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Latest Publications
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2017
Becoming a Safety Representative or Joining the Safety Committee
Your employer must ensure that you are allowed to carry out your role as a safety representative or as a member of the safety committee. They must ensure that you can obtain the training to carry out your functions successfully.
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2017
Programme of Work 2017
This programme of work, the second prepared under the Health and Safety Authority’s Strategy 2016–2018, has been developed to contribute to our long-term vision of healthy, safe and productive lives.
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2016
A Guide to Maintaining Best Practices in Safety and Health (1)
This guidance is aimed at business leaders, owners, managers and those who control work activities at all workplaces.
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2016
A Guide to Risk Assessments and Safety Statements
You are responsible for the safety of yourself, your employees, and any other person that may be affected by your work activities.
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2016
Guide to the Electromagnetic Fields Regulations 2016
Electromagnetic fields are generated whenever electricity is used. These guidelines explain the main provisions of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Electromagnetic Fields) Regulations, 2016 (S.I. No. 337 of 2016) in a user friendly way.
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2016
Guidance on Occupational Hazards in Dentistry
The aim of this guide is to assist in the systematic identification of occupational hazards in dentistry and to highlight protective and preventative measures that might be adopted in order to mitigate the risks posed to workers to as low a level as reasonably practicable.
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2016
ESRI Research Series Number 53
Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Stress, Anxiety and Depression in Ireland: Evidence from the QNHS 2002–2013
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2016
Guidance on the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Reporting of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences) Regulations 2016
This publication explains why accident and dangerous occurrence reporting is required, what is reportable, what is not reportable, who should make the report and how the report should be made.
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2016
Managing Driving for Work Information Sheet
This Information sheet will help you learn about the relevant legislation, duties of employers, and how to implement a safe systems approach to managing driving for work.
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2016
Working at Height in Agriculture Information Sheet
Before carrying out any work at height around the farm involving minor repairs on sheds, on buildings or on silos, you must ask yourself are you competent and have you the right equipment to carry out the work safely.