Health and Safety Executive

Protect your workers from stress - assess the risks and act on them

Find out more - about how to protect your workers from stress.[1]

Industries A to Z

Guidance by industry, includes construction, health and social care, pesticides, oil and gas, agriculture

Topics A to Z

Guidance by topic, includes risk management, RIDDOR, COSHH, asbestos and display screen equipment

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Information and services

  • RIDDOR[17]

    Some accidents, diseases or near misses must be reported

  • F10 notification[18]

    Tell HSE about a large construction project before work starts

  • Apply, notify or report[19]

    Apply for a licence, send us a form or report something in a workplace

  • Building Safety Regulator[20]

    How building safety is regulated in England

  • COSHH[21]

    Identify, assess and control risks from hazardous substances

  • The law[22]

    Health and safety at work: criminal and civil law

About HSE

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  1. Find out more - about how to protect your workers from stress.https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/overview.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=stress&utm_content=home-page-banner
  2. Risk assessmenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/risk/index.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=risk&utm_content=home-page-popular
  3. Asbestoshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/introduction/index.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=asbestos&utm_content=home-page-popular
  4. Temperature at workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/employer/index.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=temperature&utm_content=home-page-popular
  5. Manual handling https://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/manual-handling/index.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=man-han&utm_content=home-page-popular
  6. Health and safety statisticshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/index.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hse-news&utm_term=annual-stats&utm_content=home-page-popular
  7. Equipment and machineryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/work-equipment-machinery/?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=equipment&utm_content=home-page-popular
  8. Go to the Industries A to Z https://www.hse.gov.uk/guidance/industries.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=industries&utm_content=home-page-atoz
  9. Go to the Topics A to Zhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/guidance/topics.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=topics&utm_content=home-page-atoz
  10. Wood supplier fined for failing to protect workers from dusthttps://press.hse.gov.uk/2025/05/19/wood-supplier-hit-with-40000-for-failing-to-protect-workers-from-dust/?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_id=prosecution&utm_term=wood-dust-fine&utm_content=home-page-news
  11. Prosecutionhttps://press.hse.gov.uk/category/prosecution/
  12. Airline fined £3 million following worker injuries at Heathrowhttps://press.hse.gov.uk/2025/05/15/british-airways-fined-more-than-3million-following-worker-injuries-at-heathrow/?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_id=prosecution&utm_term=heathrow-fine&utm_content=home-page-news
  13. Prosecutionhttps://press.hse.gov.uk/category/prosecution/
  14. Firm fined more than £500,000 after worker falls to their deathhttps://press.hse.gov.uk/2025/05/06/firm-fined-more-than-500000-after-shift-worker-fell-to-his-death/?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_id=prosecution&utm_term=blockage-fall&utm_content=home-page-news
  15. Prosecutionhttps://press.hse.gov.uk/category/prosecution/
  16. Latest newshttps://press.hse.gov.uk/?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=press-channels-push&utm_term=more-news&utm_content=home-page-news
  17. RIDDORhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/index.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=riddor&utm_content=home-page-info
  18. F10 notificationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/forms/notification/f10.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=f10&utm_content=home-page-info
  19. Apply, notify or reporthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/index.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=contact&utm_content=home-page-info
  20. Building Safety Regulatorhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/building-safety/regulator.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bsr&utm_term=building-safety&utm_content=home-page-info
  21. COSHHhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=coshh&utm_content=home-page-info
  22. The lawhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/law/index.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=law&utm_content=home-page-info
  23. Sarah Albonhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/the-board.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hse-news&utm_term=ceo&utm_content=home-page-about#sarah-albon
  24. Sarah Newtonhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/the-board.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hse-news&utm_term=chair&utm_content=home-page-about#sarah-newton
  25. Our missionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/our-mission-and-priorities.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=mission&utm_content=home-page-about
  26. Careershttps://careers.hse.gov.uk/?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=hse-jobs&utm_term=careers&utm_content=home-page-about
  27. Our managementhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/our-management.htm?utm_source=hse.gov.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=guidance-push&utm_term=management&utm_content=home-page-about

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Updated: 2025-05-20