‘Coshh’
An Engineeringtalk guide
Start with the news release
Safety pack distributed free of charge from
A-Plant, which we summarised at the time by saying "A 60-page health and safety handbook is incorporated in the new version of the Site Safety Pack, which provides information on topics including hand arm vibration safety.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Upgraded software for better health management from
SHE Software: "SHE Software is announcing the launch of the latest version of their flagship SHEenterprise Health and Safety software.".
In November 2006, we covered the news from Rivo Software
- take a look at Partnership announced between Rivo and Consult GEE
which says: "Rivo Software and Consult GEE are announcing strategic relationship.".
Take a look also at the news release from Wheelabrator Group, Trike users face stiff penalties,
as well as Revised WEL introduced from Health and Safety Executive,
and Health and safety failures discovered at Romec from Communication Workers Union.
Latest stories...
One-stop online chemical safety service (August 2006)
Croner-i Hazardous Substances is a new interactive online service to provide the practical, regulatory and substance information required for day-to-day management of dangerous/hazardous chemicals.
BOHS to run two webinars in October (August 2006)
BOHS's Hazardous Substances Special Interest Group is to run two Autumn Webinars - on-line live tutorials with voice communication by a conventional conference telephone call.
Kit keeps safety first in charging rooms (July 2006)
Chloride Motive Power (CMP) can offer factories and warehouses that use traction batteries a dedicated "health and safety station", which can be wall-mounted in the charger room.
An Introduction to Health and Safely - The Facts (May 2006)
'Introduction to Health and Safely - The Facts' is a DVD from Safety Media that is now being distributed by BSI.
Workshop: An introduction to biological monitoring (May 2006)
The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) is running a workshop on biological monitoring.
New guidance on working with dangerous pathogens (May 2006)
The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) has published new health and safety guidance on how to control the risks posed from infections at work.
HSL offers open day on biological monitoring (April 2006)
The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) is organising an open day on biological monitoring.
Health and safety software now includes DSE module (February 2006)
Safeguard, a health and safety management system, has been further enhanced with a new release that now includes a module that allows organisations to manage display screen equipment assessments.
Further reading
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COSHH management scheme now available online
Building on the success of its leading COSHH management system, known as CMS, Sypol is launching CMS Online, a web-based system that incorporates all the features of CMS and provides global access.
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New approach to exposure limits under COSHH
From 6 April a new focus on good practice will help employers prevent their employees' health being harmed by the chemicals used in their workplace.
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