Guidance

Management of health and safety in defence: arrangements (JSP 375 volume 1)

Provides the guidance and best practice that will assist the user to comply management of health and safety in defence.

Documents

Emergency and disaster planning

Military and civilian workplace safety

Traffic Management (pedestrians and vehicles) on the defence estate/vessels

Workplace inspections

First aid

Safety signs

Transfer, closure and disposal of defence establishments

Safety risk assessment and safe systems of work

Safety risk assessment and safe systems of work

Dangerous substances and explosive atmospheres

Manual handling

Management of hazardous substances

Display screen equipment (DSE)

Smoking in the work environment [Withdrawn]

Occupational health, health surveillance, and health monitoring

Personal protective equipment (PPE) and respiratory protective equipment (RPE)

Safety occurrence reporting and investigation

Safety occurrence reporting and investigation

Stress in the workplace

Lone working

Young persons

New and expectant mothers

Managing staff remotely

Work equipment

Electrical safety

Lifting operations and lifting equipment

Noise at work

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Vibration at Work

Preventing falls and falling objects

Confined spaces

Pressure systems and equipment

Permit to work

Hot working

Legionella

Construction and excavation

4C system: management of visiting workers and contractors

Safety and the management of change

Asbestos

Public events

Animals in the workplace

Retention of records

Military training for land systems [Withdrawn]

Heat illness prevention

Cold Injury prevention

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Published 1 September 2008
Last updated 57 December 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added Chapter 13 'Smoking in the work environment'.

  2. Updated 'Safety risk assessment and safe systems of work'.

  3. 'Smoking in the work environment' is no longer relevant and has been withdrawn.

  4. Updated 'Safety and the management of change'.

  5. Updated: JSP 375 volume 1, chapter 35.

  6. Updated: JSP 375 volume 1, chapter 16.

  7. Updated 'JSP 375 volume 1 chapter 5: First aid'.

  8. Updated JSP 375 - Asbestos.

  9. Updated Chapter 26: Vibration at Work.

  10. Updated: Lone working, Legionella and Managing staff remotely.

  11. 'Military training for land systems' withdrawn. 'Chapter 8 - Risk Assessment’ updated.

  12. 'Vibration at Work' updated.

  13. Updated JSP 375 chapter 25 Noise at work.

  14. Updated JSP 375 Chapter 36 Asbestos to latest version.

  15. Updated 'Office and general workplace safety' title to 'Military and civilian workplace safety' and replaced document with latest version.

  16. Updated 'Accident/incident reporting and investigation - chapter 16'.

  17. Updated: 'Emergency and disaster planning' and 'Office and general workplace safety.'

  18. Added revised editions of Ref: JSP 375, Volume 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 5, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 10, Chapter 19 and Chapter 40.

  19. Updated: JSP 375 management of hazardous substances.

  20. Updated chapters 25, 26 and 40.

  21. Added JSP 375, Volume 1, Chapters 16, 41 and 42 with full annexes.

  22. Updated JSP 375 PDFs.

  23. Added document: Asbestos (September 2019).

  24. Added an important note about Chapter 36 Asbestos (January 2016) is being reviewed; the currently published guidance shown here on gov.uk should be used for reference only.

  25. Updated Part 2 guidance

  26. Added updated JSP Part 2 guidance and Chapter 16.

  27. Added updated part 2 Guidance and chapter 16.

  28. Added revised part 2 guidance and chapter 16.

  29. Updated Part 2 and Part 2, Chapter 15.

  30. Added updated chapter 13.

  31. Added revised Section 2 and Chapter 9.

  32. Updated Chapter 34.

  33. Updated several chapters of the Joint service publication.

  34. Added updated version 1.1 for Chapter 20.

  35. Added Part 2 Guidance version 1.4.

  36. Added updated volumes and parts for Chapter 1, Chapter 19.

  37. Added updated Chapter 5 version 1.1.

  38. Updated 'JSP 375 Part 2: Guidance' and'Traffic Management (pedestrians and vehicles) on the defence estate/vessels'.

  39. Added Chapter 40.

  40. Added JSP 375 Part 2, Volume 1, Chapter 29: Pressure systems and equipment.

  41. Added revised Chapter 25 version 1.1 December 2014.

  42. Minor updates to Chapters 3, 10, 11, 26 and 32.

  43. Added new JSP 375 cross reference matrix for old volume 2 leaflets against new wolume 1 chapters.

  44. Updated all documents. Volume 2 is now part 2.

  45. Added updated leaflet 17 and deleted withdrawn leaflet 28.

  46. Removed leaflet 59 as this has now been withdrawn.

  47. Added updated leaflet 26 Edition 2 amendement 2.

  48. Added revised leaflet 27 amendment 3.

  49. Published updated Leaflet 27 first aid at work

  50. Added updated leaflets 13 and 17.

  51. Added updated version of leaflet 14 Edition 2 Amendment 9.

  52. Deleted leaflet 52 and added to list of withdrawn leaflets.

  53. Added updated leaflet 8.

  54. Removed leaflet 31 as of January 2014.

  55. Added updated leaflet 12 edition 2.

  56. Added edition 2 of Leaflet 27 (First Aid at Work) .

  57. Added updated leaflet 50 'Management of smoking in the workplace'.

  58. Updated leaflets 14 and 56

  59. Replaced leaflet 56

  60. Updated leaflet 9 and 21

  61. First published.