16 guides, written for the working HSE
The HSE Guides
The HSE guides, written for the person who does the work: the ISO 45001 in the clauses and the audit, RIDDOR in the full form and the reportable, CDM in the five duty holders, OSHA in the focus four and the UK equivalent, and the international standards compared. No filler, no ten-thousand-word theory — the working method, the example that holds, and the guide that passes the review.
Four branches
Pick your side
The ISO 45001 side, the UK HSE side, the OSHA side, and the international side — 16 guides in total, each one written for the person who does the work, not the one who presents the work.
Branch · 5 guidesISO 45001
The clauses in order, the audit stage by stage, the certification process, and the lead auditor certificate — the ISO 45001, in the form that the audit reads.
Branch · 6 guidesUK HSE
RIDDOR in the full form, CDM in the five duty holders, the consultation duty, and the suitable and sufficient standard — the UK law, in working form.
Branch · 3 guidesOSHA (US)
The focus four hazards and the controls, the UK equivalent of OSHA, and the two systems side by side — the US standard, in the form the UK reader can use.
Branch · 2 guidesInternational
The four international standards compared — the ISO 45001, the OSHA, the NEBOSH, the UK HSWA — and the HSE management across the border, in working form.
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The ISO 45001 Audit: Stage 1, Stage 2, and the Surveillance
The ISO 45001 audit, explained: the stage 1 (the document review), the stage 2 (the on-site), the surveillance
UK HSE · 2 September 2026RIDDOR Explained: the Full Form, the Duty, the Examples
RIDDOR explained: the full form (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013),
UK HSE · 2 September 2026CDM 2015: the Roles, the Duties, and the Principal Contractor
CDM 2015 explained: the five duty holders (the client, the designer, the principal designer, the principal con
OSHA (US) · 4 September 2026OSHA Focus Four: the Hazards That Kill, and the Controls
The OSHA focus four (fatal four) hazards explained: falls, struck-by, electrocution, and caught-in or between
ISO 45001 · 1 September 2026ISO 45001 Explained: the Clauses, the Logic, the System
ISO 45001 explained: the occupational health and safety management system
UK HSE · 10 September 2026Suitable and Sufficient: What the Law Means by Risk Assessment
Suitable and sufficient risk assessment: what the UK law means by the two words
OSHA (US) · 6 September 2026OSHA in the UK: What the UK Equivalent Actually Is
OSHA in the UK, explained: the UK is not OSHA
International · 5 September 2026International HSE Standards: ISO, OSHA, NEBOSH, Compared
International health and safety standards, compared: the ISO 45001, the OSHA 29 CFR, the NEBOSH, and the UK HS
How to read these guides
1 · Pick the branch. The ISO 45001 branch is the system — the clauses, the audit, the certification, the lead auditor. The UK HSE branch is the law — RIDDOR, CDM, the consultation, the suitable and sufficient. The OSHA branch is the US — the focus four, the UK equivalent, the comparison. And the international branch is the standards compared and the management across the border.
2 · Read for the working method. Every guide is written the same way: the working method first, the example that holds, the mistake that fails the review. The guide is not the theory — it is the method the supervisor walks with the crew, the one the auditor reads, and the one the interview asks.
3 · Take the document with you. The guide explains; the template is the document. The risk assessment guide points to the risk assessment template, the RIDDOR guide to the incident reporting templates, and the working calculations to the toolkit. The guide is the why and the how; the document is the what.
The guides are built to the UK baseline — the MHSWR, COSHH, LOLER, the Work at Height Regulations, RIDDOR, the CDM, the DSE Regulations — with the US equivalents named in the text: the OSHA 1910 and 1926, the NFPA 70E, the OSHA general duty for the gap. Where a duty has legal force, the responsible person owns it — the guide is the preparation, the competent person is the sign-off.
Need the sign-off, not just the guide?
The guide is the preparation; the sign-off is the professional. For the ISO 45001 implementation and audits, the RIDDOR and CDM work, the statutory assessments and the training that comes with them, ask Muhammad Umer — 8+ years across Iraq, KSA and Pakistan, and the programme runs through umer-hse.pro. One message gets the written scope.
Common questions
The guides, answered
What are these guides about?
The HSE standards and the law, in working form: the ISO 45001 (the system, the audit, the certification, the lead auditor), the UK HSE (RIDDOR, CDM, the consultation, the suitable and sufficient), the OSHA (the focus four, the UK equivalent, the comparison), and the international (the standards compared, the management across the border).
Are the guides free?
Yes — every guide is free to read. The guides are the education side of THE HEALTH AND SAFETY, and the professional assessments and the training run through umer-hse.pro.
How is a guide different from a blog article?
The depth. The blog article is the explanation (the hazard vs risk, the near miss, the toolbox talk); the guide is the standard or the law in working form (the ISO 45001 clause by clause, the RIDDOR reportable, the CDM duty holder). The article is the why; the guide is the how, in the depth that the audit and the interview read.
Which guide should I start with?
It depends on the side of the career: the ISO 45001 explained (the system) if you are the audit side, the RIDDOR explained (the reporting) if you are the site side, the CDM roles and duties (the construction) if you are the construction side, and the OSHA focus four (the fatal four) if you are the US side.
Who writes the guides?
The content is built around the practical HSE work — the UK baseline with the US equivalents named in the text — and the professional side runs through umer-hse.pro, the official site of Muhammad Umer, 8+ years across Iraq, KSA and Pakistan.
Safety disclaimer
The guides on this site are practical guidance, built to the UK baseline with the US equivalents named in the text. They do not replace a competent person assessment for high-risk work, a statutory assessment, or the advice of your insurer. Where a duty has legal force — the RIDDOR report, the CDM plan, the ISO 45001 system — the responsible person or the responsible owner carries it. Read the guide as the preparation, and take the sign-off from the competent person.