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E. J. Hollis and B. Fletcher. A Literature Review of Push-Pull Ventilation. Report IRO, A7E/94/5. Sheffield, UK Health and Safety F.xecutives, 1994. 

Codes of Practice approved by the UK Health and Safety Commission (HMSO)... 

Developed by the UK Health and Safety Executive, COSHH Essentials provides advice on controlling the use of chemicals for a range of common tasks, for example, mixing or drying. 

The EU issued a Directive in 1998 covering the protection of health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical substances [11]. In the UK there is a legal requirement based on this Directive, namely Statutory Instrument 2002/2677 [12]. The UK Health and Safety Executive issues guidance on implementing COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) Regulations. Each laboratory is required to assess the risk associated with each chemical (or generic families of chemicals) in use in that laboratory. This risk is assessed according... 

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The flame came from a process vessel, the "60 still base," used for the batch distillation of organics, which was being raked out to remove semisolid residues, or sludge. Prior to this, heat had been applied to the residue for three hours through an internal steam coil. The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation concluded that this had started self-heating of the residue and that the resultant runaway reaction led to ignition of evolved vapors and to the jet flame. 

T.J. Mason, J.P. Lorimer, S. Saleem, and L. Paniwnyk, Controlling emissions from electroplating by the application of ultrasound. Research project sponsored by the UK Health and Safety Executive, 1996. 

UK Health and Safety Executive COSSH ESSENTIALS - Easy Steps to Control Chemicals HSG 193 May 1999... 

Published by AEA Technology on behalf of the UK Health and Safety Executive, this database is an excellent resource for querying incident information. The service is available on CD-ROM, or online. 

Analysis of Esso Longford as well as analysis in the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation report into petrochemical complex major incidents all show that common underlying causes are often repeated. The Longford incident clearly illustrates the multiple root cause concept. A number of PSM system failures occurred either in... 

Dangerous Substances UK Health and Safety al Work Act X Carcinogenic Substances Regulations X ... 

The largest variability is found for the substance p-dichlorobenzene, which is used in for instance moth balls and space deodorants. Details collected from the documentations of the different OELs for p-dichlorobenzene are presented in Tables 9.6 and 9.7. The ACGIH is included due to its influence, and also the UK health and safety executive refers to the ACGIH documentation for the UK OEL. 

UK - Health and Safety Executive (1995) Occupational Exposure Limits 1995. HSE Books, UK. 

Reducing Risks, Protecting People HSE s Decision-making Process, Her Majesty s Stationery Office, HSE, UK Health and Safety Executive, Norwich, UK, 2001. 

J.W. Cherrie, J. Tickner, J. Friar, K.S. Creely, A.J. Soutar, G. Hughson, R. Rae, N.D. Warren and D.E. Pryde, Evaluation and Further Development of the EASE Model 2.0, Report Prepared by the Institute of Occupational Medicine, UK Health and Safety Executive Research Report 136, HSE Books, Norwich, UK, 2003. 

M. Darvill, Update on European Occupational Safety and Health Issues and the UK, Paper presented at the UK Health and Safety Commission Meeting, 2005, HSC/05/106. 

For information on all of these, see http //www.opsi.gov.nk/stat. UK health and safety legislation is snbject to amendments, updates, and harmonisation with internationally agreed health and safety directives. 

The UK Department of Transport Dangerous Goods Division and the UK Health and Safety Executive were consulted to discuss the classification of this liquid for transport. ()). Based on discussions with these organisations, their opinion was that fast pyrolysis liquid would be classed as a "dangerous good" or hazardous material, due to the chemical conplexity and composition. 

Contains over 180 000 citations to the worldwide literature on occupational health and safety. Includes physical, chemical, and medical hazards. Covers all UK Health and Safety Commission and Health and Safety Executive publications and a wide range of journals, conference papers, reports, and legislation (United Kingdom). Produced by the Health and Safety Executive, United Kingdom (Data-Star, ORBIT ... 

As SCHC s interests broadened to global hazard communication, international speakers were invited to SCHC meetings. A speaker from the United Kingdom (UK) Health and Safety Executive believed that hazard communication in the UK could benefit from a similar organization. SCHC provided infro-mation about forming a society. In 1994 a group of hazard communication professionals in the UK formed the Chemical Hazards Communication Society (CHCS). (http //www.ches.org.uk). 

The laboratory staff carrying out the analysis should participate in external quality control proficiency schemes such as AIMS (the Asbestos in Materials Scheme, which is operated by the UK Health and Safety Laboratory) and they must be able to demonstrate sufficient history of obtaining satisfactory results. 

The analysis of materials that possibly contain asbestos can be carried out by various methods, however the dispersion staining microscopic technique is considered to be a quick, reliable and cost-effective method that is used by the majority of laboratories that routinely carry out this type of work. This method should be in accordance with MDHS 77 (1994), which is published by the UK Health and Safety Executive and forms part of the series of the methods for the determination of hazardous substances, titled Asbestos in Bulk Materials -sampling and identification by polarised light microscopy (PLM). 

AIMS (the Asbestos In Materials Scheme). This is run by UK Health and Safety Laboratory, Broad Lane, Sheffield, S3 7HQ, UK. 

Titanium dioxide pigment, because of its small particulate size ( 20 pm), is classified as a nuisance, and long-term exposure limits of 10 mgm total dust and 5 mgm respirable dust have been specified by the UK Health and Safety Executive and the American Conference of Governmental Hygiemsts (ACGIH 2002). In Germany, a maximum allowable concentration of 6 mgm in workplaces (MAK) has been specified (Anonymous 2002). 

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