Health and safety in care service businesses
Assess the specific risks to care services businesses and keep clients and staff free from harm in creches, playgroups, residential care homes and clinics.
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Health and safety during storms and bad weather
Health and safety considerations during bad weather and storms, including assessing the risks and taking action to protect workers.
Business benefits of good health and safety
The benefits to your business of having good health and safety practices including protecting your staff injuries and illness and reducing absences.
RIDDOR: Reporting an incident
Your legal responsibilities to report accidents and illnesses under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR).
First aiders and appointed persons
When your business will need a qualified first-aider or a person in charge of first aid arrangements and how to appoint someone and provide training.
What should a workplace first aid kit include?
A list of what should be included in your business' first-aid box, such as plasters and dressings, and what you should not include in your first aid box.
First aid, accidents and illness in the workplace
Guidance for providing first aid and recording and reporting accidents and illnesses including RIDDOR responsibilities and what to include in a first aid box.
Event health and safety: top tips
Top tips for running events safely include carrying out a risk assessment, planning for emergencies, managing the flow of traffic and crowds, and working with local organisations.
Event health and safety: planning for emergencies
Planning for incidents and emergencies if you are an event organiser, including creating an emergency plan, evacuation procedures and handing over to the emergency services.
Event site and venue health and safety
Health and safety considerations for the site and venue of events, including design, risks, facilities, crowd management and transport.
Event health and safety: planning an event
How to plan, manage and organise a safe event including risk assessment, training, monitoring and review.
Manage health and safety when running events
What you should consider regarding health and safety when you are running events, including organisation, site suitability, facilities and emergency planning.
Managing risks from diseases and infections in the workplace
Introducing policies and procedures to reduce incidences of disease and infections at work to protect your employees, clients and any other visitors.
Monitor lone workers' health and safety
Regular supervision reduces the risks of lone working and flags up areas where there may be problems.
Reduce the risks of remote working
Advice on minimising the risks involved in working away from the office including examples of common remote working risks and how to reduce them.
Safety of lone workers working from home
Risks in the home - such as poor lighting or equipment - may harm homeworkers, their families and others, assess these risks and take action where needed.
Safety and lone workers who deal with the public
Look for risks lone workers might present to members of the public - and risks the public might present to them, assess these risks and take action where needed.
Security for lone workers
Your security procedures must cover the extra risks lone workers face from accidents or violence at work to help you carry out a loner worker risk assessment.
Lone working risk assessment checklist
Examples of the special risks lone workers may face and how these may apply to different individuals to help you carry out a lone working risk assessment.
What is a lone worker?
Many employees and self-employed people are lone workers - at least part of the time, here are definitions the types of a lone worker, and some examples.
Ensure lone workers' safety
The legal responsibilities for managing the extra risks faced by people who work alone, and how to reduce these risks to protect your lone workers.
Manage risks from substances which can trigger allergies or asthma
Identify and minimise the risks of employees or customers having allergic or asthmatic reactions to certain materials in the workplace, such as dust and mould.
Prevent the spread of coronavirus and other respiratory infections in the workplace
How your business can use measures such as handwashing and social distancing to reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus and other infections.
Handling an outbreak of infection or disease in the workplace
What you must do if there is an outbreak of disease in your workplace and how you can avoid disruption, including reporting incidents to HSENI (RIDDOR).
Risk of diseases, infections and allergies in the workplace
How to understand the risks to your staff and business from diseases, infections and allergies, including specific risks for certain types of business.