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    Library · updated 17 October 2026

    The QHSE library

    This is the map of what we publish about quality, health, safety and environment. It lists 336 pages in 19 subjects, grouped under four pillars and a fifth for management systems, compliance and data. Each subject starts with what it covers and then lists the definitions, guides, templates, software buying guides and data studies we have on it.

    Every list is sorted A to Z and is the same for every product and vendor: nothing here ranks a page or a product. A page can sit under two subjects. Pages that give details of one product, head-to-head comparisons and pricing pages are not part of the library; you can reach them from the software directory. For plain definitions on their own, use the glossary.

    Editorial responsibility: Dimitris Mitsios (Founder of The QHSE Standard; product marketing at Tekmon) · Tekmon pays for sponsored placements on this site (disclosure) · How pages are made · LinkedIn · Content date: 17 October 2026

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    The ten library pages with the latest content date, newest first. This is a rule on dates, not a choice of pages.

    Quality

    Management systems, inspection, nonconformance and the records that show a process is under control.

    Quality management systems (16 pages)

    What a quality management system is, how it differs from quality assurance and quality control, what ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 ask an organisation to keep, and what changed with the 2026 edition of ISO 9001.

    11 definitions · 1 guide or article · 1 template or calculator · 3 software guides

    Templates, checklists and calculators (1)

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    Inspection, measurement and 5S (11 pages)

    Checking that work meets its specification: inspections, sampling and statistical process control, calibration, equipment upkeep and the 5S method for an orderly workplace.

    2 definitions · 1 guide or article · 2 templates and calculators · 6 software guides

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    Nonconformance, complaints and corrective action (13 pages)

    What to do when work or a product falls short: recording a nonconformance, finding the cause, taking corrective and preventive action, and learning from customer complaints.

    5 definitions · 1 guide or article · 1 template or calculator · 6 software guides

    Templates, checklists and calculators (1)

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    Suppliers, documents and procedures (13 pages)

    Keeping suppliers, controlled documents, work instructions and procedures under control, including how changes are approved and communicated.

    3 definitions · 1 guide or article · 1 template or calculator · 8 software guides

    Templates, checklists and calculators (1)

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    Health

    Occupational health, hygiene and the human factors that sit between work and wellbeing.

    Occupational health and hygiene (11 pages)

    Health risks at work: exposure to noise, dust and chemicals, hygiene monitoring, health surveillance and first aid.

    5 definitions · 2 guides and articles · 4 software guides

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    Wellbeing, fatigue and human factors (10 pages)

    Psychosocial risk, mental health, fatigue, heat stress, ergonomics and workplace violence: the human side of health and safety.

    2 definitions · 3 guides and articles · 5 software guides

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    Safety

    Incidents, hazards, permits, process safety, culture and the people and sites a safety system must cover.

    Incidents, near misses and learning (28 pages)

    Recording, investigating and learning from incidents and near misses, and the rates and indicators that summarise them.

    13 definitions · 6 guides and articles · 4 templates and calculators · 5 software guides

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    Hazards and risk assessment (19 pages)

    Identifying hazards and assessing risk: methods, the hierarchy of controls, what reasonably practicable means and how a safety management system ties them together.

    12 definitions · 1 guide or article · 2 templates and calculators · 4 software guides

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    Permits and control of work (21 pages)

    Controlling high-risk work: permits to work, lockout and tagout, confined spaces, hot work, working at height, management of change and protective equipment.

    7 definitions · 2 guides and articles · 2 templates and calculators · 10 software guides

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    Process safety (12 pages)

    Preventing major accidents in process industries: HAZOP, layers of protection, explosive atmospheres, major hazard regulation and barrier management.

    7 definitions · 2 guides and articles · 3 software guides

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    Safety culture, training and behaviour (20 pages)

    Stop work authority, toolbox talks and safety moments, just culture, behaviour-based safety, inductions, observations and the training that keeps people competent.

    6 definitions · 4 guides and articles · 2 templates and calculators · 8 software guides

    Templates, checklists and calculators (2)

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    Contractors, sites, travel and emergencies (16 pages)

    Covering the people and places outside a single workplace: contractors, visitors, lone workers, travellers, drivers and fleets, construction sites and emergency response.

    3 definitions · 2 guides and articles · 1 template or calculator · 10 software guides

    Templates, checklists and calculators (1)

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    Environment

    Environmental management, emissions and the sustainability reporting that follows from them.

    Environmental management and ISO 14001 (25 pages)

    Environmental management systems, aspects and impacts, waste, water, spills, chemicals and safety data sheets, energy and air emissions, biodiversity and food safety.

    8 definitions · 1 guide or article · 3 templates and calculators · 13 software guides

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    Carbon, ESG and sustainability reporting (42 pages)

    Greenhouse gas accounting, scope 3, the CSRD and its standards, double materiality, climate frameworks, supply chain due diligence and the EU rules that follow from them.

    24 definitions · 5 guides and articles · 1 template or calculator · 12 software guides

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    Management systems, compliance and data

    Standards, legal duties, audits, indicators, our research data and how to choose software.

    Management system standards (16 pages)

    The ISO standards for health and safety, environment and quality, how they fit together, what certification involves, and the terms EHS, HSE and QHSE.

    5 definitions · 9 guides and articles · 2 software guides

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    Compliance, legal registers and audits (36 pages)

    Knowing and meeting legal duties: legal registers, regulatory change, regulator reporting, internal audits, checklists and whistleblowing.

    6 definitions · 14 guides and articles · 5 templates and calculators · 11 software guides

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    KPIs, reporting and calculators (6 pages)

    Indicators for a QHSE system and how to report them, with calculators for cost and return.

    1 definition · 1 guide or article · 4 templates and calculators

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    Research and data studies (22 pages)

    Our own studies of the 212 vendor profiles we research: prices, free trials, offline use, security statements, integrations, languages, search demand and more, each with downloadable data.

    11 guides and articles · 11 data studies

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    Choosing and implementing QHSE software (28 pages)

    How to choose, buy and roll out QHSE software: buying guides, demo checklists, RFP and shortlist templates, implementation, deployment and what each kind of tool covers.

    6 guides and articles · 1 template or calculator · 21 software guides

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    Software buying guides (21)

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    How the library is built

    A page is placed in a subject by the topic in its address, and by hand where the address says too little. The library includes every indexable definition, article, template, calculator, buying guide, report and data study. A page that fits no subject cannot be published, which is checked by a test, so the map stays complete as the site grows. The lists are not a reading order or a ranking.

    Related: all guides and resources, our methodology, all datasets.