Legislation and Guidance
Guidance Documentation
Below are the complete set of safe use documents in PDF format ready for you to download. Are we missing anything? Please let us know. Thank you.
Beam Clamps
Chain Slings
Eyebolts
Fibre Rope Slings
Flat Woven Webbing Slings
General Purpose Slinging Practice
Hand Chain Blocks
Hand Operated Chain Lever Hoists
Horizontal Plate Clamps
Jacks
Lifting Beams and Spreader Beams
Manual and Power Operated Blocks (Hoists)
Mobile Gantries
Power Operated Blocks (Hoists)
Roundslings
Runways
Slewing Jib Cranes
Travelling Girder Trolleys
Vertical Plate Clamps
Winches Used for Lifting
Wire Rope Grip and Pulling Lifting Machines
Wire Rope Slings
Shackles
HSE (Health & Safety Executive) Legislation
All of the HSE documentation below can be found on the HSE website.
Manual Handling
According to the HSE, Manual Handling is defined as "...any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving thereof) by hand or bodily force".
Manual Handling Assessment Chart Tool
Getting to grips with Manual Handling
Are you making the best use of Lifting and Handling aids?
Lifting Regulations
A guide to the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER)
How the regulations apply to Forestry
The use of winches in directional felling and taking down
Guidance on the safe use of magnetic lifting devices
Handling kerbs - reducing the risks of Musculoskeletal Disorders
Lifting incident review 1998
Work at Height Regulations
Work at Height Regulations 2005: A brief guide
Height safety - Absolutely essential health & safety information
Consideration for the use of personal fall protection equipment
Guidance of the selection, use, maintenance and inspection of retractable type fall arresters
Guidance on inspecting personal fall protection equipment
Guidance on the use of single and twin energy absorbing lanyards
Guidance on rescue during working at height
Guidance on inspecting eyebolts used for personal fall protection purposes
Reference information for working at height
Working platforms (non-integrated) on forklift trucks. Guidance note PM28 (3rd Edition)
Safe use of ladders and stepladders - an employers' guide
Top tips for ladder and stepladder safety
Please call our office on +44 (0) 1977 684 600 if you require any futher information regarding HSE Directives and/or Documentations.
Last updated: 02-05-2019 14:26:17