HSA Guide to Chemical Safety

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Health and Safety Authority has recently published chemical safety guide for small businesses: Your Steps to Chemical Safety.  This is a comprehensive guide on chemical safety that any organization will find useful.  The guide will help businesses to create a complete list of chemicals that are used in the workplace, know their location, associated hazards and required controls.

The key duties of employers and employers in relation to chemical safety are:

1. Identify all hazardous substances in the workplace
2. Assess the risks
3. Prevent or control exposure
4. Put arrangements in place to deal with incidents, should they occur
5. Provide information and training
6. Put health surveillance program in place, where required.

The full version of the guide can be downloaded HERE:

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See also:

• Chemical Safety Awareness Training
• Chemical Agents Risk Assessment
• Your Duties under REACH and CLP Regulations