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  1. Hazards

    ...s! In carrying out the risk assessment, the following must be taken into account: • The inexperience, lack of awareness of risks and immaturity of young persons • The fitting-out and layout of the workplace and the workstation • The nature, degree and duration of exposure to physical, biological and chemical agents • The form, range and use of work equipment and the way in which it is handled • The organisation of processes and activities • The extent of the health and safety training provided, or to be provided, to the young persons • Risks from agents, processes and work ...

    Comment | 23 Apr 2010

  2. Hazard Categories

    ...sels Machinery Physical Noise Repetitive Work Radiation Manual Handling Vibration Electricity Working Space Substances Chemicals Asbestos Metal working fluid Fumes Body Fluids Dusts Legionella Pesticides Flammables Biological Processes Work at Heights Outdoors Confined Spaces Hot Works Work Organisation Lone Working Workload Driving Working Hours Violence & aggression Stress Contractors Night or Shift Work Cuts/Burns Workers with a disability Pregnant Worker...

    Comment | 17 Mar 2010

  3. Control of substances hazardous to health (Fifth edition). The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended)

    This is the full text of the Approved Code as aligned to the Regulations, with supporting guidance on the control of carcinogenic substances, provisions relating to work with biological agents and the control of substances causing occupational asthma. This revised edition reflects two sets of regulatory amendments (2003 and 2004), addressed to management, supervisory staff, safety representatives and technical specialists (e.g. occupational hygienists, consultants etc.). The text...

    Official guidance | 1 Jan 2005

  4. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002

    ... Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002 (CHIP). These have COSHH warning labels and manufacturers must supply data sheets. They cover substances that are very toxic, toxic, harmful, corrosive or irritant under CHIP. Substances with workplace exposure limits as listed in EH40 published by the HSE. Biological agents (bacteria and other microorganisms) if they are directly connected with the work. Any kind of dust in a concentration specified in the Regulations, that is: 10mg/m3, as a time-weighted average over an eight-hour period, of total inhalable dust; 4mg/m3, as a time-weighted average ov...

    Regulation | 16 Sep 2002

  5. Sanitary bins

    Laura Under the Health & Safety at Work Act, your employer has a duty to keep you safe at work, before requesting that you handle this sort of waste, did they give you training on biological hazards and offer you the facility to have your hepatitis Jabs. If not they have deliberately placed you in a position of danger which is illegal.

    Comment | 17 Aug 2011

  6. How much does it cost to kill someone at work?

    ...2002 2003 20 Over the last 10 years, the number of recorded workplace deaths has fallen slightly: from 287 in 1996, to 241 in 2006. In the same period, the workforce has grown by 2,900,000. In 2005, 14 new Statutory Instruments were introduced, the large majority of which focused on chemicals, biological hazards and explosives, but also included regulations regarding the control of noise and vibration at work. Between1996 and 2006 there were 63 health and safety statutory instruments introduced into law, bringing the total to 195. These included the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999...

    Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2007

  7. Health Protection Agency exposed staff to E.coli

    ...tre for Infections in Colindale, when an amount of the bacteria spilled onto the floor of the site waste discard facility, as it was being disposed of. The HSE investigation found that there was an overall failure to ensure safe handling of the bacteria which is classified as Hazard Group 3 waste. Biological agents are classified into one of the four hazard groups 1-4 according to their level of risk of infection, 4 being the highest. Specifically HPA had failed to assess the risk involved in the waste transfer and disposal process of E.coli O157 and had not properly trained employees involved in this...

    Case | 12 Jul 2010

  8. Lifts may be safe to use in emergencies, says report

    ...uation time.”  The report – 'ISO/TR 25743:2010, Lifts (elevators): Study of the use of lifts for evacuation during an emergency' – investigates and highlights the main risks associated with using lifts to evacuate persons in various types of emergencies: fires, explosions, chemical or biological attacks, flooding, lighting or storm damage, earthquakes and gas leakage.  ISO/TR 25743 was produced in collaboration with lift and other specialists. Its key objective is to provide building designers with a decision-making process to determine whether a given design can enable the safe use o...

    News | 7 Jun 2010

  9. Employing work experience staff

    ...r is obliged to carry out a risk assessment before young persons (i.e. those under 18) start work experience. An employer should have particular regard to inexperience, lack of awareness of risks and immaturity and consider the layout of the workplace, the equipment that will be used, any physical, biological and chemical agents used, and exposure to work hazards. Any risks should be communicated to the individual. Further, if an employer has five or more employees (including a young person on work experience) they must record and keep their findings. The MHSWR will not allow young people to carry out w...

    News analysis | 20 Aug 2009

  10. Euromillions

    ...Young workers have a much higher accident rate than other age groups; older workers have more fatal accidents. · cutsandburns; · trips,slipsandfallscausedby wet and slippery floors, obstacles and falls from a height; and · dangeroussubstances,forexample the widespread use of cleaning agents and biological agents in food. Did you know? Up to a third of the 150,000 fatalities in the EU each year can be attributed to hazardous substances at work. · Sometimesmanagersover-complicate the issue by worrying about unnecessary factors. In most situations, a simple approach to risk assessment is more than a...

