safe and
productive lives
and enterprises
Latest Publications
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2016
Safe Load Securing of Precast Concrete Loads
The Health & Safety Authority working in partnership with An Garda Siochana and the Road Safety Authority has developed this series of Load Safety information sheets, dealing with high-risk loads. Precast Concrete products are high-risk loads and the consequences of load shift can be extremely serious. Loads that are not firmly anchored to the load bed may shift during transport. This can make them unsafe.
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2016
Safe Load Securing of Structural Steel Loads
The Health & Safety Authority working in partnership with An Garda Siochana and the Road Safety Authority has developed this series of Load Safety information sheets, dealing with high-risk loads. Steel is a high-density; high-risk load and the consequences of load shift can be extremely serious. Loads that are not firmly anchored to the load bed can shift during transport. This can make them unsafe.
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2016
Safe Load Securing of Plant and Machinery
The Health & Safety Authority working in partnership with An Garda Siochana and the Road Safety Authority has developed this series of Load Safety information sheets, dealing with high-risk loads. Due to their size and weight, plant and machinery are considered to be high-risk loads where the consequences of load shift or load shed can be extremely serious.
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2016
Strategy Statement 2016-2018
This latest strategy from the Authority sets out clearly its mission, values and priorities for the next three years. This is the blueprint for achieving its vision for healthy, safe and productive lives.
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2016
Programme of Work 2016
This is the first programme of work prepared by the Health and Safety Authority under its strategy for 2016 to 2018, and is developed to contribute to our long-term vision of healthy, safe and productive lives.
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2016
Health and Safety of Vets Visiting Farms
This guidance focuses on the vet’s obligations when carrying out work on a farm (excluding equine establishments). The content is also relevant to other professionals handling animals on farms, for example, livestock scanners, AI staff and weight recording staff.
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2016
Code of Practice for Health and Safety in Dock Work
Safe ports make for efficient ports which are well positioned to support Ireland’s economy and create employment through export led growth.
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2015
Guidelines on the Safety of Powered Gates
The purpose of this guidance is to assist those who have any responsibility for the specification, design, manufacture, purchase, installation, maintenance, inspection or use of powered gates.
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2015
Ergonomics - Good Practice in the Irish Workplace
This publication demonstrates examples of how companies introduced a range of engineering and organisational improvements in the way work is carried out to avoid or reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injury. It describes a range of measures that companies can consider to minimise exposure of their workforce to poor ergonomic conditions.
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2015
Chainsaw Safety Training Advice Information Sheet
The major cause of timber related fatal accidents is being struck by falling trees or branches while felling trees