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About Us - Introduction
 The
Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) is Britain's leading industrial
health and safety facility with over 30 years of research experience
across all sectors. Operating as an agency of the Health and Safety
Executive (HSE), we support their mission to protect people's health
and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly
controlled.
As well as delivering a comprehensive service to HSE, we are also
able to offer our unique portfolio of skills and expertise to other
public sector organisations and the private sector.
Scope of Work
The scope of HSL's work requires a diversity of talents. HSL employs
over 400 people including scientists, engineers, psychologists,
social scientists, health professionals and technical specialists.
Operating from our main laboratory in Buxton, plus a number of field
stations, our staff have a long track record of effective operation
throughout the UK and beyond. HSL's capabilities encompass a wide
range of topics including: fire, explosion and process safety; human
factors and risk assessment; occupational and environmental health;
safety engineering; work environment; and specialist photographic
and technical services. This breadth of expertise underpins our
particular strength in creating multidisciplinary teams to solve
health and safety problems.
Our services include:
· Research and development
· Specialist advice and consultancy
· Forensic investigation into the causes of accidents
· Environmental and biological monitoring
· Assessment of levels of risk and investigation of their
control
· Establishing realistic requirements for standards, and
processes for meeting those standards
· Validation and certification
Collaboration
Being a world class health and safety laboratory is at the heart
of HSL's vision. To enhance and promote HSL's reputation and capabilities
we are continually strengthening our links with scientific and technical
organisations both nationally and internationally. For further information
about collaboration please visit our collaboration
section.
Commitment to quality
HSL's quality management system covers all of our activities and
is approved to ISO 9001:2000 by a UKAS-accredited Certification
Body. We have a track record of successful project management and
are committed to targets agreed with our customers for delivery
of projects to time, cost and quality. HSL is committed to train
and develop its staff in line with business needs and is recognised
as an Investor in People organisation.
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