Dear All,

How a copier printer machine can be hazardous for infant? please forward me list of the hazard which can effect infant health particularly.

I agree, but the real question is: why have infants got access to the photocopier???


Les

Ozone and UV radiations

Cheers
Jesu DXB

OK. Here’s how I would approach this.

You say this is a crèche, that means you have infants. Infants love investigating with little fingers and items are often put straight into the mouth. Get a risk assessment down in writing. Here are my starters for 10.

1. How easy is the printer to pull off onto the child?
2. How heavy is it as it falls onto the child.
3. Are the electrical cable inputs fixed? Wet mouths and live electrical cables don’t mix too well.
4. Think electrical cables and trip hazards.
5. In the USA there is a big issue on children chocking on roller blind cords. How safe are your electric leads.
6. Draw in hazards have been listed above. Good point that one, get it in there.
7. Get some MSDS for the printer inks/powders; some manufacturers are better at producing the info than others. HP is a good company and their MSDS’s are feely available to download from the internet (linky below). I have written COSHH assessments for printing ink powders back in the days when I was a prison SHEF bod. If I remember correctly the biggest risk is irritation of the skin and a fire hazard if the powder gets airborne. All of them clearly state that you should keep the product out of the reach of children. Time to reach for the highlight pen methinks.

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo...uctdata/spmsdsuseng.html

If safety doesn’t wake management up, try pitching in the replacement cost factor of a new printer when it gets damaged.
Do the infants have access to food etc? How many people out there with rug rats in the 80’s lost VHS video recorders when the jam butty was posted into the cassette loading slot? Oh happy days, I cannot have been the only one.

Best of luck fella.