A shortlist of health and safety resources worth knowing about.
Tools, guidance, training and services, gathered in one place and checked before they are listed. Useful whether health and safety is your job title or just part of your week.
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Tools
All-in-one EHS platforms
- Your platform at the top of this list
Sphera, opens in a new tabOperational risk suite with a genuine process safety heritage.
Intelex, opens in a new tabEHSQ platform covering incident, audit, risk and compliance in one system.- EnablonUsed by us, opens in a new tabEnterprise EHS and operational risk, now part of Wolters Kluwer.
Cority, opens in a new tabEHS and occupational health in a single record.
VelocityEHS, opens in a new tabEHS platform with strong chemical management and industrial ergonomics.
Risk assessment
- Your tool at the top of this list
VatixUK, opens in a new tabSafety management with risk assessment and lone worker in one place.
Evalu-8 Risk AssessmentUK, opens in a new tabBuild, approve, e-sign and share risk assessments from a shared hazard and control library, with review reminders.
CompScience Safe Work PlanFreemiumUS, opens in a new tabAI assisted mobile app for building OSHA ready job hazard analyses before work starts.
SafetyStack free floor-laying RAMS templateFree, opens in a new tabFree downloadable floor-laying risk assessment and method statement starting document, with a browser editor for job details; requires site-specific adaptation and competent review.
Logit Risk Assessment, opens in a new tabRisk assessment with a fully customisable matrix, linking control measures to the daily checks and audits that verify them.
Incident and near miss reporting
Inspection and audit
Ideagen Q-Pulse, opens in a new tabAudit, CAPA and document control with a quality heritage.
Safety ReportsUS, opens in a new tabSimple inspection and incident apps aimed at construction.
SafesiteFreemiumUS, opens in a new tabInspections, observations and audits aimed at construction sites.
Mitti (by SafetyCulture)FreemiumUsed by us, opens in a new tabChecklists, assessments and corrective actions from a phone.
Permit to work and control of work
Chemical safety, COSHH and SDS
SDS ManagerFreemium, opens in a new tabSafety data sheet management for smaller sites.
Sypol (by EcoOnline), opens in a new tabCOSHH assessment software with a library of pre-written assessments and safety data sheet management alongside.
Sevron, opens in a new tabCOSHH assessment and safety data sheet management, built in the UK.
Bowtie and barrier management
- Your tool at the top of this list
Bowtie OneFreemiumBuilt by us, opens in a new tabBuild, share and review bowtie risk assessments in the browser. No install, no per seat licence.
Bowtie Master, opens in a new tabCloud based bowtie diagramming with barrier and control tracking for teams.
Bowtie360, opens in a new tabBrowser based bowtie diagramming with templates, sharing and export to Word or PDF. Priced per user.- BowTieXP (Wolters Kluwer)Used by us, opens in a new tabThe enterprise standard for barrier based risk models. Formerly CGE Risk.
Synergi Life Bowtie (by DNV), opens in a new tabBowtie diagramming with barrier ratings and live barrier dashboards, inside DNV's Synergi Life risk suite.
Investigation and root cause
- Your tool at the top of this list
Kelvin Top-Set, opens in a new tabRoot cause method used widely across UK industry.- Tripod LiteFreeUsed by us, opens in a new tabFree downloadable PDF or spreadsheet tool for quick investigation of simple incidents and near misses.
Tripod BetaUsed by us, opens in a new tabStructured investigation method for complex incidents, requiring accredited Bronze to Gold practitioner training.
TapRooTUsed by us, opens in a new tabStructured investigation method, training and software.
ThinkReliability, opens in a new tabCause Mapping. Simple, visual, and easy to teach to non-specialists.
Asset integrity and equipment compliance
Process safety: HAZOP, LOPA, SIL and QRA
Contractor and supplier management
Knowledge
Regulations and guidance
HSG65UK, opens in a new tabManaging for health and safety. Plan, do, check, act, turned into something you can run a business on.
