How to carry out a COSHH risk assessment - HSE
If your business uses or creates substances, or carries out processes which might cause harm to health, the law requires you to control the risks to workers. The Control of Substances Hazardous to...
A step by step guide to COSHH assessment - HSG97
Advice and guidance to employers on assessing their activities under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH). It replaces older publications with the same title...
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) - HSE
Guidance. COSHH basics. Types of harmful substances and how to prevent or reduce workers’ exposure to them. How to carry out a COSHH risk assessment. Identify, assess and control the risks from...
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
This website provides practical advice and guidance on the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002. On the website you can find information on what the law requires and advice on completing COSHH assessments. COSHH basics: What is a ‘substance hazardous to health’?; I’m self-employed. Does COSHH apply to me?
This publication gives advice and guidance to employers on assessing their activities under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulation 2002 (COSHH). It describes and explains the principles of assessment, illustrating them with extensive examples. HSE Books. Crown copyright 2004. First published 1993. ISBN 978 0 7176 2785 1.
The COSHH assessment, and the strategy resulting from it for managing exposure to hazardous substances, can be made as part of, or as an extension of, the more general risk assessment requirements of MHSW.
Regulations 2002 (COSHH) require employers to ensure that exposure is prevented or, where this is not reasonably practicable, adequately controlled. This guidance gives practical advice on...
Step 1. COSHH Risk Assessment. The risk assessment will identify all harmful substances which can damage health and the tasks where there is exposure to these materials such as: Substances used directly in work activities (eg adhesives, cleaning agents, paints, solvents / VOCs / isocyanates)
Getting started - COSHH e-tool
Getting started. You have 2 choices... Start a new assessment. You need the manufacturer’s safety data sheet for either the Risk phrases (R-phrases) or Hazard statements (H-statements), whichever...
COSHH Risk Assessment: What it is and How to Do it.
May 12, 2023 · The COSHH Risk Assessment Process. A COSHH risk assessment is a systematic approach to identifying and managing the risks associated with hazardous substances in the workplace. This section will provide a step-by-step guide to carrying out a COSHH risk assessment and discuss important considerations during the process.