by Zach Greaves | Jul 20, 2020 | Industry News
What is Formaldehyde?Formaldehyde is a naturally-occuring organic compound. It is found in a number of different materials, and is used to manufacture a variety of man-made products, including plastics, carpets, shampoos and glues. It is also found in many other...
by Zach Greaves | Jul 9, 2020 | COSHH Air Monitoring
What is Silica?Silica is a hard, unreactive and colourless compound found in rocks, sand and clay and in products such as bricks and concrete. It is also used as filler in some plastics. These materials create dust when they are cut, sanded, carved etc.The dust is...
by Zach Greaves | May 30, 2020 | Blog, Health & Safety Consultancy
The wheels of manufacturing are starting to turn again. However, a new version of normal will greet us as we return to work.Rather than simply picking up where we left off, we will have extra considerations to make. We will need to take account of the need for social...
by Zach Greaves | May 30, 2020 | Blog, Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV)
As the coronavirus lockdown is starting to be relaxed, many manufacturing businesses will be restarting equipment that may have been sat idle for two months.In order to ensure the safety of your workplace, you should complete a restart check before using certain...
by Zach Greaves | May 5, 2020 | COSHH Principles
Delivery of COSHH Information and TrainingThe HSE’s seventh principle refers to the need for the delivery of effective COSHH information and training throughout a place of work. Assessment of RiskIn order to deliver effective training, there first needs to be a full...
