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| HSE updates two important legal publications
LEGAL TITLES New edition of PUWER ACOP This, the third edition of the PUWER 98 ACOP, has been amended and updated to reflect the latest legislation. References throughout have been updated to include themost recent publications available, and obsolete information has been removed. The Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) and substance of the guidance remains unchanged.This book is for anyone with responsibility directly or indirectly for work equipmentand its use, for example employers, employees, the self-employed and those who hirework equipment. It contains the PUWER 98 Regulations, the Approved Code of Practice, and guidance material that has been written to help people use these Regulations. PUWER 98 applies to the provision of all work equipment, including mobile and liftingequipment. It applies to all workplaces and work situations where the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 applies and extends outside Great Britain to certain offshore activities in British territorial waters and on the UK Continental Shelf.
Safe use of work equipment. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Approved Code of Practice and guidance L22 Third edition ISBN 978 0 7176 6295 1 £11.95
New edition of RIDDOR guide
This new edition contains the same Regulations (with minor changes to regulation 2) but brings the associated guidance up to date, particularly in relation to the changes in reporting arrangements and the need to use the Incident Contact Centre(ICC).* Other amendments have been madeto reflect changes in legislation, such as the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2007, and also the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations2002 (COSHH), among several others. Schedule 2 has been revised to take into account the Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005.The introduction now contains a useful ‘at a glance’ list of reportable major injuries,dangerous occurrences and diseases. *Telephone notifications and reports should be made to the Incident Contact Centre on 0845 300 9923. Online and e-mail reporting is also possible by visiting
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