OCs are arranged according to a topic classification system.
| Class |
Definition |
Format |
Cost |
| OC 200/29 |
Guidance on 'JUNTTAN OY' Ruling Section
6 HSWA - v - Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992 |
[126kb] |
Free |
| OC 200/30 |
Safe use of ladders and stepladders |
[112kb] |
Free |
| OC 200/31 |
The work at height regulations 2005 |
[279kb] |
Free |
| OC 201/7 |
Portable gas detection instruments and
the effect of electromagnetic interference |
[10kb] |
Free |
| OC 202/1 |
Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment)
Regulations 1992 |
[57kb] |
Free |
| OC 202/1 supp 1 |
Health and Safety (Display Screen
Equipment) Regulations 1992: Application to trainees |
[79kb] |
Free |
| OC 202/1 supp 2 |
Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment)
Regulations 1992: Additional briefing on Regulation 5 - eye and eyesight
tests |
[26kb] |
Free |
| OC 202/1 supp 3 |
Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment)
Regulations 1992: requirements of the schedule, and use of laptops and
non-keyboard inputting devices |
[14kb] |
Free |
| OC 202/4 |
Mark a parcel, save a back |
[91kb] |
Free |
| OC 202/5 |
Work related stress |
[95kb] |
Free |
| OC 203/11 |
Proprietary auditing systems |
[30kb] |
Free |
| OC 203/11 supp 1 |
Proprietary auditing systems: Small
and medium sized enterprises |
[28kb] |
Free |
| OC 203/12V2 |
British Standard 8800: 1996 guide to
occupational health and safety management systems |
[20kb] |
Free |
| OC 205/1 |
Illegal Employment - Joint Operations
with Other Enforcement Agencies |
[19kb] |
Free |
| OC 207/2 |
Revised slips assessment tool for use by HSE and Local Authority field staff and by duty holders |
[58kb] |
Free |
| OC 208/5 (rev) |
The Reporting of Injuries, Disease and
Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985: Copyright for Forms F2508 and
F2508A |
[15kb] |
Free |
| OC 208/6 |
The Reporting of Injuries, Disease and
Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985: Reporting of breathing apparatus
malfunctions by Fire Brigades and other users |
[15kb] |
Free |
| OC 212/1v2 |
The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and
Signals) Regulations 1996 (SI 1996 No.341) |
[18kb] |
Free |
| OC 212/1 supp 1 |
Health and Safety (Safety Signs and
Signals) Regulations 1996 (SI 1996 No.341): Labelling of pipes |
[15kb] |
Free |
| OC 213/2 |
Work-related violence |
[65kb] |
Free |
| OC 216/13 |
Fire hazards of expanded polystyrene
loose fill packaging materials |
[19kb] |
Free |
| OC 216/14 |
Fire testing of bulk textiles and cellular
plastics |
[12kb] |
Free |
| OC 217/3 |
Civil proceedings following the fire at
Bradford City Football Club |
[24kb] |
Free |
| OC 217/5 |
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, general enforcement guidance and advice |
[145kb] |
Free |
| OC 217/6 |
Fire precautions and liaison between HSE/LA inspectors and fire and rescue authorities |
[80kb] |
Free |
| OC 225/5 |
Disco lights and flicker sensitive epilepsy |
[9kb] |
Free |
| OC 227/39 |
Proximity switches manufactured by Pepperl
and Fuchs (GB) Ltd |
[8kb] |
Free |
| OC 227/40 |
Photoelectric safety systems |
[40kb] |
Free |
| OC 228/4 |
Programmable Electronic Systems in Engineering: Interlocking Methods |
[82kb] |
Free |
| OC 228/5 |
Automated storage and retrieval systems:
Safeguarding and safe working procedures |
[45kb] |
Free |
| OC 228/6 |
Mandatory investigation of accidents at
PES-controlled manufacturing plant 1989/90: Results and implications |
[27kb] |
Free |
| OC 228/7 |
Datum setting on CNC machine tools |
[11kb] |
Free |
