Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Essentials guidance publications on brick and tile making, construction, ceramics,
Category: Engineering
Risk education in engineering development of year one materials - HSL/2006/61
Thursday, September 7, 2006
This report introduces the idea of educating engineering undergraduates about risk in the industry, and how they can overcome the many factors that contribue towards risk.
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Surface Engineering, COMAH Application & Main Duties information sheet
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
This information sheet includes information on how surface engineering sites holding very toxic, environmentally dangerous and toxic substances come into the scope of the COMAH regulations. It also describes: how some sites may have been brought into COMAH as a result of CHIP3; COMAH application rules specifically for surface engineering sites; substances in plating bath mixtures; the main [...]
Hand soldering - Summary of Information - HSL/2006/58
Friday, August 11, 2006
This report was compiled following a request from Andrew Garrod of CHSD 3, Bootle for background information on soldering for an HSE project on rosin-cored solder fume. This project only covers hand soldering and not activities such as wave soldering, plumbing flux, investment casting waxes, hot melt glues, resins, sealing waxes or rosin manufacture.
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HSL/2006/59 - The Hydrogen Economy - Evaluation of the materials science and engineering issues
Tuesday, August 8, 2006
The main objectives of this study were to identify materials issues relating to the widespread use of hydrogen as a fuel.
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Research report 482 - Further development of an IIG/HSE e-learning health and safety education package for engineering undergraduates
Wednesday, August 2, 2006
This report describes work carried out jointly between the author, Logica CMG and the Health and Safety Laboratory to develop a ‘sample’ or ‘demonstration’ e-learning package to teach undergraduate engineers of all disciplines about the key concepts relating to health and safety risks. It is based on outline teaching material developed by a sub-group of [...]
Research report 454- Probability of Detection (PoD) curves: derivation, applications and limitations
Monday, July 31, 2006
This report reviews the various issues that can confound people who are using POD measurements to inform their decisions. These can relate to type of material tested, shape and thickness.
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