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Posted By Mitch
Probably, but here goes,
I know that Tin/Antimony solder is for joining copper to cast iron but I have been asked to carry out a COSHH assessment on this material. We have in place adequate ventilation for welding, soldering and brazing, SSoW for these practises including General duties blah blah blah so is a COSHH assessment necessary?
PS I, obviously, don't think so but would appreciate advice from m'learned friends
Thanks in anticipation
Mitch
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Posted By Pete Longworth
Yes is the simple answer. Your assessment may conclude that you already adequately control the risks from inhalation of solder fumes or accidental ingestion for instance but you still should have the assessment and it should be reviewed regularly to establish that your controls are still adequate as with any other assessment.
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Posted By Pete Longworth
PS it may be that you make an addendum to your existing assessments in order to cover this new activity.
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Posted By Mitch
Pet,
Thank you very much for a prompt response, I will carry out seperate COSHH as you suggested, perhaps I'm just being lazy but that is what I was trying to avoid, then everyone will be happy!
Mitch
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Posted By Bob Youel
nothing is worth doing until you end up in court so even where its obviously a low risk etc undertake the paperwork
Whilst the HSE are advocating using less paper etc its when you are in the dock that you need as much paperwork as you can get your hands on
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Posted By peter gotch
Hi Mitch
How do you know that the ventilation is adequate?
Regards, Peter
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Posted By Mitch
Peter,
It is an "elephants" trunk unit supplied by a welding supplies company, welding, brazing etc is only carried out very rarely i.e. none has been done this calendar year to date, when the extract was fitted into the booth tests were carried out for contamination of the surrounding areas and nothing was detected (it is not a fully enclosed booth!) More grinding and sanding is done so I am considering installing a down draught bench as well.
Mitch
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Posted By David Bannister
Mitch, I agree with the previous posters. You may well have adequate controls in place but without the assessment having been done, how will you know?
Furthermore, you may struggle to demonstrate that you have carried out an assessment without some documentary evidence in place.
In any event, if you have 5 or more employees you are obliged to record the significant findings and steps you have taken to control the exposure.
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