| OC 228/10 |
CNC turning machines |
[41kb] |
Free |
| OC 230/7 |
British Standards on troughed belt conveyors |
[11kb] |
Free |
| OC 231/9 |
Grease guns (hand-operated lever type)
for use with cartridges |
[14kb] |
Free |
| OC 232/19 |
BS 5655: Part 3: 1989 - Specification
for electric service lifts: New British Standard |
[10kb] |
Free |
| OC 232/20 |
Doors at glass lifts |
[13kb] |
Free |
| OC 232/21 |
Safety at Passenger Lift Cars without Doors or Gates |
[31kb] |
Free |
| OC 232/22 |
New lifts bearing the EEC mark of conformity |
[18kb] |
Free |
| OC 232/23 |
Emergency Release of Passengers from Immobilized Lifts |
[39kb] |
Free |
| OC 232/24 |
Toe protection at tail lifts |
[14kb] |
Free |
| OC 232/25 |
Lattice gates at entrances of lift cars and lift landings |
[13kb] |
Free |
| OC 232/26 |
Fatal Accident involving a William Wadsworth Ltd Goods / Passenger Lift |
[48kb] |
Free |
| OC 232/27 |
Rack and pinion hoists and mast climbing
work platforms: The importance of bottom limit switches and buffers |
[11kb] |
Free |
| OC 232/29 |
Lifts - horizontal sliding doors |
[124kb] |
Free |
| OC 232/30 |
Safety Assessment Federation (SAFed) publication – guidelines on the
supplementary tests of in-service lifts |
[24kb] |
Free |
| OC 234/7 |
Examination procedure and discard criteria
for fork-lift truck load chains |
[14kb] |
Free |
| OC 234/8 |
Lifting Plant and Equipment (Records of
Test and Examination) Regulations 1992 |
[12kb] |
Free |
| OC 234/9 |
Vacuum lifting attachments |
[20kb] |
Free |
| OC 234/11 |
The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment
Regulations 1998 |
[81kb] |
Free |
| OC 234/12 |
Vacuum lift tubes |
[19kb] |
Free |
| OC 234/13 |
Safety Inspections of Industrial Lift Trucks: BITA Guidance Note 28 |
[43kb] |
Free |
| OC 234/14 |
Industrial Leaf Chains Maintenance and Inspection: BITA Guidance Note 15 |
[37kb] |
Free |
| OC 234/15 |
Lifting Equipment Engineers Association Guidance to LEEA Members on the Documentation and Marking Required by Law for Lifting Equipment |
[31kb] |
Free |
| OC 234/16 |
Safe use of magnetic lifting devices |
[114kb] |
Free |
| OC 236/22 |
Safety with lifts |
[13kb] |
Free |
| OC 244/5 |
Provision of occupational health services
to employers |
[121kb] |
Free |
| OC 246/24 |
Noise at Work Regulations 1989 |
[31kb] |
Free |
| OC 246/25 |
Occupational noise exposure |
[19kb] |
Free |
| OC 246/26 |
British and International Noise and Vibration Standards |
[44kb] |
Free |
| OC 246/27 |
Portable grinder vibration |
[21kb] |
Free |
| OC 246/31 |
Reducing risk of hand-arm vibration injury
from hand-held power tools |
[194kb] |
Free |
| OC 246/33 |
Enforcement Management Model (EMM) - Application to Noise is now covered in Noise Topic Pack, Appendix B |
[216kb] |
Free |
| OC 246/34(V2) |
Mechanical vibration and shock standards
of BSI, CEN and ISO work at January 2004 |
[115kb] |
Free |
| OC 253/9(v2) |
Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging
for Supply) Regulations 2002 |
[30kb] |
Free |
| OC 253/10 |
Chemical (Hazard Information and Packaging
for Supply) Regs 2002 Field Activation Arrangements |
[21kb] |
Free |
| OC 255/9 |
Legionellosis: Routine inspection of water
systems incorporating cooling towers and evaporative condensers |
[46kb] |
Free |
| OC 255/10 |
Legionnaires' Disease: Information to
the public |
[170kb] |
Free |
| OC 255/11 |
Control of legionella: revised AcoP |
[38kb] |
Free |
| OC 255/12 |
Control of legionella: investigation
of outbreaks (and single cases) of legionellosis from water systems
incorporating cooling towers and evaporative condensers |
[55kb] |
