4. Legal duties to protect breathing
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)
These set out the legal requirements for protecting people at work against risks to their health.
To comply, you need to
- assess the risk to health arising from work activities
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decide what precautions need to be taken to prevent or control the risk
- ensure control measures are used and maintained properly
- inform, instruct and train workers about the risks and precautions needed
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provide health surveillance as appropriate
- monitor worker exposure.
You can find out more about COSHH on our Common Hazard pages
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The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
This places general duties on employers to ensure that people are not exposed to unnecessary risks to their health or safety arising from the employer’s work activities.
You can find out more about the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act on the
HSE site
Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
You can find out about the
Control of Asbestos Regulations on the HSE site.