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One of the biggest challenges facing employees to a substance hazardous to
modern businesses is ensuring that they health without first undertaking a risk
are fully compliant with health and assessment.
safety regulations. COSHH - the Control This assessment should involve
of Substances Hazardous to Health Act is consultation with any information
just one of the relevant guidelines that provided by the supplier of a substance
businesses must be compliant with in use. This should be reviewed regularly
London office cleaning services company and also where there is reason to believe
Sloane Cleaning are fully compliant with that work patterns have changed
COSHH. Their friendly staff are fully significantly enough to warrant
trained in COSHH and can ensure that your re-evaluation of substance use.
business is fully compliant all of the Employers should also take into
criteria outlined by the Health and consideration the level of occupational
Safety Executive. exposure limits, as outlined by the HSE.
What is COSHH? Control of Exposure - Employers must
COSHH refers to the Control Of Substances either prevent exposure to harmful
Hazardous to Health Act of 2002 under substances, or if unavoidable, implement
which, employers have a responsibility to measures to limit the level of exposure.
protect employees and related persons Control Measures - Employers must take
from the hazards of substances used in action to ensure that measures of
the workplace. controlling, and any necessary use of
How does COSHH affect my business? equpiment or facilities are managed
These guidelines stipulate that employers correctly.
must undertake measures to prevent and Monitoring Exposure - Employers must
protect people in their place of business prove that they have measures in place to
from coming into contact with potentially consistently monitor the level of
dangerous substances. exposure at regular intervals. This
COSHH is enforced by both Local should be in accordance with a risk
authorities and the Health and Safety assessment plan.
Executive. As an employer, taking your Information and instruction - Regulation
responsibility towards COSSH is very 12 of COSHH states that employees who are
serious indeed. Breach of the regulations likely to come into contact with
could result in a criminal conviction and hazardous substances should be provided
this can lie with either an organisation with adequate information and instruction
or an individual. on how to limit exposure to harmful
What measures can I undertake to ensure I substances and potential risk. All
am in compliance with COSHH? employees should be provided with the
There are several ways to make your following:
organisation compliant with COSHH, they - Details of the hazardous substances
are as follows: including names of substances and the
Risk assessment risk that they present.
Under Regulation 6 of the Act, employers - Relevant occupational exposure standard
must not carry out work liable to expose - Findings of risk assessment.




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