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Your Guide to Coshh

One of the biggest challenges facingemployees to a substance hazardous to
modern businesses is ensuring that theyhealth without first undertaking a risk
are fully compliant with health andassessment.
safety regulations. COSHH - the ControlThis assessment should involve
of Substances Hazardous to Health Act isconsultation with any information
just one of the relevant guidelines thatprovided by the supplier of a substance
businesses must be compliant within use. This should be reviewed
London office cleaning services companyregularly and also where there is reason
Sloane Cleaning are fully compliant withto believe that work patterns have
COSHH. Their friendly staff are fullychanged significantly enough to warrant
trained in COSHH and can ensure thatre-evaluation of substance use.
your business is fully compliant all ofEmployers should also take into
the criteria outlined by the Health andconsideration 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 Ofeither prevent exposure to harmful
Substances Hazardous to Health Act ofsubstances, or if unavoidable, implement
2002 under which, employers have ameasures to limit the level of exposure.
responsibility to protect employees andControl Measures - Employers must take
related persons from the hazards ofaction to ensure that measures of
substances used in the workplace.controlling, and any necessary use of
How does COSHH affect my business?equpiment or facilities are managed
These guidelines stipulate thatcorrectly.
employers must undertake measures toMonitoring Exposure - Employers must
prevent and protect people in theirprove that they have measures in place
place of business from coming intoto consistently monitor the level of
contact with potentially dangerousexposure at regular intervals. This
substances.should be in accordance with a risk
COSHH is enforced by both Localassessment plan.
authorities and the Health and SafetyInformation and instruction - Regulation
Executive. As an employer, taking your12 of COSHH states that employees who
responsibility towards COSSH is veryare likely to come into contact with
serious indeed. Breach of thehazardous substances should be provided
regulations could result in a criminalwith adequate information and
conviction and this can lie with eitherinstruction on how to limit exposure to
an organisation or an individual.harmful substances and potential risk.
What measures can I undertake to ensureAll employees should be provided with
I am in compliance with COSHH?the following:
There are several ways to make your- Details of the hazardous substances
organisation compliant with COSHH, theyincluding names of substances and the
are as follows:risk that they present.
Risk assessment- Relevant occupational exposure
Under Regulation 6 of the Act, employersstandard
must not carry out work liable to expose- Findings of risk assessment.



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