{"id":11512,"date":"2019-02-04T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T18:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/?p=11512"},"modified":"2019-02-04T19:18:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:18:14","slug":"what-is-coshh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/what-is-coshh\/","title":{"rendered":"What is COSHH?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The <strong>Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)\u00a0<\/strong>is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health, to prevent or reduce workers being exposed in substances including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chemicals<\/li>\n<li>Products containing chemicals<\/li>\n<li>Fumes<\/li>\n<li>Dusts<\/li>\n<li>Vapours<\/li>\n<li>Mists<\/li>\n<li>Nanotechnology<\/li>\n<li>Gases\u00a0and\u00a0asphyxiating gases<\/li>\n<li>Biological agents\u00a0(germs). If the packaging has any of the hazard symbols then it is classed as a hazardous substance<\/li>\n<li>Germs that cause diseases\u00a0such as leptospirosis or legionnaires disease\u00a0and\u00a0germs used in laboratories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5>READ MORE<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/coshh\/basics.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COSHH basics (HSE)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/uksi\/2002\/2677\/regulation\/7\/made\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (Legislation.gov.uk)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)\u00a0is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,11],"tags":[255,256,197,209,210],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is COSHH? 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