Free |
| OC 255/14 |
The control of legionella: water treatment
companies |
[231kb] |
Free |
| OC 255/16 |
Second-hand smoking |
[69kb] |
Free |
| OC 265/47 |
Asbestos (Prohibitions) (Amendment) Regulations 1999: SI 1999 No. 2373 |
[95kb] |
Free |
| OC 265/48 (4-part) |
Health effects of inadvertent exposure
to asbestos: guidance for FOD staff when responding to enquiries |
HTML |
Free |
| OC 265/49 |
Risk from asbestos in domestic gas appliances |
[113kb] |
Free |
| OC 265/50 |
Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 - General Enforcement Guidance and Advice |
HTML |
Free |
| OC 267/1 |
Special Projects National (SPN) to installers
of man-made fibre in roof spaces 1988-89: Results and implications |
[12kb] |
Free |
| OC 267/2 |
Man-made mineral fibres (MMMF) |
[18kb] |
Free |
| OC 267/3 |
Refractory ceramic fibre - hazards and
precautions |
[39kb] |
Free |
| OC 268/7 |
Carcinogenic substances - enforcement
policy |
[31kb] |
Free |
| OC 269/9 |
Classification of dangerous substances
for carriage by road: Procedures to be adopted following requests for
testing by HSE |
[13kb] |
Free |
| OC 270/1 |
The fire and explosion hazards of carbon
disulphide |
[20kb] |
Free |
| OC 273/9 |
Recirculation of workroom air |
[24kb] |
Free |
| OC 273/13 |
Health surveillance requirements of COSHH
Reg.11: HSE management of health risks campaign |
[43kb] |
Free |
| OC 273/14 |
Certificate of Exemption under The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health [COSHH] Regulations 1994 |
[97kb] |
Free |
| OC 273/16 (V2) |
COSHH essentials |
[22kb] |
Free |
| OC 273/17 |
COSHH and substitution |
[20kb] |
Free |
| OC 273/18 |
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
Regulations: blasting using silica sand |
[100kb] |
Free |
| OC 273/19 |
Enforcement Management Model (EMM): application
to chemical risks |
[35kb] |
Free |
| OC 273/20 |
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
Regs 2002 - General Enforcement Guidance and Advice |
[342kb] |
Free |
| OC 274/1 (rev) |
The Montreal Protocol: Implications for
health and safety |
[45kb] |
Free |
| OC 274/1 (rev) supp 1 |
The Montreal Protocol: Implications
for health and safety (Supp1) |
[13kb] |
Free |
| OC 274/1 (rev) supp 2 |
The Montreal Protocol: Implications
for health and safety (Supp2) |
[18kb] |
Free |
| OC 275/3 |
Hydrogen Cyanide |
[58kb] |
Free |
| OC 276/1 |
Occupational skin disease |
[30kb] |
Free |
| OC 277/6 |
BS 4434: 1989: Specification for safety
aspects in the design, construction and installation of refrigerating
appliances and systems |
[9kb] |
Free |
| OC 278/34 (rev) |
The filling and storage of aerosols
with flammable propellants |
[34kb] |
Free |
| OC 278/35 |
Importation of acetylene - Introduction |
[9kb] |
Free |
| OC 279/3 |
Ammonium Nitrate Materials (High Nitrogen Content) Regulations 2003 |
[57kb] |
Free |
| OC 282/14 |
Breathing apparatus: Defective breathing
apparatus (in the fire service and other organisations) |
[9kb] |
Free |
| OC 282/16 |
External air supplies for open circuit
self-contained compressed air breathing apparatus (SCBA) |
[11kb] |
Free |
| OC 282/17 |
Report on SPN on personal protective
equipment in chemical factories |
[12kb] |
Free |
| OC 282/19 supp 1 |
Personal Protective Equipment at Work
Regulations 1992: Requests for Exemptions |
[16kb] |
Free |
| OC 282/26 |
The Halkey Roberts automatic inflation
mechanism for life-jackets |
[26kb] |
Free |
| OC 282/27 |
Head protection for Sikhs wearing turbans |
[15kb] |
Free |
| OC 282/28 |
Fit testing of respiratory protective
equipment facepieces |
[479kb] |
Free |
