The health and safety (training for employment) regulations 1990https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00030.htm
78. Gas Pipelines: Inspecting Polyethylene (PE) Natural Gas Installationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00029.htm
79. Enforcement Management Model (EMM): Framework for drafting enforcement guidancehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/ocs/100-199/130_4/index.htm
80. Enforcement considerations for inspectors investigating gas incidents arising from the failure of steel service pipeshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00019.htm
81. Simple Cautions - HSE guidancehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00018.htm
82. Occupational Asthmagenshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00016.htm
83. Fire safety precautions – enforcement and liaisonhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00015.htm
84. Post weld cleaning using pickling pasteshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00009.htm
85. Asphyxiation hazards in welding and allied processeshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00008.htm
86. The safe use of oxy-propane preheating torcheshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00007.htm
87. Enforcement Management Model (EMM): Application to Health Riskshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/ocs/100-199/130_5/index.htm
88. Enforcement Management Model (EMM): Application to Hazardous substanceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/ocs/200-299/273_19.htm
89. Head protection for Sikhs wearing turbanshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00003.htm
90. Quarry excavation design and safe working practiceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/sims/manuf/3_05_11.htm
91. Quick hitch devices on excavatorshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00004.htm
92. Welfare facilities for construction workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/og/og-00002.pdf
93. Recording prosecutions on the Police National Computerhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/ocs/100-199/168_15.htm
94. Safety during the use of calenders in the rubber and plastics industries https://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/sims/manuf/3_09_07.htm