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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... 

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. 

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. 

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 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). 

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). 

Here, Zero is arguably belittled beyond itself positioned as soft, something so easily attainable that it should not be considered a target, just something to be looked beyond. When considered within the context of one of the highest risk industries in the UK (Health and Safety Executive 2014), this appears to be rather empty rhetoric. 

UK HSE. (2013). Health and safety in the construction industry. UK health and safety executive, http //www.hse.gov.uk/construction/. 

HSE (2003) Literature Review on the Perceived Benefits and Disadvantages of UK Safety Case Regimes. UK Health and Safety Executive Norwich. 

A number of definitions of safety cnltnre have been published. The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) developed one of the most commonly used definitions of safety culture (HSE, 2005) ... 

Case histories of incidents can be interesting and informative, and a selection is given in Appendix 1. An unique case history is given in Appendix 6 which demonstrates that problems with mnaway exothermic reactions have been with us for some time. The interested reader is referred also to the UK Institution of Chemical Engineers Loss Prevention Bulletin in which, over the years, many accounts of incidents have appeared, and to the IChemE interactive training package. Control of Exothermic Reactions, developed in conjunction with the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and including the HSE video Control of Exothermic Chemical Reactions, which includes some case histories. 

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