    Magazine issue | 2 Oct 2008

  11. Businesses 'completely unprepared' for new waste regulations

    ...r own non-hazardous waste before disposal. The new regulations, which are part of the Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 and are being introduced by the Environment Agency (EA), require all businesses to demonstrate treatment of their own waste in either a physical, thermal, chemical, or biological process, while landfill operators must also demonstrate they are not accepting waste from business without it first being treated. However, after discussing the issue with industry organisations and a variety of larger waste producing clients, business advisors Grant Thornton says it is evident t...

    News | 3 Sep 2007

  12. New waste regulations come into force

    ...able to accept untreated waste. Businesses should review their waste management procedures and speak to their waste management contractors about the new requirements.The legal definition of treatment requires three things (the “three-point test”): 1. It must be a physical, thermal, chemical or biological process including sorting.2. It must change the characteristics of the waste.3. It must do so in order to:(a) reduce its volume; or(b) reduce its hazardous nature; or(c) facilitate its handling; or(d) enhance its recovery.The requirement to treat waste is part of a package of measures, applied acro...

    News | 26 Oct 2007

  13. Will the new waste regulations affect you?

    ...to your waste management contractor about this new requirement." The new regulations, which are part of the Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 and are being introduced by the EA, require all businesses to demonstrate treatment of their own waste in either a physical, thermal, chemical or biological process. Landfill operators must also demonstrate they are not accepting waste from businesses without it first being treated. However, back in September business advisors Grant Thornton warned that the majority of UK companies were not prepared for the change. Grant Thornton's waste specialist and...

    News analysis | 26 Oct 2007

  14. Dermatitis on the rise and costing business more than £20m

    ...n that occurs when the protective layer of the skin is broken leading to redness, irritation, cracking and blistering.Work-related contact dermatitis, (sometimes called eczema) can be caused by the skin coming into contact with: chemicals; frequent contact with water (eg more than two hours a day); biological agents (eg plants, bacteria and fungi); physical agents (eg vibration, UV radiation); and mechanical abrasion (eg abrasive substances such as sand and rough edged surfaces and tools). A lack of awareness leads to many workers simply living with the effects of the disease, although the pain and disc...

    News | 26 Sep 2007

  15. Asbestos in homes poses risk to maintenance workers

    ...ly increasing their risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. That doesn't mean maintenance workers shouldn't be better clued up on the potential hazards that they will be presented with on a daily basis associated with common dust and/or other common, seamingly harmless, airbourne particulates, inert, biological, chemical including solvents.

    Comment | 9 Jun 2009

  16. Occupational health: an unnecessary expense?

    ... Promoting a positive health and safety culture 5. Risk assessment 6. Principles of control 7. Movement of people and vehicles 8. Manual and mechanical handling hazards and control 9. Work equipment hazards and control 10. Electrical hazards and control 11. Fire hazards and control 12. Chemical and biological health hazards and control 13. Physical and psychological health ­ hazards and control 14. Construction activities ­ hazards and control 15. Incident investigation, recording and reporting 16. Monitoring review and auditing 17. Practical inspection Benefits to your company · · · · · · Achi...

    Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2007

  17. Students

    ...and above the MSLA (minimum school leaving age). Before employing a young person, your health and safety risk assessment must take these specific factors into account: • the fitting-out and layout of the workplace and the particular site where they will work; • the nature of any physical, biological and chemical agents they will be exposed to, for how long and to what extent; • what types of work equipment will be used and how this will be handled; • how the work and processes involved are organised; • the need to assess and provide health and safety training; and • risks from ...

    Comment | 20 Nov 2008

  18. COSHH regulations used to win MRSA case

    ... MRSA bug following a hip operation. Kitty Cope was awarded £11,000 in an out-of-court settlement with Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust, following the Trust’s admission that staff had not followed its own infection control procedures. Lawyers for Mrs Cope argued that MRSA could be classified as a biological agent under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations, and that the hospital had breached these regulations by not ensuring their infection control policy was properly implemented. This approach, using health and safety legislation rather than pursuing more expensive, time consuming...

    Case | 25 Jul 2005

  19. Employers failing to protect pregnant women at work

    ...y working. "The law and common sense requires employers to take account of the special position of new and expectant mothers and to conduct a risk assessment. This should then take account of any risks where the worker may be exposed to any process, working conditions, or physical, chemical, or biological agents that could adversely affect the health and safety of the worker or their baby. "Risk assessments should include consideration of the risks for those who are pregnant, those who have given birth or miscarried in the last six months, or those who are breast-feeding. If any risks cannot be ...

    News | 23 May 2005

  20. New Guidance to Avoid Infections at Work

    ...place. The ACDP is a group of experts who advise the HSC. Their new guidance provides information on the nature, sources and transmission of infections, as well as possible control measures such as hand washing and the provision of appropriate protective clothing. Dr Jim Neilson, Head of the Biological Agents and GMO unit at HSE and Secretary to the ACDP, said: “This guidance is aimed at all workers but will be especially useful to those who may not specifically work with biological agents, but who may be incidentally exposed to biological agents during the course of their work, such as farmers...

    News | 27 Oct 2003

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