The following case highlights the risks of how easily things can go wrong when potentially high risk tasks are undertaken but are not properly controlled. In this case a court has heard how a Cheshire worker could have been killed when he fell from the top of a chemical storage tank. …
[0 comments] Read and discussHow COSHH assessments help raise awareness of dangerous chemicals
It continues to amaze us how many companies and their employees totally fail to understand the risks that hazardous chemicals pose. During a training session recently, with a group that use a wide range of substances including acids and caustics, it was clear that they often failed to use the …
[0 comments] Read and discussCOSHH is not understood in most business
We have spent years looking at hazardous substances and the health & safety risks for businesses across the UK; whether for COSHH or under DSEAR and Fire risks. In most instances we have found a general lack of understanding of what could go wrong and how people can be harmed …
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