In order to ensure compliance
employers are require to:
- Carry out a risk assessment of any work activities involving dangerous substances;
- Provide technical and organisational measures to eliminate or reduce as far as is reasonably practicable the identified risks;
- Provide equipment and procedures to deal with accident and emergencies;
- Provide information and training to employees;
- Classify places where explosive atmospheres may occur into zones, and mark the zones where necessary. (This duty is being phased in - see table for dates.)
The following
activities and substances may be commonly found
in the workplace. The list is not exhaustive,
but merely offered as example:
- Storage of petrol as a fuel for cars, motor boats, horticultural machinery, etc
- Use of flammable gases, such as acetylene, for welding
- Handling and storage of waste dusts in woodwork shops
- Handling and storage of flammable wastes including fuel oils
- Hot work on tanks or drums that have contained flammable material
- Work activities that could release naturally occurring methane
- Use of flammable solvents in laboratories
- Storage of flammable goods, such as paints, solvents, reagents
- Storage, use and handling of flammable gases, including LPG
- Transport of flammable liquids in containers around the workplace
- Chemical/gas manufacture, resulting from process or research experiment
We can help ensure that your workplace, including hazardous area electrical and mechanical installations meet the requirements laid down and that you comply with all the relevant Standards.
