A COSHH register for a construction or civils site.
A COSHH register is the list of every hazardous product on site, with its assessment. The law does not ask for one by that name. Here is what it does ask, and how to keep it current as products come and go.
- The COSHH Regulations 2002 ask for an assessment of each hazardous substance, not for a register by name.
- HSE requires no specific form. With five or more employees you must record the assessment.
- Dust is a COSHH substance too. EH40 sets the limit for respirable crystalline silica.
- Asbestos and lead have their own regulations. They are not covered by this page.
- Quickler keeps one Record per product, from the safety data sheet and what the person on the job said.
No register is required by name. An assessment is.
The COSHH Regulations 2002 require an assessment for each hazardous substance people are exposed to. HSE does not require a specific form. A register is the practical way to show you have one for every product on the site.
Keeping the register true
Start a COSHH Record and send the safety data sheet.
Who, how long, how often, where.
Every product has a Record, named after the product.
£75 a month per phone number.
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Start the register with one product.
Send one safety data sheet and see the Record. £75 a month per phone number, or £750 a year (2 months free). Unlimited free dashboard accounts.
What the law asksThe rule
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the COSHH Regulations 2002 require an employer to assess the risk from each hazardous substance, control exposure and inform and train the people exposed. HSE does not require a specific form, and employers with five or more employees must record the significant findings (HSE COSHH frequently asked questions). A register is simply that record, one line or one sheet per product. |
What turns up on a construction siteOn site
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Cement and concrete, solvents and adhesives, paints, resins, fuels and oils, cleaning products. Also what the work makes: dust from cutting, drilling and sanding, and fumes from welding. HSE lists the substances your processes produce, such as dust from cutting, as part of the assessment (HSE: how to carry out a COSHH risk assessment). The workplace exposure limits sit in EH40/2005 workplace exposure limits, including the limit for respirable crystalline silica. HSE keeps site-health guidance on its construction health risks pages. Asbestos and lead are controlled by their own regulations, not COSHH. |
Where site registers go wrongThe gap
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The register is written once at the start of the job. Then the groundworkers bring a new sealant, the fitters a new solvent, and nobody updates it. HSE asks you to review when the substances or the process change (HSE: how to carry out a COSHH risk assessment). |
One Record per productQuickler
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Each time a product is brought on site, the person on the job starts your COSHH Check in WhatsApp, sends the safety data sheet, and says what it is for, who uses it, for how long and how often. Quickler fills the Record from the sheet and the voice note. It is named after the product, comes back in your own Word form, and sits in your Records list with the others. Do several in a row in one chat. Each is its own Record. Quickler does not write the assessment for you: a competent person reads it and decides. Write 10 COSHH records a month and that's £7.50 a record; at 30 a month it is £2.50 a record. Reports, photos and messages are unlimited. See the site safety inspection page and the COSHH guide. |
Not by that name. The COSHH Regulations 2002 require an assessment for each hazardous substance. HSE requires no specific form. A register is the practical way to show you have them all.
The product, its hazards, who uses it and how, the controls and protective equipment, first aid and disposal, the date of the assessment and when it is next reviewed.
Yes. Dust from cutting, drilling and sanding is a substance hazardous to health. EH40 gives the workplace exposure limits, including for respirable crystalline silica.
No. Asbestos is under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, and lead under the Control of Lead at Work Regulations.
Yes. The person on the job starts the COSHH Check in WhatsApp, sends the safety data sheet and says how the product is used.