Free health & safety tools for UK trades
Calculators, checkers and document builders for the paperwork that comes with site work. Free to use, no signup — your details stay in your browser.
Hand-arm vibration
HAVS calculator
Add each vibrating tool and trigger time to get daily exposure points and A(8), checked against the HSE action and limit values.
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Will it be accepted?
RAMS pre-submission checker
Run your RAMS against the checks principal contractors actually make before they accept a document.
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Permit to work
Hot works permit
Issue a hot works permit — fire watch, extinguishers, isolation of detectors and the close-out check.
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Calculators
Quick numeric checks against HSE thresholds.
Add each vibrating tool and trigger time to get daily exposure points and A(8), checked against the HSE action and limit values.
Score likelihood × severity on the standard 5×5 matrix, get the risk rating and what it means for your RAMS.
Estimate daily noise exposure (LEP,d) from task noise levels and durations, checked against the action values.
What RAMS paperwork really costs you per year — your time, consultant fees and the price of a rejected document.
Work out CIS deductions at 0%, 20% or 30%, with materials and VAT handled correctly.
Checkers & quizzes
Find out where you stand before someone else checks for you.
Answer a few questions about the project and see your CDM 2015 duties — and whether it's F10 notifiable.
Run your RAMS against the checks principal contractors actually make before they accept a document.
Check your policies, RAMS, insurance and records against what CHAS-style SSIP assessments ask for.
Would your site stand up to an unannounced HSE inspection? Check against what inspectors look for.
Pick your tasks and hazards, get the PPE to specify in your RAMS with the relevant EN standards.
Find which CSCS card fits your role, qualifications and experience — and what you need to get it.
Work through whether an incident is RIDDOR reportable, what to report and the deadline.
Assessment builders
Structured, printable assessments for specific risks.
Build a substance-by-substance COSHH assessment — hazards, exposure routes, controls, PPE/RPE and review dates.
TILE-style task assessment — task, individual, load, environment — with a printable record.
Ladders, towers, MEWPs and fragile roofs — assess the job and capture the rescue plan, not just the access kit.
Atmosphere, access and egress, rescue arrangements and whether the job needs a permit.
The quick daily check before work starts — conditions, changes, services, and a stop/go decision.
Enter the site postcode and get the emergency information block for your RAMS — nearest A&E, directions and what to record.
Document builders
Build a complete, printable site document in minutes.
Build a proportionate CPP for small and domestic projects — the document CDM 2015 requires before work starts.
Site rules, welfare, emergency arrangements, access and key hazards — with a signature sheet.
Ignition sources, hot works, escape routes, detection and extinguishers for your site fire plan.
Pedestrian segregation, reversing, delivery routes and exclusion zones in a printable plan.
Load, equipment, exclusion zones and the appointed person / signaller roles for a basic lift plan.
Capture the facts, root cause and corrective actions — with a built-in RIDDOR reportability prompt.
Turn an incident or near miss into a one-page briefing bulletin your crews will actually read.
Build a short, structured toolbox talk with an attendance and sign-off sheet.
Permits to work
Issue and record high-risk work permits.
Issue a hot works permit — fire watch, extinguishers, isolation of detectors and the close-out check.
Buried services checks, plans, CAT & genny scan and safe digging conditions before excavation starts.
Entry controls, atmosphere testing, rescue arrangements and time limits for confined space work.
Record electrical and mechanical isolations, lock-off points, proving dead and re-energisation.
Fragile surfaces, edge protection, access route and weather limits before anyone goes on the roof.
Authorise a lifting operation — equipment checks, exclusion zone, appointed person and signaller.