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Chemical Safety
Employers are obliged by law to assess the risks arising from the use or presence of chemicals in the workplace. Our chemical safety work involves monitoring the work environment and carrying out risk assessment. Based on our findings, we may recommend procedural changes or new handling methods.
Our role:
- Help your organisation comply with regulations
- Establish potential for employee exposure to chemical agents
- Determine risk to employee health
- Identify hazards associated with the chemical (toxic, corrosive etc)
- Identify method of use (heated, ignition sources etc)
- Review all aspects of storage
- Calculate number of people exposed
- Monitor exposure levels
- Recommend control measures
- Record findings
Substances subject to regulation:
- Substances brought into the workplace and handled, stored and used for processing (eg raw materials, solvents, cleaning, agents, glues, resins, paints)
- Substances generated by a process or work activity (eg fumes from welding/soldering, dust from machining of wood, solvent vapours from painting, dust from quarrying)
- Substances or mixtures produced by the work process including by-products, residues or waste
Chemical exposure monitoring:
- Inhalable dust and fumes
- Silica and solvents
- Anaesthetic gases
- Diesel exhaust exposure