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Four regulations relating to hazardous substances have been updated to bring them into line with the EU’s Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation (CLP) which will come fully into force on 1st June 2015.
The regulations affected are:
• The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations (SSSR) 1996
• The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (CoSHH) 2002
• The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR) 2002
• The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (MHSW) 1999
The EU implemented the United Nations Globally Harmonised System (GHS) on the classification and labelling of chemicals through CLP and have replaced the current European classification system and hazard warning symbols with GHS and a new set of hazard pictograms.
Key modifications included the replacement of the current sign for “harmful or irritant material” with one of two pictograms for “long-term health hazard” or “harmful”. The labels and signs for containers and pipes will also be replaced with CLP pictograms.
Changes to CoSHH include amending the definition of “substances hazardous to health”. The new definition is “a substance (including a mixture) — which meets the criteria for classification as hazardous within any health hazard class laid down in CLP whether or not the substance is classified under that regulation”. The definitions of “carcinogen” and “mutagen” have also been amended, refer to CLP.
Minor changes are to the definitions of “dangerous substances” and “hazards” under DSEAR. The scope of DSEAR will be extended to include two new physical hazard classes introduced by CLP, “corrosive to metals” and “gases under pressure”.
Changes to MHSW update the regulations relate to pregnant women and young people.
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