There you go its all there.  BUT remember the exact ratios will depend on the vehicle.

https://www.dieselnet.com/tech/emi_intro.php

Im absolutely confident the controls in place are very effective, I was just thinking how might the COSHH assessment look, I believe the EU are pushing for a WEL soon, so I am trying to preempt the documentation side. I would imagine a wood dust assessment might be similiar.

Originally Posted by: A Kurdziel

Correction, the EU has already, introduced an ‘Indicative Occupational Exposure Limit Values’ (IOELVs) for diesel exhaust( actually the three main harmful substances in diesel fumes, CO, NOX and SO)  in January 2017- EU Directive 2017/164.

It needs to be transposed into UK law (as a WEL) by 21st August 2018 and of course as we are still in it (the EU),until March next year  we need to do this.

It wasnt in the first batch, (it was omitted from the Jan 17 requirements) they only voted for it in March 2018 this year, hence my mentioning it now

An SDS or more correctly an e-SDS (extended SDS covering Process and Sector Use) is meant to consider the harmful effects from use of the material - diesel is supplied with the main intended use to be converted to energy through combustion so it would not be unreasonable to expect that an e-SDS Section 8 would list main/known combustion products especially those with a Work Place Exposure Limit.

To date I have only seen Diesel SDS describing the supplied product and no e-SDS with any consideration of vehicle/engine type (generator, FLT, Car, Truck, boat...) nor additive systems.

IMHO any COSHH application would likely necessitate actual workplace emissions testing of the vehicle to determine the mg/m3 per 8 hours (along with air change calculations etc.) as current vehicle manufacturer data is based upon laboratory testing under ideal conditions and expressed as g/km rather than providing real world figures reflecting how the vehicle is actually operated. By example one FLT provider uses a VW car engine which they convert to run on LPG - the VW manufacturer type test emissions data would obviously not apply to the supplied vehicle.

If you are involved with underground tunneling or mining EU 2017/164 Article 6 gives an implementing period ending 21st August 2023 for the three gasses.

Doesn't this illustrate one important point that I find some tend not to recognise? It isn't what you purchase that is the potential hazard, but what you end up with when you use it. As paragrph 10 of the ACoP for COSHH states as a hazard for the risk assessment:

"Employers should regard a substance as hazardous to health if it is hazardous in the form in which it may occur in the work activity. A substance hazardous to health need not be just a chemical compound, it can also include mixtures of compounds, micro-organisms or natural materials, such as flour, stone or wood dust."

Depending on the way it is used a single chemical may represent different hazards for different tasks. So can you base your risk assessment on what is on the safety data sheet\/

Chris

My local branch of IOSH in Bristol will be discussing this very subject on the 12th July!

As far issues involving human excrement goes; take a look at this http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/oce20.pdf

This is aimed at the Off Shore sector but the principles are the same. They used be a more detailed document ING 97 but it seems have gone walkabout. Obviously someone was worried about information overload on the part of us poor H&S people!

Note that this guidance is aimed at the off shore sector- I suspect they paid for this and the HSE is treating it as “theirs’s” rather than of general interest. I found similar things while looking at ergonomics in labs and it turned up under Pharmaceutical Safety as they (pharma) had paid for that.