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Latest Publications
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2014
Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) Guidance
This guidance is written for employers, managers, employees and their safety representatives and those who provide, install and maintain local exhaust ventilation (LEV) systems.
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2013
Guide on Manual Handling Risk Management in Transport and Storage
This guide gives practical information on actions that can be taken to manage the potential hazard of manual handling in transport and storage.
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2013
Reducing the Manual Handling of Roof Panels
This factsheet aims to highlight the physical risk factors associated with the manual handling of roof panels and to present examples of how such risk factors can be reduced.
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2013
Safety in Contract Cleaning
Chemical and biological safety guidance for employers and employees. This guidance document provides information in relation to chemical and biological safety with respect to those working in contract cleaning
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2013
Staying Fit for Farming
The National Centre for Men’s Health, Institute of Technology Carlow was commissioned to write this booklet.
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2013
Driving for Work - Driver Health Guidelines
The aim of these guidelines is to make working drivers more aware of the main health issues that may affect them and, consequently, to improve their ability to drive safely.
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2013
Guide for Homeowners
This guide tells you what you need to know and do when you are having construction work done in your home. The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) developed this guide in light of new responsibilities for homeowners under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013. The regulations apply to construction work that you pay to get done in your home. They do not apply to DIY (Do it yourself) jobs.
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2013
Guide for Contractors and Project Supervisors
This guidance is aimed at contractors who undertake construction work on private domestic dwellings. Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013, a Client is a person for whom a construction project is carried out. This now includes a person having construction work carried out on their own home.
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2013
2012 Survey of Chemical Usage in Irish Workplaces
The Health and Safety Authority commissioned this follow-up survey to the 2007 Chemicals Usage Survey to assist in the implementation of the Authority’s strategy of ensuring the safe and sustainable use of chemicals.
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2013
Behaviour Based Safety Guide
This guide is informed by the field of Behaviour-Based Safety, which is often described as a bottom-up approach, with top-down support from safety leaders.