Under Freedom of Information (FOI), the HSE Field Operations Directorate (FOD) have made their inspection packs, as issued to inspectors, available online.

These inspection instructions highlight where inspectors are likely to focus their inspections on, and what they will be looking for onsite and in your policies and procedures.

There has been a long history of respiratory disease associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica. Improvements in workplace standards of control have led to a marked improvement in ill-health statistics in the UK since the 1930s.

This page provides information to inspectors on Silica, Silicosis and what to look for during an inspection.