Don't be. Continuing to use your usual spreadsheets could be costing your business thousands of pounds. Spreadsheets have been a part of 'business' for a very, very long time. You probably see them all the time. Spreadsheets detailing your company risk analysis, spreadsheets tracking employee training levels and spreadsheets detailing all of the minute details that go into your environmental, health and safety program. Unfortunately, spreadsheets are notorious for containi

Skins disorders can be a bit of a worry for some businesses. If you're working in a place that deals with handling and transporting hazardous substances, working inside machinery or on other contaminated surfaces then it can be difficult to fully protect all of a persons skin all of the time. Especially when that person is in such frequent contact with chemicals, even when cleaning your hands you're using a substance (or substances) that could cause your skin to dry out which

Chemical spills are a fairly common incident and they can happen at any time. They usually happen due to a failed or improperly closed container, or during transport via a dropped or damaged load. Fortunately, they're one of the easier hazards to contain and clean up but there are chemicals that are more dangerous than others and they require a more careful approach to control. It's very important to be able to quickly identify the chemical that is spilled as it may contain h

Having a strong safety program in place at work is essential. This program will inform your employees that you are properly able to ensure their safety while they're going through their daily work activities. It will also provide information on specific responsibilities and step-to-step work processes for certain jobs in your workplace. Your workplace safety program should be a constantly updated and easily accessible series of documents that can be referred to by anyone, at

I've been trying to prevent injuries and death in the work place for a long time now so it's shocking to see how many workers receive grievous injuries in their workplace from such hazards that may cause slips, trips and falls. I came across the results of the Labour Force Survey for last year and there were over 600,000+ injuries in workplaces across the UK, with the vast majority of those being due to a slip, trip or fall. How is it, in 2019, that over 600,000 people injure

Dust explosions can be particularly nasty beasts and they can happen anywhere there are flammable materials floating around in the air. Especially when that air is filled with oxygen; present on our planet in massive amounts and one of the main ingredients you need to make fire. You cannot create fire without an oxidant. What is a dust explosion? There are five fundamental requirements for a dust explosion to happen; Fuel, Oxidant, Dispersion, Ignition source, Confinement. Du

Both COSHH and REACH both call for risk assessments to be taken, just at different times and by different people.

Hey everyone. It's no secret that the products we use at home every day are full of chemicals, but it kind of is a secret that those chemicals aren't as safe as we're told they are. Oftentimes chemicals aren't properly tested and are put into products that we then come into contact with, endangering our long-term health. You have probably heard of many women, especially those that are pregnant, reducing their use of many products because the chemicals inside them are dangerou

Hello again. A good few months ago I mentioned a case where an office cleaner died from Chlorine gas exposure. The gas was produced through a chemical reaction when the poor guy, not knowing the dangers, mixed two different cleaning chemicals. It's clear, and unfortunate, that the cleaner didn't have the training or information to be safely using the chemicals he used to do his job daily. He should have known that mixing the two chemicals together would be dangerous. It says

Hi, it's Dale again. It's becoming more and more clear to me that current chemical safety training is in dire need of improvement. And I'm not just talking about big industrial factories here. There are millions of small businesses using seriously dangerous chemicals, with very little training in how to properly handle them. Before I go more into that, however, I want to tell you a quick story. A couple of weeks ago I was told about the horrifying chemical burns caused b

Hey everyone. Today I want to talk about what could happen when mixing chemicals. Every workplace has chemicals in it. Some businesses will only use general cleaning chemicals but many use exceptionally dangerous substances. A lot of those substances are incompatible with each other and mixing them, accidentally or otherwise, could result in some pretty daunting effects. I'm not trying to tell you that your general cleaning chemicals don't pose a significant risk. They do. Es

Hey, Dale here again. Today I'm going to cover chemical safety in schools. The safety of our kids is paramount to us all, so I want to go over the requirements that your children's schools should be following when it comes to chemical safety. Every school in the UK is required to provide proper chemical safety measures to protect their employees, and most importantly, their students - your children. The requirement is called for under the Control of Substances Hazardous to He

Hey, it's Dale here again. Today I want to talk to you about the 10 basic rules that anyone who works with or around hazardous substances should know and follow. These basic rules are the backbone of all chemical safety and will ensure, along with the proper training, that your faithful employees are able to return home to their families at the end of their day. Why the basics? Well, it's my belief that today's chemical safety training isn't up to par. Not to mention that 90%

Safety Data Sheets (SDS), previously known as Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), are a requirement of the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH.) REACH are a body of regulations put into place in June 2007 and are the controlling system for chemical use and handling in Europe. Since REACH took over control of the previous system, the Chemicals Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply Regulations 2002 (CHIP), it has been changed to adh

Hello again. Today I want to talk to you about the results of my recent survey of over 6,000 businesses. And how it proves that over 90% of companies in the UK are failing in at least one aspect of chemical safety. If you use chemicals of any kind in your workplace, and most businesses do, then you should read this carefully. You have probably heard of safety data sheets. You should have if your workplace uses hazardous chemicals. You should see them quite often, in fact.