by Zach Greaves | Sep 4, 2019 | COSHH Principles
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 of the...
by Zach Greaves | Jul 22, 2019 | COSHH Principles
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 exposure...
by Zach Greaves | Jul 18, 2019 | COSHH Principles
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...
by Zach Greaves | Jun 30, 2019 | COSHH Principles
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)...
by Craig Batty | Nov 7, 2018 | COSHH Air Monitoring, COSHH Principles
How to carry out a COSHH Risk Assessment In an earlier post we explained what a COSHH Risk Assessment was, but how do you carry one out, and what’s involved. in this article we provide a quick guide to carrying out your COSHH Risk Assessment in six easy steps....
by Craig Batty | Aug 22, 2018 | COSHH Air Monitoring, COSHH Principles
What is a COSHH Risk Assessment? A COSHH Risk Assessment is a process to investigate who may be harmed by substances hazardous to health and, how that may occur in the workplace. The purpose of a COSHH Risk Assessment is to outline the findings in a short document....
