Category: Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

Name: COSHH Control Measures
Uploaded: 2018-02-18T22:41:16+00:00
Channel: Keith Sleightholm
Description: Control measures are always a mixture of equipment and ways of working to reduce exposure. The right combination is crucial. No measures, however practical, can work unless they are used properly. So, any ‘standard operating procedure’ should combine the right equipment with the right way of working. This means instructing, training, and supervising the workers

COSHH is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health. Most business sectors have to apply to COSHH from factories to offices as most businesses deal with hazardous substances from acids to printer toner cartridges.

The HSE state that this regulation covers substances that are hazardous to health. Substances can take many forms and include:

chemicals
products containing chemicals
fumes
dusts
vapours
mists
nanotechnology
gases and asphyxiating gases and
biological agents (germs). If the packaging has any of the hazard symbols then it is classed as a hazardous substance.
germs that cause diseases such as leptospirosis or legionnaires disease and germs used in laboratories.

The HSE also state that you can prevent or reduce workers exposure to hazardous substances by:

finding out what the health hazards are;
deciding how to prevent harm to health (risk assessment);
providing control measures to reduce harm to health;
making sure they are used ;
keeping all control measures in good working order;
providing information, instruction and training for employees and others;
providing monitoring and health surveillance in appropriate cases;
planning for emergencies.

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COSHH Control Measures

Control measures are always a mixture of equipment and ways of working to reduce exposure. The right combination is crucial. No measures, however practical, can work unless they are used properly. So, any ‘standard operating procedure’ should combine the right equipment with the right way of working. This means instructing, training, and supervising the workers […]