Chemicals

A guide for preventing Industrial Dermatitis

Chemicals

A guide for preventing Industrial Dermatitis Guest Post by Denver Burke Industrial dermatitis is one of the most common and most widespread skin diseases that workers in the UK suffer from. Symptoms can range from dry, chapped skin to bleeding and cracked skin that makes it impossible for the sufferer to continue in their employment. [...]

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HSDG Audits and Checklists

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Hazardous Substances Dangerous Goods Audits, Checklists and Risk Assessments Bit of a collection of HSDG audit tools, guidelines, checklists and example risk assessments – please send us any docs of links you may have found Hazardous Substances Audit Tool FREE RISK ASSESSMENT TEMPLATES Lead Audit Checklist Handle with Care – Dangerous Goods Management Chemical Laboratory [...]

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Chemical Safety Poster

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Chemical Safety Poster One of the brilliant new safety posters from the SAFETY TOOLSHED Technorati Tags: chemical safety, safety poster

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Free Safety Videos

Chemicals

  Free Safety Videos Thanks to SJ from The SafetyToolshed for putting us onto these free safety videos from US Chemical Safety Board. They are some of the best safety videos we have seen – and they are FREE! They don’t pull any punches and most feature real life incident situations, investigations live footage and [...]

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Risk Assessment for Schools

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Risk Assessment for Schools Just came across this really neat site that assists teachers and lab technicians to complete school science experiment risk assessments. The subscription costs $160/year but I imagine that it would pay for itself in no time given the time it saves and the potential injuries it could prevent. See it HERE: [...]

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5 Dangerous Chemicals your Children Might Come Across

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5 Dangerous Chemicals your Children Might Come Across Article by Guest Writer Alyssa Johnson Our children come across harms way more and more nowadays. Technology, and the misconstrued idea that dangerous situations are simply not out there, or cannot happen to an individual, is giving us a false sense of security. The truth is, there [...]

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Urgent Message–This is Unbelievable–I had no idea!

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Every person should read this important message – I bet you had no idea how many deadly chemicals you come into contact with everyday   Urgent Hazard Alert In doing our research on the potential dangers of hand sanitisers containing carcinogens and alcohol, and trying to identify suitable alternatives, we discovered the extreme hazards associated [...]

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Safety Images and Symbols

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Laboratories often contain highly dangerous chemicals.  Chemicals can be carcinogens, toxins, irritants or corrosives, all of which can cause employees in laboratories major harm.  For that reason, OSHA has limited the amount of employee exposure allowed for about 400 substances.  OSHA further requires that certain laboratory safety protocols be followed, that an occupational exposure standard [...]

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Household Chemical Safety

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[picappgallerysingle id="9013486"] Household Chemical Safety Chemicals can be harmful substances no matter if you are home or if you are in a lab.  However, home chemical use can be very dangerous, especially if chemicals are mixed by homeowners, either intentionally or unintentionally.  Thankfully, a little free chemical knowledge can go a long way in homeowner [...]

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