Pharmaceutical industry involves a lot of hazardous substances and chemicals, that are highly dangerous on the people’s health who are likely to be in contact with these substances during their work. So in 1974 ‘The Health and Safety Law’ was made to protect the people against risks at work and created a protective environment, as it looks after the customer and staff members from any dangers might occur. Although in 2002 the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations law (C.O.S.H.H) is required to control exposures to hazardous substances from exposing their health to diseases such as asthma, dermatitis, cancer, mild eye irritation to chronic lung disease or, on occasions, death. COSHH is an ideal management tool which sets eight
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To comply this step with COSHH regulations, it should be compared with good practice advice from HSE, the results of monitoring workers with workplace exposure limits and good work practices and standards used by or recommended for your industry sector, e.g. ‘ trade associations, Health and Safety Commission (HSC) advisory committees’. Also by checking your chemical supplier or manufacturer’s advice on storage, use and …show more content…
In some cases trained supervisors could check employees’ skin for dermatitis, or ask questions about breathing difficulties where work involves substances known to cause asthma, so a simple record of any health surveillance carried out must be kept whenever an employee is exposed to one of the substances listed in Schedule 6 to COSHH and is working in one of the related processes e.g. benzene or when they are exposed to a substance linked to a particular disease or adverse health effect.
Preparing plans and procedures to deal with accidents, incidents and emergencies:
In case of any emergency that might involve any hazardous substance in the workplace, employees have to be aware or prepared to have a quick response before it happens. This means that employers have to prepare procedures and set up warning and communication systems to enable an appropriate response immediately if any incident occurs, and ensuring that information on your emergency arrangements is available to those who need to see it, including the emergency services.
Ensure that employees are properly informed, trained and
To comply this step with COSHH regulations, it should be compared with good practice advice from HSE, the results of monitoring workers with workplace exposure limits and good work practices and standards used by or recommended for your industry sector, e.g. ‘ trade associations, Health and Safety Commission (HSC) advisory committees’. Also by checking your chemical supplier or manufacturer’s advice on storage, use and …show more content…
In some cases trained supervisors could check employees’ skin for dermatitis, or ask questions about breathing difficulties where work involves substances known to cause asthma, so a simple record of any health surveillance carried out must be kept whenever an employee is exposed to one of the substances listed in Schedule 6 to COSHH and is working in one of the related processes e.g. benzene or when they are exposed to a substance linked to a particular disease or adverse health effect.
Preparing plans and procedures to deal with accidents, incidents and emergencies:
In case of any emergency that might involve any hazardous substance in the workplace, employees have to be aware or prepared to have a quick response before it happens. This means that employers have to prepare procedures and set up warning and communication systems to enable an appropriate response immediately if any incident occurs, and ensuring that information on your emergency arrangements is available to those who need to see it, including the emergency services.
Ensure that employees are properly informed, trained and