Aimed at directors and managers as well as professionals in this field, this dossier examines the principles and practices of effective health and safety management. Coverage includes: legislation, monitoring and risk assessment, communication and training, and how leading organisations are integrating health and safety into mainstream business management.

This is a suggested format for auditing a Personal Protective Equipment programme in the workplace. It has been written in conjunction with Dossier 16, Managing Health and Safety, and will be of use to anyone appraising the state of PPE in their organisation.

This questionnaire has been designed in conjunction with Dossier 16, Managing Health and Safety. It has been developed for a manager who finds themselves in the position of having to investigate and accident or near miss and will be of use in most organisations.

This is a short paper looking at what some theorists (Heinrich, Reason and Perrow) say about how accidents are caused.

This is a digest of some of the current UK laws on Health & Safety (as at 15th October 2002). This article covers: the Health & Safety at Work Act etc. 1974 (HASAWA), the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997, Safety Representatives and Safety Committees regulations 1977, the Health & Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations 1996, and the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989.