HSE has redesigned its webpages for self-employed workers to make it easier for them to understand when health and safety law applies and to find the guidance they need.
The refreshed pages explain:
- when health and safety law applies
- deciding if your work activity creates a risk to others
- high-risk work activities that apply to self-employed workers
- how to comply with the law if it applies to you
Find out more in our guidance for self-employed workers.
Make April the month you make it routine to prevent stress and support mental health at work.
We're inviting employers and managers to complete the 5 steps of HSE's Working Minds campaign during the remainder of April and we have everything you will need to get started, for free.
- reach out and have conversations
- recognise the signs and causes of stress
- respond to any risks identified by agreeing action points
- reflect on the actions taken – have things improved?
- make it routine to check back in on how things are going
You can also watch a new webinar we held in partnership with Healthy Working Wales: stress and mental health at work – what Welsh businesses need to know
Recent HSE research confirms that face fit testing of tight-fitting respiratory protective equipment (RPE) should be conducted using an extended port.
HSE has carried out research using FFP3 respirators to determine whether acceptable face fit testing can be carried out using a flush port, as opposed to an extended port.
This research identified that conducting face fit testing with a flush port may result in a false pass, which could:
- cause the wearer to be exposed to substances hazardous to their health
- harm their respiratory health
View the research report in full
HSE's publication Guidance on respiratory protective equipment fit testing (INDG479) provides information on how the various face fit testing methods should be performed.
The research confirms that the current information is accurate. However, the guidance will be refreshed in due course to make it clear that HSE requires face fit tests to be conducted using an extended port. A separate ebulletin will be issued with this information.
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