COSHH 2002
Health & Safety Xpert™ Total Toolkit is an easy to use software package that will save you massive amounts of time producing crucial health and safety documentation legally required under current UK law. There are many regulations that apply to construction health and safety but the main regulations are:
- Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
- The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM)
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002
- Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations Act 1995
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002 extends the steps required under risk assessments and a duty to deal with accidents and emergencies. COSHH covers most substances hazardous to health in workplaces and covers persons who maybe on the premises but not employed whether they are at work or not including visitors and contractors.
The seven basic steps include:
- Assess the risks to health
- Decide what precautions to be taken
- Prevent or adequately control exposure
- Ensure control measures are used and maintained
- Monitor the exposure of employees to hazardous substances
- Carry out appropriate health surveillance where necessary
- Ensure employees are properly informed, trained and supervised
Basically no work may be carried out where employees are liable to be exposed to substances hazardous to health unless a suitable and sufficient risk assessment has been carried out including the steps needed to meet COSHH have been made. Where more than four employees are employed the significant findings must be recorded and steps taken to comply and Health & Safety Xpert software helps builders fufill their obligations.