COSHH – Principle 5: Controlling Exposure Using PPE
Controlling Exposure Using PPE (Personal Protective Equipment): The Last ResortThe HSE's fifth COSHH Principle relates to controlling exposure using PPE, "when adequate controls of exposure cannot be achieved by other means". If you have followed the HSE...
5 Steps to Complete a Noise Assessment
Does Your Workplace Need a Noise Assessment?It is not always possible for people to recognise when noise levels are too high, or at a level where persistent exposure could be damaging. Noise is subjective, and we all have different sensory experiences....
COSHH – Principle 4: Implement the Best Hazard Control Measures
4: Choose the Most Effective and Reliable Hazard Control Measures After you have narrowed down the different options for your hazard control measures, you need to choose the most effective and reliable. This will help you to ensure you consistently...
Changes to Wood Dust Exposure Limits
Changes to Wood Dust Exposure Limits All workplaces involved with wood processing need to control employee exposure to wood dust. If not controlled using appropriate measures, wood dust can be a significant risk to health - in both the short and longer terms....
COSHH – Principle 3: Control exposure using appropriate measures
3: Implement COSHH methods that are proportionate to the health risk(s).Choosing a Method of ControlThe third principle of COSHH concerns how to go about choosing an appropriate control method. Your chosen control methods need to reflect both the severity...
Indoor Air Quality in the Workplace
Indoor Air Quality in the WorkplaceAs an employer, it is crucial to ensure you provide a safe and healthy working environment. You need to carefully consider all aspects of your workplace - from equipment standards to the quality of your staff training. As a constant...
COSHH – Principle 2: Consider the routes of exposure to Hazardous Substances
2. Determine how a person can be exposed to hazardous substancesThe second of the eight Principles of COSHH considers the three different ways in which a person can be exposed to hazardous substances. A COSHH Risk Assessment will determine which routes of...
COSHH – Principle 1: Controlling Hazardous Substance Exposure by Minimising Release & Spread
1. Controlling Hazardous Substance Exposure by Minimising Release and Spread In an ideal world, no substance with the potential to cause harm would ever be used in workplace environments. However, in some situations there is no choice but to do so. In these...
8 Principles of COSHH – Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
The Law Around Hazardous Substance ControlWorking in an industry that deals with hazardous substances can pose a significant risk to an employee’s health and wellbeing. In order to mitigate these risks, in 1988 the UK government’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE)...
Noise Exposure Survey: When is it Required?
Is a Noise Exposure Survey Required if Ear Protection is Already Provided? Noise exposure surveys are required in all workplaces where noise has the potential to cause harm to employees. Exposure to dangerous levels of sound can easily go unnoticed; it is...
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