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Posted By WayneF
I am trying to find a breakdown of the RIDDOR reports attributed to hazardous substance exposure.
I find COSHH to be a much under appreciated risk wherever i have worked and training to be almost non existant. I would like to view some stats to see if I am worrying over an insignificant risk (bit like asbestos all those years back).
I have tried the HSE site and google but am getting nowhere fast? Anybody carried out a similar exercise or know where I can get a breakdown?
Thanks folks
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Posted By D H
Try the CIEH.
On one of their COSHH awareness presentations from 2005 they stated that 3% of RIDDORS were due to exposure to haz substances.
Dave
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Posted By WayneF
Thanks Ron, I did find some in the end for all industries. Maybe just me but I didn't realise any injuries as a result of an RTA are not classified as RIDDOR, unless involving the release of substances.
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Posted By Ian Blenkharn
Call the RIDDOR reporting line and ask to be connected with the Statistics Group.
For ligitimate researchers, they will help you refine your questions and run a full for you a ful analysis of their recoirds, selected by dates, region, infection, injury, incident, cause, industry, age, or by the use of free text searching.
You will almost certainly be charged for his service - though they have never charged me in the past. Work with them, to create a highly specific set of questions. Test your serach terms first over a small date range to make certain you are getting the correct data.
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Posted By Dave Daniel
Wayne:
When the COSHH Regulations were drafted in the 1980's there was no cost/benefit study done, apart from one which was very quickly withdrawn as it admitted there was very little evidence, and attributed this dearth to people dying from other things thus cheating the statistics, I seem to recall.
Indeed, there was no substantive evidence of widespread ill health due to occupational exposure apart from well known issues such as lead, asbestos, etc. The regulations were introduced on the presumption that there were hidden risks that had yet to be identified.
During my 12 years as Group Safety Adviser for Rover Group the incidence of health-related claims was miniscule compared to those from accidents, nor could we find any evidence of substantive work absence.
One of my colleagues recently calculated, from HSE and National statistics, that if one of our clients, a small bakery, had operated continuously from the time of the Egyptian Pharohs to the present day, i.e 3,000 years, they might statistically expect only one case of flour dust dermatitis, yet we have a HSE working party devoted to considering this major risk to health.
Since I left in 1989-90 I have yet to see any other significant evidence of newly-discovered occupational health issues although I am intriged by recent reports that ex-carpenters bear the highest risk of mesothelioma despite the puzzling fact that they worked with wood, not asbestos.
I think you will find little statistical evidence of occupational ill-health of the COSHH variety. There are of course those who will claim that this is just because we are not looking hard enough, but then people have been looking hard for the last 20 years with very little to show for it....
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Posted By Phil Grace Wayne, Disease tend not to get reported under RIDDOR. Much of the data on incidence of disease comes from reports of cases of disease as diagnosed by doctors. Try the following: http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/causdis/index.htmTo Dave Daniels: Not all carpenters worked in woodworking shops making furniture. Many "chippies" worked on construction projects, building refurbishment, shop fitting and similar. Working in older buildings resulted in them being exposed - in an uncontrolled manner - to the asbestos that was incorporated in the buildings. The fact that many buildings contain asbestos is the reason behind Reg 4 (of CAR) that requires those in control of buildings to identify the presence of asbestos and manage any risk that results. Phil
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Posted By Ron Hunter
I believe Dave is making the point that a carpenter is not the same as a joiner.
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