MST326-6 Health.ppt

10 February 2007 Health.ppt
Occupational Health & Safety
Management Systems:
BS 8800/OHSAS 18001
COSHH
MST324 lecture 6

Key legislation
• Health and Safety at Work etc, Act 2001
o original act 1974
• Management of Health and Safety at
Work Regulations 1999
• Control of Substances Hazardous to
Health Regulations 2002
o normally referred to as COSHH

BS 8800
(National Health Service SAFECODE)
• http://www.safecode.co.uk/Power%20Point%20Presentations/management/sld004.htm

BS 8800/OHSAS 18001
• BS 8800
o non-certifiable guidance document
o use when implementing a health and safety system
within ISO 14001
• OHSAS 18001
o from ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
o an auditable management system

BS 8800
(National Health Service SAFECODE)

OHSAS 18001
• OHSAS 18001(Occupational Health
and Safety Assessment Series)
o published in April 1999
o specifies requirements of a OH&S MS
o designed to be applicable to
• all types and sizes of companies
• diverse geographical, cultural and social
conditions.

OHSAS 18001
• Certification against OHSAS
is aimed at the way a company has
o knowledge of ...
o and control over ...
all relevant risks resulting from
normal operations and abnormal situations.

OHSAS 18001
• Growing demand for a management
system based standard for OH&S
• stand alone management system or
integrated with either their ISO 14001
or ISO 9001 management system.
• expect an accreditation scheme will
emerge within the next 2 years

OHSAS 18001
• OHSAS 18001 structure - six sections:
• General Requirements
• OH&S Policy
• Planning
• Implementation and Operation
• Checking and Corrective Action
• Management Review

OHSAS 18001
OHSAS (Occupational Health and Safety
Assessment Series) 18001
• OHSAS 18001: Specifications for
OH&S Management Systems
• OHSAS 18002: Guidance for
• OHSAS 18003: Criteria for auditors of

OHSAS 18001
• Traditional occupational health
and safety management reacted
to work related incidents.
• OHSAS 18001 plans for the
control of work related risks.

OHSAS 18001
• H&S costs facing organizations
include but are not limited to:
o investigation time,
o wages paid for lost time,
o training replacements,
o extra supervisory and clerical time,
o decreased output of worker upon return
o the loss of business and goodwill

OHSAS 18001
Benefits of Registration:
 potential reduction in the number of accidents
 potential reduction in downtime and associated costs
 demonstration of legal and regulatory compliance
 demonstration of commitment to stakeholders
 demonstration of innovative, forward thinking approach
 increased access to new customers and business
 better management of risks, now and in the future
 potential reduced public liability insurance costs

Some URLs for BS8800/OHSAS 18001
• http://www.bvqina.com/ohsas18001.html
• http://www.nsaiinc.com/ohas.html
• http://www.isoqar.com/ohsas18001/hsintro.htm
• http://www.futurepast.com/h-ssys.htm
• http://www.arkhealthandsafety.com/html/FCTSHEET.HTM
• http://www.nqa.com/stand6.htm

British Standards for
Occupational & Personal Safety
Search terms on BSI shop website:
• Ergonomics
• Noise with respect to human beings
• Industrial hygiene
• Protection against electric shock.
• Protective equipment
• Radiation measurements
• Radiation protection
• Safety of machinery
• Vibration and shock

British Standards for PPE
• Hand and arm protection
• Head protective equipment
• Leg and foot protection
• Lifejackets, buoyancy aids and flotation
• Protection against falling and slipping
• Protective clothing
• Respiratory protective devices
• Radiation measurements/protection
• Safety of machinery
• Vibration and shock + general/other

COSHH
• Control of Substances Hazardous to
Health Regulations 1999
• What are hazardous substances?
 substances used directly in work activities
eg glues, paints, cleaning agents
 substances generated during work activities
eg fumes from soldering and welding
 naturally occurring substances
eg grain dust, blood, bacteria

COSHH
• Health effects are the different ways
you can become ill:
o cancer
o dermatitis
o occupational asthma
o poison
o reproductive toxicity
• harm to unborn or breast feeding children,
or to fertility

COSHH
• COSHH does cover, e.g.:
o chemicals or mixtures of substances
o substances with occupational exposure
limits
o biological agents
o dusts, in certain concentrations
o any other substances which have similar
hazards to health but for technical reasons
may not be specifically covered by CHIP ...

CHIP
Chemicals (Hazard Information and
Packaging for Supply) Regulations 1994.
o to ensure that people supplied with chemicals
receive the information they need to protect
themselves, others and the environment.
o obliges suppliers to identify the hazards and
pass on this information with advice on safe
use. This is usually done by means of
package labels and safety data sheets.

