Posted By Kelly Hughes Kevin. Have you tried looking on the HSE web site? I have attached a web link below. http://www.hse.gov.uk/printing/ Regards Kelly

Posted By Merv Newman Kevin, I haven't worked directly for the print but have audited a site which makes the photo-sensitive plates. The worst hazard I found was the use of hydrofluoric acid to correct errors on the plates. HF is the one acid which I hate. It is sooo nasty. HCl, HNo3, H2So4, you can wash your hands in (I exagerate for the nitric which does act pretty fast) HF is a real nasty. Look for it in very small bottles off to one side of the work area.

Posted By CHRISTOPHER HAYWARD Aside from all the good advice offered so far, you could also try the following: The printers guide to health and safety. Publisher HSE Books 2002 Length 191 pages ISBN 0717622673 Price Exc. VAT £12.50 Edition 2nd ed. This covers all the bases. The HSE also have a special guide to COSHH for printers at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pu...e/coshhprintersguide.pdf Lots of large printers also have problems with the new implications of the Solvents Emissions Directive and the newly modified local authority permit scheme. If you want specific info on any of the chemicals in use e.g. inks, solvent, founts developers and coatings then drop me a line, as until recently I was involved in manufacturing them. Although some printers making plates use correction fluid as described by Merv, a lot use deletion pens, some with HF, or salts there of, and a favourite trick when thye put too much down is to lick their finger tips and rub the excess off. As I worked for a company supplying chemicals to 100's of printers I saw quite a few. Those were the days. The sights (sites also) I and my colleagues saw. Still, they had the last laugh, we went bust and most of them didn't!