COSHH Assessment For Your Farm
Farming is the most dangerous occupation with a lot of high risks involved. In today’s world, with increasing populations, the demand for food keeps increasing. To meet the demand, many farmers choose to use chemical fertilisers and pesticides to increase production. A recent study states that despite several warnings and reminders from officials of the Ministry of Agriculture that these are unsafe, farmers still believe that these chemicals are crucial for their crops to provide good yields. While this can help meet market needs, it can bring about unintentional harm to those exposed to it, either directly or indirectly.
Importance Of COSHH Assessment
Long periods of exposure can result in neurological damage, which includes dizziness, hand tremors and headaches. Also exposure leads to genetic mutations, immune and endocrine malfunctions as well as skin cancer. To control the risks involved with the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides, COSHH (Control of substances hazardous to health) was introduced. With the introduction of this regulation, the law requires all employers to assess and control the risks involved with handling hazardous substances. Doing a COSHH assessment will prove to be highly beneficial in terms of increasing productivity and profit, simply because your employees are safe, sound and have good health. Failure to comply with these regulations can end up with you being liable to enforcement action including prosecution under the control of substances hazardous to health regulations. Failure to abide will also result in civil claims from your employees.
COSHH Assessment Services From Safety Revolution
Now if you are struggling to manage and comply with these regulations and need help with COSHH assessment, then Safety Revolution can best help. They are leaders when it comes to providing premier health and safety services and have provided result driven services for a wide range of industrial sectors. They will do a thorough analysis of your workplace and then identify risks involved. Based on this, they will craft out cautionary measures. They will then discuss them with you and if you agree to these measures, they will begin implementing them. They will monitor and control levels of exposure. When adequate control is not possible, then they will make sure that employees are provided with adequate protective equipment. They will make sure that measures are maintained. As part of their COSHH assessment services, they will also carry out regular checks and review regularly if all control measures are effective. They will also keep your employees alerted and well informed when it comes to handling various hazardous substances.
To discuss your COSHH assessment requirements contact Safety Revolution. Telephone: +44 (0)1354 694222, email: info@safetyrevolutionltd.com, http://www.safetyrevolutionltd.com
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