The UK manufacturing sector comprises a vast area of diverse industries and employs over 3.2 million workers. In 2007/8 it reported over 25,900 work related injuries to HSE. This includes over 5200 major injuries of which 35 were fatalities.

With the use of this sector and the A-Z, these health and safety pages will provide general information on ways to manage the most common hazards and risks in your industry. By following this guidance you will be going a long way to effectively managing health and safety in your workplace. However, every workplace is different and you must not take this information as being all that you need to do.

Every year about 500 people are killed at work and several hundred thousand more are injured and suffer ill health*.

If you run a small business, both time and money may be in short supply. Here we hope to help you identify the most important things to do and how to comply with the law.

If you have any unanswered questions from the website, you can always 'Ask the Expert'.