Areas of Interest:

Health & Safety.

Activity and Expertise:

Flammability, ignition, explosion testing, gas dispersion, modelling, risk assessment, failure scenarios, process safety, chemical hazards. Laboratory and large scale testing facilities.

Credentials:

The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) is Britain's leading industrial health and safety facility. Operating as an agency of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the HSL supports HSE’s 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, HSL is also able to offer its unique portfolio of skills and expertise to other public sector organisations and the private sector.

Building on its long experience of handling and testing hazardous substances, HSL has made recent studies on hazards from hydrogen and fuel cells for government and industry.

Contact: Dr Laurence Cusco (Senior Scientist)

Email: HSLinfo@hsl.gov.uk

Tel: +44 (0)114 289 2920

Address: HSL,

Harpur Hill,

Buxton,

Derbyshire SK17 9JN UK.

Website: www.hsl.gov.uk