Legislation & Standards

This section will provide you with a guide to Health and Safety legislation.

It is designed to be useful background information to aid you in the specification and selection of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

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Legislation & Standards for Construction

Personal Protective Equipment (PDF, 46KB)
Selecting and specifying the appropriate respiratory protective equipment may appear daunting, with multiple factors to consider. Click on the link above to find an overview of PPE Regulations and CE Marking.

Man wearing Respiratory/Hearing & Reflective protection COSHH Regulations (PDF, 38KB)
Control of Substances Hazardous Health - Understand how the changes to these regulations affect you.

Construction site, man wearing Respiratory, Hearing and Reflective protection for noise hazards Control of Noise at Work Regulations (PDF, 48KB)
Useful information when controlling noise hazards on site.

Construction site. Man wearing Respiratory/Hearing & Reflective protection mixing cement Local High Visibility Regulations (PDF, 43KB)
Determine the correct Class of High Visibility garment according to the type of road.

Construction Worker wearing Respiratory, Hearing and Eye Protection against nuisance dust Nuisance Dust Masks (PDF, 43KB)
Nuisance dust masks do not protect the wearer from respiratory hazards. Click on the link above to find out further information in this section.

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