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Posted By Martin Forbes
Upon reviewing Material Safety Data Sheets for my new company, I have noticed that they have MSDS's for things like office pens and markers.
I am about to create COSHH assessments for all our chemicals onsite and question if this is really necessary.
I mean does that mean I have to get a new MSDS everytime someone orders a new pen.
I think this is OTT, but i may be wrong.
Could you please advise.
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Posted By David Bannister
Martin, definitely WOTT
Ask yourself (ie a mental COSHH assessment) what is the hazard, what is the level of risk from a pen or its contents? What is the exposure route? What dose?
Yes, some markers are solvent based, some inks contain nasties but how bad is the risk?
We can all probably remember getting a mouthful of ink from chewing our pen at school and perhaps enjoying the aroma of "magic marker" but they diddn't doo uuuss muchhhh haaarrm.
Stick to hazardous substances that are likely to cause real harm if your people are exposed to them.
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Posted By Syrup
A little common sense needed I think.
Does a typical marker pen pose a significant hazard, in terms of vapour/fume exposure....etc
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Posted By MartinF
Glad you confirmed my suspicions.
Guess this wont be required until some idiot managed to kill himself with a marker. . . . should i be proactive and just do them now?
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Posted By MartinF
above post meant to say manages*
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Posted By AJM
The HSE COSHH essentials book was very helpful to me and exactly as described above it actually gives an example of what NOT to be assessed even with a hazardous skull and crossbones sign.
It was idiot ink as i call it, or correction fluid to others lol. It said obviously the chemical in it is hazardous but the amount in it is not ie a spot on a piece of paper. Now in the factory where it is made an assessment would be required. Having said all that i had plenty of clients that did assess it lol
Alan
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Posted By Mitch
I used to work with a dotty blonde receptionist that used to drink correction fluid!. That said I never assess 'domestic' products i.e those that you can pick up on the high street or supermarket, though obviously not ON a suprmarket more IN a supermarket.
Mitch
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Posted By Brian Hagyard
Mitch
Have to disagree on that one. Many products on a Supermarket shelf are classed as Irritant or Hazardous and while you may use a small quantity in the home exposure may be significantly greater in the workplace. So an assessment will be needed for these products!
Having said that your assessment may be that such limited quantities are used that exposure is so minimal that no significant precautions are needed – see the tipex example above.
Brian
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