| OC 282/30 |
Inspection of fall arrest equipment made
from webbing or rope |
[18kb] |
Free |
| OC 282/31 |
Rope evacuation from mechanical handling
equipment |
[62kb] |
Free |
| OC 283/13 |
New nomographs for sizing relief for
weak dust explosions |
[9kb] |
Free |
| OC 283/14 |
Fire and Explosion Hazards during Pneumatic Discharge of Road Tankers Handling Explosible Dusts |
[54kb] |
Free |
| OC 283/15 |
Rotary valves for dust explosion chokes |
[15kb] |
Free |
| OC 283/16 |
Prevention of fires and explosions in
dryers - a user guide |
[9kb] |
Free |
| OC 283/17 |
"Dust Expert" TM |
[12kb] |
Free |
| OC 283/18 |
Fire hazards of unenclosed sock filters
used in collection of flammable dusts |
[17kb] |
Free |
| OC 284/7 |
Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres
Regulations 2002 SI 2002/2776 |
[391kb] |
Free |
| OC 285/6 |
4,4'- Methylenedianiline (MDA) |
[23kb] |
Free |
| OC 285/7 (rev) |
Revision of Code of Practice CP 18: The
safe storage, handling and use of special gases in the micro-electronics
industry |
[11kb] |
Free |
| OC 285/9 |
Safe handling of cytotoxic drugs |
[21kb] |
Free |
| OC 286/97 |
Fire protection of LPG storage vessels
using thermal insulation materials |
[22kb] |
Free |
| OC 286/98 |
LPGITA CoP 22: LPG piping system - design
and installations |
[10kb] |
Free |
| OC 286/99 |
Disconnection and repair of bulk LPG
tanks |
[12kb] |
Free |
| OC 286/102 |
LPG Cylinder De-Denting |
[76kb] |
Free |
| OC 286/104 |
Pipelines for conveying LPG liquid and
vapour |
[19kb] |
Free |
| OC 286/105 |
The ongoing integrity of buried, metallic, LPG pipework - inspection and enforcement considerations |
|
FreeHTML |
| OC 287/27 |
Bulk storage of propylene oxide |
[18kb] |
Free |
| OC 287/28 |
Metering pumps and dispensers to be installed
at filling stations and used to dispense liquid fuel |
[8kb] |
Free |
| OC 288/5 |
Inspection Chambers Above Fuel Storage Tanks |
[36kb] |
Free |
| OC 288/6 (rev) |
Asphyxiation hazards in welding and allied
processes |
[37kb] |
Free |
| OC 288/7 |
The Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 |
[25kb] |
Free |
| OC 289/14 |
Bulk storage of liquid oxygen |
[12kb] |
Free |
| OC 289/15 |
EC approval of gas cylinders |
[13kb] |
Free |
| OC 289/17 |
Use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) for compressed
air and other fluid pipework systems |
[9kb] |
Free |
| OC 290/9 |
Chemical Industries Association Guidance
on the storage and handling of bromine |
[10kb] |
Free |
| OC 292/2 |
Diesel engine exhaust emissions |
[29kb] |
Free |
| OC 293/5 |
Dangerous substances and explosive atmospheres
Regulations 2002 SI 2002/2776 (DSEAR) |
[194kb] |
Free |
| OC 294/46 |
Henna handling in the cosmetic industry |
[12kb] |
Free |
| OC 294/47 |
Special project national: Isocyanates
- The effectiveness of control measures |
[31kb] |
Free |
| OC 294/48 |
Exposure to dimethylcarbamoyl chloride
(DMCC) |
[24kb] |
Free |
| OC 294/49 (2-part) |
Trichloroethylene: reclassification as
category 2 carcinogen and the implications for its use in the workplace |
[133kb] |
Free |
| OC 295/4 |
Use of explosives in confined spaces:
CO poisoning |
[9kb] |
Free |
| OC 295/5 |
Seismic exploration blasting |
[8kb] |
Free |
| OC 295/6 |
Appointment, training and experience of
managers at quarries where explosives and detonators are used |
[9kb] |
Free |
| OC 295/7 |
HSE responsibilities for enforcement of
and compliance with the Control of Explosives Regulations 1991 |
[19kb] |
Free |
| OC 295/8 |
Packaging of Explosives for Carriage Regulations
1991 |
[21kb] |
Free |
| OC 298/15 |
The Control of Lead at Work Regulations
