08 October 2008Starting or just recently set up in business or new to health & safety?
Having good or even adequate health and safety procedures is not a matter of choice. The law requires all employers to take reasonable steps to implement good health and safety measures.
Accidents at work and ill health caused by the workplace can cost your organisation money and ruin the lives of your employees.
The following list of leaflets will give you most of the basic health and safety advice you need to help you comply with the law and protect your employees.
Click on the title to download the leaflet direct from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) website or click here to visit the HSE website for further information.
Health & Safety Law: what you should know
Electrical Safety & You
Working with VDUs
An introduction to health and safety
Work-related stress
Noise at work
Five steps to risk assessment
Preventing slips, trips and falls at work
COSHH: A brief guide to the regulations
Managing vehicle safety at the workplace
Getting to grips with manual handling: A short guide
Riddor explained
Further information is available from
HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA. Tel: 01787 881165
or from
Commercial Team
Sevenoaks District Council
Argyle Road
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 1HG
Call 01732 227000
fax 01732742339
e-mail environmental.health@sevenoaks.gov.uk
