Guidance

Management of health and safety in defence – chapter 11: management of hazardous substances (JSP 375, volume 1)

Direction, guidance and good practice to help with the management and control of hazardous substances and materials in defence.

Documents

Annex E - chapter assurance checklist

MOD form 5011 - COSHH risk assessment

MOD form 5011 - COSHH risk assessment extension

MOD form 5011 - guidance notes

Details

JSP 375, volume 1, chapter 11 is split into 2 parts: Part 1 Directive, which provides direction that you must follow to help you comply with (keep to) health and safety law, government policy and defence policy; and Part 2 Guidance, which provides the guidance and good practice that should be followed and will help you to keep to this policy.

Annexes A to E, MOD form 5011, MOD form 5011 extension, and guidance notes contain supplementary guidance that may be useful.

Updates to this page

Published 18 September 2025
Last updated 62 MarchJune 2026 + show all updates
  1. Updated: 'Annex D - management of Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI)) in defence' with information about Cr(IV) at the end-of-life (paragraph 21).

  2. Updated MOD Form 5011 and guidance notes (minor updates), and introduced MOD Form 5011 Extension.

  3. First published.

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