1998 |
[67kb] |
Free |
| OC 301/4 |
Food and Environment Protection Act 1985
(FEPA): Part III agency agreement |
[15kb] |
Free |
| OC 301/6 (rev) |
Certificates of competence for users
of pesticides |
[127kb] |
Free |
| OC 301/7 |
Withdrawal of tributyltin oxide (TBTO)
pesticides |
[32kb] |
Free |
| OC 301/8 |
Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986:
Pesticides used as seed treatments |
[9kb] |
Free |
| OC 301/9 |
Food and Environmental Protection Act
1985: Pesticides incident investigation |
[56kb] |
Free |
| OC 301/10 |
Code of Practice for the use of approved
pesticides in amenity and industrial areas |
[81kb] |
Free |
| OC 301/14 |
Agricultural pesticides - Wildlife Incident
Investigation Schemes |
[126kb] |
Free |
| OC 301/15 |
Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986
(COPR): Disposal of pesticides |
[14kb] |
Free |
| OC 301/17 |
Enforcement of the 9th amendment to the
EC marketing and use directive by FEPA and COPR |
[41kb] |
Free |
| OC 301/18 |
Methyl bromide fumigations health and
safety procedures: training video: The bugs the bad and the deadly |
[18kb] |
Free |
| OC 306/10 |
Steam boiler examinations |
[10kb] |
Free |
| OC 306/11 (rev) |
The Health & Safety At Work Etc.
Act 1974 Sections 2 & 3 : Supervision of Automatically Controlled
Steam Boilers |
[88kb] |
Free |
| OC 307/4 |
Use of LPG cylinders as air receivers |
[11kb] |
Free |
| OC 307/5 |
Periodic inspection and testing of gas
cylinders designed to LASS1 or LASW1 specifications |
[20kb] |
Free |
| OC 307/7 |
British Standards 470: 1984: Specification
for inspection, access and entry openings for pressure vessels |
[12kb] |
Free |
| OC 307/10 |
Accidents on steam plant and hot water
systems 1994 |
[28kb] |
Free |
| OC 308/5 |
Failure of pressure systems due to the
use of incorrect materials |
[11kb] |
Free |
| OC 308/6 |
Transport of cylinders of nitrogen by
road - Calor Gas Ltd |
[19kb] |
Free |
| OC 308/7 |
Report on the failure of a slip-on flange
manufactured in China |
[23kb] |
Free |
| OC 308/10 (rev) |
Steam-heated drying cylinders fitted
with dished ends: Advice to users |
[107kb] |
Free |
| OC 308/12 |
Pressure Systems and Transportable Gas
Containers Regulations 1989 (Accidents on steam plant and hot water
systems 1993) |
[28kb] |
Free |
| OC 308/13 |
Pressure Systems and Transportable Gas
Containers Regulations 1989 |
[79kb] |
Free |
| OC 308/14 |
Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC – Interpretation of Recital No. 5 as implemented by Reg 4(2) of The Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999 |
[46kb] |
Free |
| OC 311/2 |
Sick building syndrome - Guidance for
specialist inspectors |
[20kb] |
Free |
| OC 311/3 (rev) |
Sick building syndrome |
[17kb] |
Free |
| OC 313/4 |
Manual handling assessment charts, (MAC), and EMM |
[139kb] |
Free |
| OC 313/5 |
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (as amended) (MHOR) |
[56kb] |
Free |
| OC 314/15 |
Safety at automatic powered revolving
pedestrian doors |
[41kb] |
Free |
| OC 314/17 |
Roller-curtain doors |
[66kb] |
Free |
| OC 314/18 |
Safety with Mobile Elevating Work Platforms
(MEWPs) |
[17kb] |
Free |
| OC 314/20 |
Preventing Falls from Mobile Elevating
Work Platforms (MEWPs) and Selection and Use of Fall Protection Equipment |
[120kb] |
Free |
| OC 315/1 |
Health and Safety (Young Persons) Regulations
1997 |
[30kb] |
Free |
| OC 317/3 |
Emergency telephone cover at hazardous
installations and other sites |
[9kb] |
Free |
| OC 317/4 |
The Dangerous Substances (Notification
and Marking of Sites) Regulations 1990 |
[22kb] |
Free |
