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Safety Guidance – Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
Published January 2026. This guidance covers the requirement for COSHH assessments for all substances during an intrusive ground investigation and monitoring to…
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Safety Guidance – Driving
Published January 2026 (replaces ‘Guidance on Driving at Work’ published 2014) Driving is statically the most dangerous work activity that most people…
Safety Guidance – First Aid Provisions
Published November 2024. This guidance replaces Guidance on First Aid at Work which was published in March 2014. The Health and Safety…
Safety Guidance – Legionella for Transient Sites
Published May 2024. This version replaces ‘Guidance on Legionella for Transient Sites’ which was published in 2018. In 2019 over 500 cases…
Safety Guidance – Management of Invasive & Injurious Plants
Published May 2024. This version replaces ‘AGS Guidance on Dangerous or Injurious Plants’ which was published in 2018. Geotechnical and geo-environmental investigations…
Safety Guidance – Manual Handling
Published May 2023. This version replaces ‘AGS Guidance on Manual Handling’ published in 2019. Incorrect manual handling is one of the most…
Safety Guidance – Mental Health (Work Related Stress)
Published January 2024. This version replaces Guidance on Occupational Stress (Published 2020) and Guidance on Health and Wellbeing at Work (Published 2021).…
Safety Guidance – Noise
Published January 2024 This version replaces ‘Guidance for Health Management with Noise’ published in 2015. In the geotechnical and geo-environmental sector noisy…
Safety Guidance – Off Road Driving
Published January 2026. In order to satisfy the legal requirements in regards to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, The…
Safety Guidance – Overwater Working
Published January 2026 (replaces Working on or near Water- Guidance for graduates published 2012). The purpose of this guidance document is to…