Health it Safety: Hazchem list
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Drug misuse guide The USE has revised its Drug Misuse at Work: A Guide for Employers which provides information on identifying and preventing drug.related problems. It also offers advice on how to set up a fair policy on testing. Copies of the guide are available free from USE Books.
Workplace machinery The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a leaflet* offering advice to employers who buy or lease machinery for the workplace, aimed at preventing employees having their hearing damaged by excessive noise. The leaflet offers guidance on: • The benefits of buying or leasing quieter machinery • The legal duties relating to noise and workplace machinery • The information on noise that should be available when buying or leasing machinery • The benefits of introducing a company pur. chasing policy to reduce noise levels.
* Keep the Noise Down! Advice for purchasers of workplace machinery is available (free for single copies, £5 for a pack of 15) from USE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk C010 6FS. Contact: 01787 881165. The HSE has published EH4O—Occupational Exposure Limits 1998 which contains a revised list of occupational exposure standards, which takes immediate effect, as well as an explanation of the HSE's new Chemical Hazard Alert Notices and a list of the chemicals for which these have been issued. Copies are available priced £7.50 from HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury Suffolk, C010 6FS. Contact 01787 881165.