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#1 Posted : 28 February 2007 13:26:00(UTC)
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Posted By halesowen Baggie I have come across about 30 coshh assessments for tippex and about 10 different HP printer cartridges. What shall I do with them, delete them off my system or hold them in case somebody puts a claim in? I also have a couple for products that are only inherently flammable (no DSEAR in sight).
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#2 Posted : 28 February 2007 13:38:00(UTC)
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Posted By Paul Leadbetter Baggie (if I may call you that!) If the Tippex is old enough to be solvent-based, it will be classified under CHIP but, even so, the assessment would surely be that any risk is trivial. I doubt that the printer cartridges should have been assessed in the first place. The problem is that any safety information provided with them may look exactly like an MSDS but a quick read may well say that the toners are non-hazardous. Read any safety information you have and then decide. Paul
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#3 Posted : 28 February 2007 15:09:00(UTC)
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Posted By Chris Packham Since risk assessments are inherently task based, may I suggest that a quick look at each should show you whether there is any real risk. If not then I would be inclined simply to remove them. I find it difficult to imagine that there is any significant risk requiring recording from a HP printer cartridge. Where is the exposure that might produce this? Of course, if you are refilling them on a continuous basis or storing many thousand, then there could conceivably be some risk, but I doubt that this is the case for you. Equally, even with solvent based Tippex, what level of exposure would there be, even under fairly intense use, that would require a risk to be recorded? How far do we have to go? Can we ever make a workplace risk free? Chris
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