Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

List of principal abbreviations

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RIDDOR 
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
ROES 
Representative(s) of Employee Safety
RRFSO 
Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order
SPL 
Sound Pressure Level
STEL 
Short-term Exposure Limit
TUC 
Trades Union Congress
UEAL 
Upper Exposure Action Level
UK United 
Kingdom
VAWR 
Vibration At Work Regulations
WAHR 
Work at Height Regulations
WBV 
Whole Body Vibration
WEL 
Workplace Exposure Limit
WRULD 
Work-related Upper Limb Disorder
List of principal abbreviations
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Figure 1.5 
Source HSE. © Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO 
and Queen’s Printer for Scotland.
Figure 1.12 
From HSG 65 
Successful Health and Safety Management
(HSE Books 1997) ISBN 0717612767. 
© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen’s 
Printer for Scotland.
Figure 4.3 
From HSG 57 
Seating at Work
(HSE Books 1998) ISBN 0717612317. © Crown copyright material is 
reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen’s Printer for Scotland.
Figure 4.7 
From HSG 48 
Reducing Error and Infl uencing Behaviour
(HSE Books 1999) ISBN 0717624528. 
© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen’s 
Printer for Scotland.
Figure 5.1 
From HSG 149 
Backs for the Future: Safe Manual Handling in Construction
(HSE Books 2000) 
ISBN 0717611221. © Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of 
HMSO and Queen’s Printer for Scotland.
Figure 6.1 
Reproduced with permission from 
The Argus
, Brighton.
Figure 6.4 
From HSG 150 (rev1) 
Health and Safety in Construction
(HSE Books 2001) ISBN 0717621065. © Crown 
copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen’s Printer for 
Scotland.
Figure 6.7 
From 
PUWER 1998. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998: Open Learning 
Guidance
(HSE Books 1999) ISBN 0717624595. © Crown copyright material is reproduced with the 
permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen’s Printer for Scotland.
Figure 6.8 
Cover of INDG 98 
Permit-to-Work Systems
(HSE 1998) ISBN 0717613313. © Crown copyright material 
is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen’s Printer for Scotland.
Figure 7.1 
From HSG 65 
Successful Health and Safety Management
(HSE Books 1997) ISBN 0717612767. 
© Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen’s 
Printer for Scotland.
Figure 7.2 
From 
Guide to Measuring Health and Safety Performance
(HSE 2001). © Crown copyright material is 
reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen’s Printer for Scotland.
Figure 8.4 
From BI 510 
Accident Book
(HSE Books 2003) ISBN 0717626032. © Crown copyright material is 
reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen’s Printer for Scotland.
Figure 8.5 
From HSE 31 REV1 
RIDDOR Explained: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurances 
Regulations
(HSE Books 1999) ISBN 0717624412. © Crown copyright material is reproduced with the 
permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen’s Printer for Scotland.
Figure 9.1 
From HSG 155 
Slips and Trips
(HSE Books 1996) ISBN 0717611450. © Crown copyright material is 
reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and Queen’s Printer for Scotland.
Figure 9.4a 
For (a) only: From HSG 76 
Health and Safety in Retail and Wholesale Warehouses
(HSE Books 1992) 
ISBN 0118857312. © Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of 
HMSO and the Queen’s Printer for Scotland.
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