Specific health and safety hazards

Summary

A prudent employer will seek to identify and assess the risks from hazards associated with:

• asbestos; (See Asbestos)
• confined spaces; (See Confined spaces)
• construction work; (See Construction work)
• cooling towers; (See Cooling towers)
• display screen equipment; (See Display screen equipment)
• electricity; (See Electricity)
• electromagnetic fields; (See Electromagnetic fields)
• fire; (See Fire)
• gas fittings; (See Gas fittings)
• ionising radiation; (See Ionising radiation)
• lead; (See Lead)
• legionella; (See Legionella)
• lifting operations and lifting equipment; (See Lifting operations and lifting equipment)
• manual handling; (See Manual handling)
• noise; (See Noise)
• optical radiation; (See Optical radiation)
• smoking; (See Smoking)
• stress: (See Stress)
• substances hazardous to health; (See Substances hazardous to health)
• tower cranes; (See Tower cranes)
• vibration; (See Vibration)
• work equipment; (See Work equipment)
• workplaces; (See Workplaces)
• work at height. (See Work at height)

When controlling identified risks, including those listed above, means of protection other than personal protective equipment must be used whenever reasonably practicable. (See Personal protective equipment)