Health & Safety
4 sources in the library on health & safety, 4 on this page cited in a published note. Each one says what the document covers and what it is good for. Name a source to see which document it is and where to read it. One at a time.
- very strong RN-16PJD6 cited
Health and Safety Executive
The list of workplace exposure limits for use with COSHH 2002 (as amended), fourth edition 2020, web version of the printed edition published by TSO. Table 1 gives each substance a long-term limit (8-hour time-weighted average) and a short-term limit (15-minute reference period) in both ppm and mg/m3. Figures useful to renovation notes include styrene (CAS 100-42-5) at 100 ppm / 430 mg/m3 long-term and 250 ppm / 1080 mg/m3 short-term, which is the number behind any polyester resin or GRP ventilation warning; respirable crystalline silica at 0.1 mg/m3, marked Carc where generated by a work process; softwood dust 5 mg/m3; sodium hydroxide 2 mg/m3 short-term. The synonym index at the back maps trade names such as phenylethylene, styrol and vinylbenzene back to styrene.
- very strong RN-GKGY2H cited
Health and Safety Executive
HSE's material-by-material guide to where asbestos sits in a building and what class of work removing each one is. On textured coatings it states they 'were used to produce decorative finishes on ceilings and walls' and that 'in the past, they have had various trade names such as Artex', which is the source to cite when a note names Artex rather than a generic textured coating. It classes work on textured coatings as low-risk work that a trained non-licensed worker may carry out, while large-scale removal by steaming or gelling is notifiable non-licensed work and removal by energetic methods such as wet abrasive blasting requires a licensed contractor. Useful alongside the why-and-where page, which gives the before-2000 date but does not name Artex.
Cited in Plastering Ceiling Cost: 2026 UK Price Guide, Vinyl Flooring: Sheet vs Tile vs LVT.
- very strong RN-GVE0T6 cited
Health and Safety Executive
HSE's split of duties for powered gates. Installers working as part of a work activity must install the product safely under section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, must follow manufacturer instructions, and become the responsible person as manufacturer if they assemble a gate from components. Maintainers and inspectors carry the same section 3 duty and must leave the gate safe. Commercial owners and occupiers additionally fall under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 applies to manufacturers and assemblers whatever the setting. Crucially: health and safety law does not apply to owners of powered gates on domestic privately owned premises, though HSE strongly recommends regular checks. Corrects the common claim that a homeowner must comply with the Machinery Directive.
Cited in Garden Gate Installation Cost: 2026 UK Price Guide.
- very strong RN-M0RXVO cited
The National Archives (legislation.gov.uk)
Defines 'work at height' as (a) work in any place, including a place at or below ground level, and (b) obtaining access to or egress from such a place while at work, except by a staircase in a permanent workplace, where, if measures required by these Regulations were not taken, a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury. No minimum height is stated anywhere in the definition, which is the authority for killing the common '2 metre rule' claim in trade and garden-maintenance copy. Also defines fragile surface, personal fall protection system, working platform and suitable and sufficient.
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