Health and Safety
in science
organizations
Unit 4 Assignment A
Laboratory Techniques and their Application
[Date]
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PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY...............................................................................................................2
Why is important to know and follow the legislations?.....................................................................2
Manual handling operations regulations 1992 (MHOR) (as amended 2002):................................3
Display screen equipment regulation 1992 (DSER) (as amended 2002)........................................3
Electricity at work regulation.........................................................................................................4
Provision and use of work equipment regulations 1998 (PUWER)................................................4
Personal protective equipment (PPE) at work regulations 1992...................................................4
Health safety at work act 1974......................................................................................................4
Management of health and safety at work regulation 1999..........................................................5
Control of substances Hazardous to health regulations- COSHH...................................................6
Chemical (hazard information and packaging for supply) regulations...........................................6
Hazards..............................................................................................................................................6
Chemical........................................................................................................................................8
Electrical........................................................................................................................................8
Biological........................................................................................................................................8
Physical..........................................................................................................................................9
What do these legislations have in common?...................................................................................9
Bibliography.........................................................................................................................................11
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