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Health and Safety
1 Never do do a a a job unless you have been trained to do do it 2 Always perform as you were trained 3 Report all accidents incidents and and near misses and and any hazards to your line manager immediately 4 Wear the the PPE as as as per the the risk assessment assessment or CoSHH assessment assessment 5 Know your risk assessments assessments and CoSHH assessments assessments and the the location of these 6 Only use the the chemicals provided and follow the the instructions on on the guidance labels Using Chemicals Safely
» COSHH – Control of Substances Hazardous to Health  CoSHH - know your symbols  CoSHH is the law that requires employers to control making
sure that chemicals are used correctly and following the guidelines  Substances can be chemicals containing fumes dusts vapours mists gases  The CoSHH assessments for your chemicals can be found in your site manual Your manager will train you you with these CoSHH sheets and you will be required to sign each CoSHH sheet sheet off Know your CoSHH symbols Chemical Usage
Your Line Manager will provide you with training on what chemicals to to use for each task and how to to correctly prepare these for for use use This will include the the correct dosage amount to use use for for the the SMARTDOSE chemicals You will also find a a a a ‘how 2 guide’ displayed fin in in your cleaning cupboard for your reference or or on the staff blog: https://mainstaymfm blog/
Dangerous to the environment
Corrosive
Caution – used for less serious health hazards like skin irritation
Toxic
Gas under pressure
Flammable
Longer term health hazards such as carcinogenicity
Explosive
Oxidising
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