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The City & Guilds Textbook: Plumbing Book 1

KEY POINT Under the COSHH Regulations, hazardous substances include:
There are many forms ● chemicals – classified under ‘Chemicals Regulations’ and identifiable by red
of hazardous substance, and white diamond-shaped warning symbols on the container; care should
for which manufacturers be taken with unmarked containers
and suppliers produce ● any substance that has been assigned a workplace exposure limit
COSHH data sheets. ● dusts in concentrations in air greater than 10 mg/m for inhaled dust or
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The data sheet is an 4 mg/m of respirable dust
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invaluable source of
safety information and ● biological agents such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites
is designed to make ● asphyxiants such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen
you aware of the known ● carcinogens such as radon gas or tobacco smoke.
hazards associated with
a material or substance, Routes of entry into the body include:
advise you of safe ● breathing in vapours, gases, dusts and fumes
handling procedures and ● eating or drinking substances or foods contaminated by hazardous
recommend the most
effective response to substances
accidents. ● contact with the skin or absorption into the body through the skin, causing
harm to internal organs, or via cuts or wounds, causing harm to internal organs
● contact with the eyes by fumes, vapours, liquids and dusts.
INDUSTRY TIP
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences
You can access the Reporting Regulations 1995
of Injuries, Diseases and The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
Dangerous Occurrences (RIDDOR) 1995 apply to all work activities. They place a legal duty on your
Regulations 1995 at: employer, the self-employed and people in control of work premises to report
www.legislation.gov.uk/
uksi/1995/3163/contents/made some work-related accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences by the fastest
means possible, usually first by telephone and then in writing. RIDDOR applies
to all work activities but not all incidents are reportable. Those that must be
HEALTH AND SAFETY reported are:
How to report an ● deaths
incident ● major injuries
● over-three-day injuries – where an employee or self-employed person is
Call: 0845 300 9923 away from work or unable to perform their normal work duties for more
Email: riddor@connaught. than three consecutive days
plc.uk ● injuries to members of the public or people not at work where they are taken
Report online at: www. from the scene of an accident to hospital
hse.gov.uk/riddor/report.
htm ● certain work-related diseases
Write to: Incident Contact ● dangerous occurrences – where something happens that does not result in
Centre, Caerphilly an injury, but could have done.
Business Park, Caerphilly Gas Safe-registered gas fitters must also report dangerous gas fittings they find,
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and gas conveyors/suppliers must report some flammable gas incidents.
KEY TERM The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989

Portable appliance test The Electricity at Work (EAW) Regulations place legal responsibilities on
(PAT test): the process
of checking electrical employers and employees to ensure that fixed electrical equipment and portable
appliances and equipment to appliances are tested (PAT test) and maintained, and regular inspections carried
ensure they are safe to use. out to ensure they are safe to use. Verifiable evidence is required in the form of:

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