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COSHH Assessment Template

by Jane Pinfold, from the Community

This COSHH Assessment template helps teams identify and control risks when using or storing hazardous substances. Capture the substance and activity details, classify hazards, and record who is at risk. Document exposure routes, frequency of use, and workplace exposure limits. Define first aid actions, firefighting considerations, and spillage response. Specify PPE requirements with types and EN standards, plus safe handling, storage, reactivity, and stability notes. Include disposal guidance and waste codes, and complete a formal sign‑off to ensure actions and controls are in place.

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COSHH Risk Assessment Form
Use this COSHH Risk Assessment Form to control exposure to hazardous substances and improve workplace safety. The template guides you to identify the substance, people at risk, and routes of exposure; record Workplace Exposure Limits (WELs); and assess hazards such as toxicity, corrosivity, flammability, and environmental risks. Capture control measures including ventilation, extraction, training, and health surveillance. Specify required PPE with standards, outline first aid responses for eye, skin, inhalation, and ingestion incidents, and document safe storage and disposal of hazardous waste and containers. Conclude with an overall risk rating after controls and capture inspector details and signature.
by luke palmer, from the Community
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COSHH Risk Assessment
This COSHH risk assessment template helps teams evaluate substances hazardous to health in line with HSE guidance. Record product details and SDS references, identify hazards such as flammable, oxidizing, toxic, corrosive, and environmental risks, and specify PPE and control measures. Document exposure limits, duration of exposure, storage and transport, disposal procedures, and emergency actions for spills, fire, and first aid. Capture health surveillance, monitoring, maintenance of controls and PPE, and opportunities to substitute safer substances. Use review dates and communication checkpoints to ensure risks are controlled and assessments are shared with relevant personnel.
by Phillip Shields, from the Community
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HS03 - COSHH Risk Assessment Form
Use this HS03 COSHH Risk Assessment Form to document hazardous substances in your workplace and control exposure. Capture process details, substance state and exposure routes, set Workplace Exposure Limits, and assess risks to employees, contractors and visitors. Plan controls, PPE and health surveillance, and add first aid, storage and disposal procedures. Finish with risk rating and sign off to confirm exposure is adequately controlled.
by Andrew Boyce, from the Community
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COSHH Assessment Form for Hazardous Substances
This COSHH assessment form helps teams identify and control risks when working with chemicals and other hazardous substances. It guides users to reference current Safety Data Sheets, select appropriate PPE, record H codes and EUH statements, and document storage and environmental precautions. The template includes first aid actions, fire-fighting media and considerations, spill response and clean-up steps, exposure and application methods, and risk evaluation to set task hazard levels. Use it to standardize COSHH reviews after process changes or incidents and ensure safe, compliant operations.
by Tiffany Argent, from the Community
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