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Useful Publications

The range of publications listed below is designed to help you make sure your business implements safe working practices. They are important, because in the event of prosecution on a safety or operational issue, they could be used as evidence in a Court of Law.

In addition, trade associations and Government bodies issue specific guidelines on good working practices.

Unless otherwise stated, all publications are published by the Health & Safety Commission (HSC), and are available from:

HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 6FS, Tel 01787 881165 Fax 01787 313995

Any HMSO Bookshop

SAFed documents - available from
SAFed, Nutmeg House, 60 Gainsford Street Butlers Wharf London SE1 2NY

Health & Safety

Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1992
ISBN 0 11 886333 9

Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1992
ISBN 0 7176 2488 9

Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
ISBN 0 7176 2415 3

Health & Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992
ISBN 0 7176 0410 1

Work Equipment

Safe Use of Work Equipment - Approved Code of Practice and Guidance
ISBN 0 7176 1626 6

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992
ISBN 0 11 886334 7

Pressure systems

The Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000
ISBN 0 11 085836 0

• PM 60 Steam Boiler Blow Down Systems - 1998
  ISBN 0 7176 1533 2
  
  PM 5 Automatically Controlled Steam & Hot Water Boilers
  ISBN 0 7176 1028 4
  
  SAFed issue the following particular guidelines:
  
  
• Pressure Systems - Guidelines on Periodicity of Examinations
• Shell Boilers - Guidelines for the Examination of Boiler Shell-to-Endplate and Furnace-to-Endplate Welded Joints
• Guidelines for the Examination of Longitudinal Seams of Shell Boilers

Lifting equipment

• L113 Safe Use of Lifting Equipment Approved Code of Practice and Guidance
• PM 55 Safe Working with Overhead Travelling Cranes
• PM 63 Inclined Hoists Used in Building and Construction Work
• PM 63 Inclined Hoists Used in Building and Construction Work

SAFed documents

• Lifts Guidelines (LG1)
• Guidelines on the Thorough Examination and Testing of Lifts

Power Presses and Process Machinery

Power Press Safety (HMSO Books)
ISBN 0 11 883248 4

Power Press Safety: safety in material feeding and component ejection systems (HMSO Books)
ISBN 0 11 883743 5

Power Press Safety: Tool design - safety in manipulation (HMSO Books)
ISBN 0 11 883423 1

Press Brakes (HMSO Books)
ISBN 0 11 883784 2

Safety Guidance on the Guarding and Use of Injection Moulding Machines in the Plastics and Rubber Industries. Publication No 238/3 available from the British Plastics Federation 6 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3JE Tel 020 7 457 5000

The Guide to the Safe Use of Power Operated Paper Cutting Guillotines
ISBN 0 7176 1707 6

INDG 282 Safety at Power Operated Paper Cutting Guillotines

Safety in the Use of Metal Cutting Guillotines and Shears (HMSO Books)
ISBN 0 11 885455 0

Electrical

HS (R) 25 Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 Guidance on Regulations
ISBN 0 11 883963 2

HS (G) 107 Maintaining Portable and Transportable Electrical Equipment
ISBN 0 7176 0715 1

SAFed Quarries Guidelines
ISBN 1 90121 65 3

The following publications are available from the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) PO Box 96, Stevenage SG1 2SD Tel 01438 313311

BS 7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations, IEE Wiring Regulations

IEE Guidance Notes 1 to 7

Code of Practice for In-Service Inspection & Testing of Electrical Equipment
ISBN 0 85296 844 2

COSHH, Local Exhaust Ventilation

General COSHH Approved Code of Practice
ISBN 0 7176 1670 3

HSG 37 An Introduction to Local Exhaust Ventilation
ISBN 0 11 883954 3

HSG 54 Maintenance, examination and Testing of Local Exhaust Ventilation
ISBN 0 11 883954 3

HSG 193 COSHH Essentials : Easy Steps to Control Chemicals
ISBN 0 7176 2421 8

EH 40 Occupational Exposure Limits (normally updated annually)

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