HSE simple health and safetyUK, opens in a new tabPlain English guidance for smaller businesses, free to use and reuse.
COSHH EssentialsUK, opens in a new tabControl banding straight from the regulator.
OSHAUS, opens in a new tabUS federal standards and letters of interpretation.
Reporting accidents and incidents (INDG453)UK, opens in a new tabFree leaflet covering what to report, record and keep.
Newsletters
Standards and professional bodies
British Safety CouncilFreemiumUK, opens in a new tabQualifications, audits and membership across health, safety and wellbeing.
IChemE Safety CentreFreemium, opens in a new tabProcess safety guidance written from the practitioner side.
IOGPFree, opens in a new tabOil and gas industry reports, much of it free and very good.- Energy InstituteFreemium, opens in a new tabProcess safety guidance and the PSM framework used across UK energy.
- CCPSFreemium, opens in a new tabRisk Based Process Safety, the Beacon, and a deep library of monographs.
Incident databases and case studies
Podcasts
- Pre-Accident Investigation PodcastPodcast, opens in a new tabTodd Conklin on human and organisational performance, in conversation.
- NEBOSH Social Purpose PodcastPodcast, opens in a new tabNEBOSH staff and partners on the people, projects and partnerships behind its Social Purpose programme.
The Safety of WorkPodcast, opens in a new tabTwo academics testing safety claims against the actual evidence, weekly.
Services
Training providers
- Your training provider at the top of this list
SHEilds, opens in a new tabNEBOSH provider with international delivery.- OSHA.comUS, opens in a new tabOSHA authorised Outreach provider for the 10 and 30 hour cards, online. Run by 360training, not by OSHA.
- Astutis, opens in a new tabNEBOSH and IOSH courses with a strong online delivery record.
RRC International, opens in a new tabLong established NEBOSH and IOSH provider, online and classroom.- American Red Cross trainingUS, opens in a new tabFirst aid, CPR, AED and BLS classes, online, in a classroom or blended.
Consultancies
Lucion Group Nexgen, opens in a new tabEnvironmental services consultancy with a compliance portal for asbestos, legionella and hazardous materials data.
Assurity Consulting, opens in a new tabCompliance management with incident and audit reporting.
ABS Consulting THESIS, opens in a new tabBowties linked to safety cases and barrier health monitoring.
Certification and accreditation bodies
- NQA, opens in a new tabUKAS accredited certification body for ISO 45001 and the other management system standards.
- National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel InspectorsUS, opens in a new tabCommissions boiler and pressure vessel inspectors and runs the certification programmes behind them.
- Highfield QualificationsUK, opens in a new tabOfqual regulated awarding body for health and safety, fire safety and COSHH qualifications.
ANABUS, opens in a new tabThe US accreditation body for certification and testing bodies, and the closest equivalent to UKAS.
RoSPA QualificationsUK, opens in a new tabRoSPA's Ofqual recognised awarding arm, run separately from its training academy.
Testing, inspection and calibration
Latest
- SafetyStack free floor-laying RAMS templateFree, opens in a new tabFree downloadable floor-laying risk assessment and method statement starting document, with a browser editor for job details; requires site-specific adaptation and competent review.
- NEBOSH Social Purpose PodcastFreePodcast, opens in a new tabNEBOSH staff and partners on the people, projects and partnerships behind its Social Purpose programme.
- Bowtie360, opens in a new tabBrowser based bowtie diagramming with templates, sharing and export to Word or PDF. Priced per user.
- Synergi Life Bowtie (by DNV), opens in a new tabBowtie diagramming with barrier ratings and live barrier dashboards, inside DNV's Synergi Life risk suite.
- Sypol (by EcoOnline), opens in a new tabCOSHH assessment software with a library of pre-written assessments and safety data sheet management alongside.
RoSPAFreemiumUK, opens in a new tabAccident prevention charity. Campaigns, the health and safety awards, and guidance across work, road and home.