Corrosive Explosive Oxidising Extremely
flammable
Highly
flammable
Very toxic Toxic Harmful Irritant Danger to
environment
CHIP symbols from http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1994/Uksi_19943247_en_4.htm#end

COSHH
• the presence (or not) of a warning label
will indicate whether COSHH is relevant
• COSHH does not cover:
o asbestos and lead
o radioactive substances per se
o explosive or flammable substances
o chemicals at high temperature / pressure.
Other laws apply in these cases

7 steps to COSHH
o Step 1
Work out what hazardous substances are
used in your work place and find out the risks
from using these substances to people's
health.
o Step 2
Decide what precautions are needed before
starting work with hazardous substances.

7 steps to COSHH
o Step 3
Prevent people being exposed to
hazardous substances, but where this is
not reasonably practicable, control the
exposure.
o Step 4
Make sure control measures are used and
maintained properly and that safety
procedures are followed.

7 steps to COSHH
o Step 5
If required, monitor exposure of employees to
hazardous substances.
o Step 6
Carry out health surveillance where your
assessment has shown that this is necessary or
COSHH makes specific requirements.
o Step 7
Make sure employees are properly informed,
trained and supervised.

COSHH
• Consider:
o changing the process or activity
• eg mixing in a closed vessel to minimise vapour
o replacing it with a safer alternative
• is the hazardous substance essential
o using it in a safer form
• eg pellets are less dusty than powder.
• and then:
o use appropriate
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

URLs for COSHH
• http://www.hse.gov.uk/hthdir/noframes/coshh/
• http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg181.pdf
• http://www.rsc.org/pdf/ehsc/comprsn.pdf
• http://www.hseni.gov.uk/pdfs/coshh.pdf
• http://www.dti.gov.uk/chemicals/atlas/
• http://www.plantsci.rdg.ac.uk/research-services/COSHH/coshh.html
• http://www.fastplanonline.co.uk/

BBC Safety Net on-line
http://www.bbc-safety.co.uk/default.htm
• Selection, use, & maintenance of safety
equipment including personal protective
equipment (February 1997)
o http://www.bbc-safety.co.uk/guidance/safety_equipment.html
• Guide to Programme Risk Assessment
Production, Broadcast & News Safety
Services (November, 1999)
o http://www.bbc-safety.co.uk/guidance/pra.html

Restriction of Hazardous
Substances (RoHS)
• EC Directive 2002/95/EC
• restricts use of certain hazardous
substances in electrical and electronic
equipment
• legislation affects manufacturers,
sellers, distributors and recylers of
electrical and electronic equipment

RoHS ii
• specific to
o lead
o mercury
o cadmium
o hexavalent chromium
o polybrominated biphenyls
o polybrominated diphenyl ethers.

ROHS iii
o Directive covers the same scope as the
WEEE (waste electrical and electronic
equipment directive)
o except for medical devices and monitoring
and control instruments.
o applies to electric light bulbs
and light fittings in households.

REACH
• Registration,
Evaluation,
Authorisation and Restriction of
Chemicals (REACH)

REACH intends to ...
• improve the protection of
human health and the environment
• encourage the substitution of
hazardous chemicals by safer ones
• maintain competitiveness and
enhance the innovative capability of
the EU chemicals industry
• promote research and development
leading to new products.

REACH
• passes responsibility for
management of risks from chemicals
to the industry
• requires the provision of
appropriate safety information

RISK ASSESSMENT
• essential for safe working
• applicable beyond OH&S
• quick assessment of relative risks
• simple methodology, usually
o Risk factor = probability x severity
o other forms may be used
e.g. Yoxon & Sheldon for EMS (last week)

Fire risk assessment
• Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
o from 01 October 2006,
all owners/occupiers of UK business premises
have to carry out a Fire Risk Assessment
on their buildings

Probability
• 1 = unlikely
• 2 = possible
• 3 = probable

Severity
• 1 = minor
• 2 = serious
• 3 = critical

Risk factor
• 1-3 = low risk
• 4 = medium risk
• 6 or 9 = high risk
• NB: the number must be
o calculated, NOT estimated separately
o the product of 1, 2 or 3
so RF cannot be 5, 7, 8.

Risk assessment as a Table
One Row / activity with Columns for:
• Reference number
• Activity
• Task
• Hazards
• Persons in Danger
• Probability (P)
• Severity (S)
• Risk Factor (R = P*S)
• Controls in Place or Action to be Taken
• Additional Requirements

Risk assessments for BRL007
• Table of risks for composites
manufacturing and associated processes at
http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/sme/MATS324/risk.htm
• primary importance is relative risk
o permitting minimisation of problems arising
• document recommends best practice
o actions to be taken
o controls to be in place
o additional requirements

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