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Safety Links

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The sites linked to on this page contain what we believe to be useful information, however, they are not connected to B.T.S. and no responsibility can be accepted by B.T.S for the accuracy of the information they contain.

Site links

The H.S.E. - The Health and Safety Executive, the U.K. body responsible for enforcing safety legislation.

Bollom fire protection - Datasheets for Flamebar and other fire safety information.

Kaos Design Ltd. - Kaos designs' guide to planning a safe event

www.ladder-safety.com - As the name suggests a site about how to use ladders safely, they also sell a wide range of ladders and scaffolding towers.

H.S.E. books - Sells all H.S.E. publications and provides free copies of several leaflets.

British Standards Online - A source of all British Standards, if you are a student you can get access to them for free via the Athens service.

Grogano Animated knots - Some really good animations showing how to tie common knots.

H.S.E document links
These links generally go straight to PDF documents requiring Acrobat Reader

Essential information on working at height - A guide to working at height,covering ladders, scaffolding and, less relevantly, working on a roof.

First aid at work - A "your questions answered" sheet on first aid at work. On the University of Bath's Claverton Down campus trained first aiders in the form of security are always present.

Guide to Electrical Switchgear - A brief introduction to safety procedures for switchgear ranging from 400V three phase up to 33kV

Guide to L.O.L.E.R. - A leaflet giving a simple guide to the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations.

Guide to P.U.W.E.R. - A leaflet giving a simple guide to the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations

Inspecting webbing & rope P.P.E. - Useful infromation, including how to identify damage.

Leaflets on risk assessment - Two H.S.E. leaflets on how to conduct a risk assessment

Management of weapons in productions - An H.S.E. information sheet on the use of Firearms and weapons in productions, largely aimed at TV and film but still relevant

Manual handling - A simple guide to manual handling

Safe working with flammable liquids - Particularly relevant to set construction but good guidance for general use

Scaffolding Towers - An information sheet for the construction industry on scaffolding towers

Simple Electrical safety - A very simple guide to electrical safety, single phase only

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