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Hazardous substances safety: eight top tips
Checklist of steps you can take to comply with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations
Avoid health and safety hazards in care service premises
Minimising workplace hazards and making your equipment and premises as user-friendly as possible in a business that provides care services, eg a care home
Train employees to use computers safely
Train employees in safe computer use including correct posture, technique and breaks and also ensure homeworkers work safely and are insured and are trained
Types of hazardous substances in business
Types of hazardous substances which are used or produced by business, and the industries which commonly are involved
Comply with hazardous substances legislation
How to ensure compliance with hazardous substances legislation and where to find more information and support
How to store hazardous substances
Ways to reduce the risk of causing harm to the environment by storing hazardous substances appropriately
How to transport hazardous substances
How to minimise environmental risks when transporting hazardous goods and the special rules which apply
Benefits of hazardous substance use reduction in your business
Why using fewer hazardous substances can save your business money and improve your marketing prospects
Protecting neighbours from air pollution
How to avoid causing a statutory nuisance and make sure your business complies with local air quality controls
Boiler or furnace chimney and emission limits
Complying with the chimney and emission limits that the district council can apply to your boiler or furnace
How to prevent air pollution
Preventing environmental harm, damage to your business reputation and incurring costs by stopping air pollution
Dark smoke restrictions
How your business can legally comply with restrictions on emitting dark smoke from your business premises
Advantages of water efficiency in business
Some of the financial and non-financial benefits of taking a sustainable approach to water use in your business
How to analyse water use in your business
How you can assess the cost of your business water use by analysing how much water you use across all operations
Top tips for saving water in your business
Tips on how to engage your business in saving water and practical tips for minimising water use
Causes and effects of air pollution
Types of air pollution, the types of business at risk of causing air pollution and the effects of air pollution
Business benefits of preventing air pollution
How to improve the reputation of your business by reducing and preventing air pollution from your business
Generator, boiler or furnace environmental authorisations
Environmental permissions needed to prevent dark smoke, grit and dust pollution from a boiler or furnace
Corporate manslaughter prosecutions and penalties
Who is responsible for investigating corporate manslaughter offences and the penalties that may follow prosecution such as unlimited fine or remedial order
What is corporate manslaughter?
What corporate manslaughter is and when your business can be prosecuted for this offence, involving a gross breach of duty of care by senior management