General Guidance Notes

These expressions are explained in the General Guidance Notes, Section 1, paragraphs 19 and 15 respectively. 

HMIP publish sets of Guidance Notes, which relate to activities they control. These notes are known as Best Practicable Means (BPM) Notes. BPM is explained in Note BPM 1/88, Best Practicable Means. General Principles and Practices. Copies of these notes may be obtained from the Department of the Environment Publications Sales Unit, Building 1, Victoria Road, South Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 ONZ, telephone 020 8841 3425. 

The EPA notes in its general guidance document (U.S. EPA 1998) that the RMP goal is to prevent accidental releases of substances that can cause serious harm to the public and the environment from short-term exposures and to mitigate the severity of releases that do occur. 

Guidance Note General Duty of Care in Western Australian Workplaces, Commission for Occupational Safety and Health,... 

Health and Safety Executive, General Series Guidance Note No. GS5, Entry into confined spaces, (ISBN 0 11 883067 8), HMSO, London (1977)... 

This is a relatively crude formula and would not be applicable to a situation where two or more chemicals enhance each other s effects. Some general guidance is given in the HSE s Guidance Note. ... 

However, there is no clear definition of a carcinogenic substance in an occupational context nor are the criteria stated that have been used in deriving the above selection of materials, except in the general sense that they are specific substances with which a cancer hazard is associated. Furthermore, the term carcinogenic has been omitted from the current edition of Guidance Note EH 40 so that although substances are listed as carcinogenic in the above Approved Code of Practice they are not identified as such in the list of exposure limits. 

These Regulations cover the minimum health and safety requirements for the use of display screen equipment and are accompanied by a guidance note. They typically apply to computer equipment with either a cathode ray tube or liquid crystal monitors. But any type of display is covered with some exceptions, for example, on board a means of transport, or where the main purpose is for screening a film or for a television. Multi-media equipment would generally be covered. 

Maintenance of electrical systems generally consists of a mixture of inspections and tests. Low voltage installations should be maintained following the advice contained in BS 7671 2001, which covers the appropriate visual inspections and periodic tests (see Chapter 17 for a description of the inspections and tests). The lEE s guidance note on inspection and testing is also a valuable source of advice, including recommendations on the periods between inspections and tests. 

Guidance Notes issued by the HSE have no legal status. They are issued on a purely advisory basis to provide guidance on good health and safety practices, specific hazards, etc. There are five series of Guidance Notes - General, Chemical Safety, Plant and Machinery, Medical and Environmental Hygiene. 

The cost ratio becomes Cj- / Cj == 2.3. To account also for indirect consequences a reasonable cost ratio may range from 5 to 10. The indirect consequences may include production loss and inspections of solar panels connected with a failed panel, loss of credibility as a supplier and subsequent losses of contracts etc. Note that the ratio Cf / Cj depends on structure-specific conditions and no general guidance for its estimation is available. 

Health and Safety Executive (1982). General Access Scaffolds, Guidance Note GS 15. London HMSO. 

There are several discrepancies between the ICH Step 2 document and the MHW guidance notes concerning the toxicity testing required for marketing approval in Japan. For example, for carcinogenicity evaluation, the ICH document recommends that the routine studies used for conventional pharmaceuticals generally are not applicable, while the MHW advises, in its Notes No.10, that carcinogenicity studies should be conducted whenever necessary. ... 

This guidance is split into three parts. It contains a statement of general policy based on your legal duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. Then you can record your organisational responsibilities and your arrangements to ensure the health and safety of your employees. Notes are included alongside each section to help you. Some useful publications are listed in the notes and at the end of this guidance. 

---