Health Check 2020 - Are You Prepared? Richard Denton (Senior - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Health Check 2020 - Are You Prepared? Richard Denton (Senior H&S Consultant) Caroline Lee (Senior H&S Consultant/Legionella Expert) www.southalls.com

WHAT WILL WE BE LOOKING AT? COSHH Target Areas ● ● Completion of COSHH assessments Metal Working Fluids ● ● Wood Dust Fume and dust exposure ● ● Welding Fume LEV/PPE ● ● Health Surveillance Legionella and COVID-19 ● GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

WHO WE ARE? Family business, established 2003 • Backed mainly by ex enforcement officers, 20 consultants • No nonsense realistic approach • Designers and owners of Safety Cloud • Safety Cloud and Safety Plus • Why today - health - HSE and LA focus - confidence in management GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

Flow Richard Denton - COSHH - HSE/LA Target areas • Caroline Lee - Legionella - how to comply. • Summary • GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

COSHH - HSE/LA TARGET AREAS Richard Denton Senior Consultant richard.denton@southalls.com www.southalls.com

GO HOME HEALTHY CAMPAIGN HSE/LA inspection target ❏ Covers dusts, mists, fumes in addition ❏ to other areas such as mental health Focus shift from safety to health ❏ Are we managing what we need to ❏ under COSHH effectively? GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

LEGAL DUTIES UNDER COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulation 2002 (as amended) ❏ Substances with the potential to cause harm that could be ingested, inhaled, absorbed and ❏ injected and can include dusts, liquids and gases. Identify any substances employees use. ❏ Assess methods of exposure. ❏ Assess the risk to health (refer to MSDS) ❏ Implement controls. ❏ Monitor control measures are working. ❏ Provide training and instruction. ❏ GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

TYPES OF HEALTH HAZARDS Today we are looking at….. Metal Working Fluids (Coolants) - dip slide testing and mist ❏ exposure Wood dust - saws and LEV systems ❏ Welding fume - ALL types inc. brief spot welding ❏ GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

CASE STUDY …… METAL WORKING FLUIDS Engineering company visited by the HSE ● HSE served Improvement Notice under COSHH Regulation 6 & 7 requiring extraction on all ● enclosed CNC Millers and Lathes Regulation 6 - Duty to risk assess ● Regulation 7 - Duty to prevent ● Schedule 2(A) - As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) ● State that if machines operating over 2000rpm creates a mist which is hazardous to health ● GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

CASE STUDY ……METAL WORKING FLUIDS Company could demonstrate suitable and sufficient risk assessment ● Undertaken air monitoring from external specialists noted no exposure on any machine apart ● from one CNC. Extraction fitted to single CNC machine with negligible exposure ● HSE still insist on extraction to all machines ● Company continued to challenge the HSE ● HSE visited a second time with a HSL (Laboratory) specialist ● Company were successful in demonstrating compliance with the Improvement Notice following ● second air monitoring and additional controls such as dwell times on CNC enclosures, dust lamp usage, tool speed monitoring etc. GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

WOOD DUST - WHAT DO WE KNOW? Hardwood dusts known carcinogen ❏ Flammable/ Explosive ❏ Asthmagen ❏ Dermatitis sensitiser ❏ MDF can contain formaldehyde ❏ GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

WOOD DUST - WHAT DO WE KNOW? NEVER dry sweep ❏ Use a M Class Vacuum if possible ❏ Fit extraction to machinery (tested every 14 ❏ months) Never fill extraction dust bags over ⅔ full ❏ Provide PPE (Usually FFP3 dust masks as a ❏ minimum) to change bags Hardwood dust Workplace exposure limit ❏ (WEL) reduced from 5mg/m3 to 3mg/m3 Softwood WEL remains at 5mg/m3 ❏ GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

WELDING FUME - NEW HSE/LA FOCUS All forms of welding fume can cause cancer. ❏ Control is required where: ❏ Indoor welding tasks require the use of LEV. ❏ If LEV is unable to control fume capture then Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) is also required. Outdoor welding requires use of RPE. ❏ Enforcement of the raised control standards is with ❏ immediate effect under Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulation 7. GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

WORKPLACE EXPOSURE LIMITS (WEL) HSE Guidance EH40/2005 ❏ British WEL reflects European WEL ❏ No WEL for Metal Working Fluids ❏ No WEL for any Welding Fume ❏ Hardwood dust WEL 3 mg/m 3 ❏ Softwood dust WEL 5 mg/m 3 ❏ Formaldehyde WEL 5 mg/m 3 ❏ Cutting wood referenced ❏ Hardwood referenced as carcinogen ❏ Welding fume referenced as a carcinogen ❏ Softwood and hardwood asthmagen ❏ Sampling by competent person ❏ Health monitoring required ❏ GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

WHAT ARE THE COMMON CONTROLS? COSHH Assessments completed by ❏ employer Utilise the MSDS ❏ ❏ Can we substitute substance? What is our employee exposure? ❏ ❏ How do we control exposure? PPE? ❏ ❏ Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV)? Are we monitoring employee health? ❏ GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

LEV or PPE - Points to consider? ❏ COSHH assessment Exposure assessment ❏ ❏ Type of substance - e.g. hardwood always LEV ❏ Consider hierarchy of control PPE is considered last resort ❏ ❏ Cost of installation Occupational health advisors ❏ GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

TYPES OF LEV GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

LEV REQUIREMENTS Power isolation for maintenance ❏ Thorough examination 14 monthly (6 ❏ monthly if abrading or polishing) Competent person ❏ Records retained for at least 5 years ❏ Must be commissioned ❏ COSHH - PPE required ❏ DSEAR - ❏ GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

TYPES OF RPE Disposable Reusable Full face Air Fed RPE half mask half mask mask GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

RPE REQUIREMENTS Powered and non-powered ❏ Correct type ❏ Must be adequate and suitable ❏ Must be CE marked ❏ Training required ❏ Storage ❏ Monitoring use ❏ Facial hair inhibits a full seal ❏ Masks vary dependant on hazard: ❏ Solid particles ❏ Liquid particles ❏ Vapour ❏ Gas ❏ GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

RPE PROTECTION FACTORS ❏ Filtering Facepiece (FFP) 1-3 FFP1 dusts (low) ❏ FFP2 dust, smoke and aerosols (medium) ❏ FFP3 dust, smoke aerosols, radioactive ❏ substances and viruses (high) GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

SUMMARY Metal Working Fluids, Wood dust and Welding ❏ Fume are priorities Do not dry sweep wood dust, or metal fines ❏ ❏ ALWAYS use extraction COSHH assessments are a legal requirement ❏ ❏ LEV must be thoroughly examined Review your LEV examination reports ❏ ❏ PPE use should be the last option Check you are using the right PPE ❏ ❏ Provide face fit testing for RPE GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

HEALTH SURVEILLANCE

What is it? Simply a system of ongoing health checks

Why do health surveillance? GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS Ionising Solvents Fumes Dusts radiation Biological Hazardous Asbestos Lead agents substances Working in Hand arm Night shift compressed Noise vibration workers air GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

WHEN SHOULD HEALTH SURVEILLANCE BE DONE? On starting job – “day zero” ● On an annual basis ● If there has been a ● diagnosis GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

WHAT’S THE PROCESS? Self assessment Manager review Discuss Monitor and Adjustments? Refer? review GAME CHANGING OUTCOMES | CUT COSTS | SAVE TIME | REDUCE RISK | ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

“But I’m not a doctor. How do I discuss these issues with my staff member?”