COSHH Assessment · Tarmac & Surfacing Contractors
COSHH Assessment for Tarmac & Surfacing Contractors
A COSHH assessment of the hazardous substances used or created, built from the product's Safety Data Sheet, the way HSE requires. Below: what a surfacing contractor's COSHH Assessment must contain, why they get rejected, and the hazards it has to cover, or generate one for your exact job in a couple of minutes.
What a compliant COSHH Assessment must contain
- Each substance with its hazard statements and CAS number from the SDS
- The Workplace Exposure Limit (EH40) where one exists, never invented
- Controls in the Reg 7 hierarchy (LEV/ventilation before RPE)
- Process-generated substances screened (dust, fume, silica)
Why a surfacing contractor's COSHH Assessment gets rejected
- Generic solvent boilerplate instead of the actual SDS hazards
- A Workplace Exposure Limit fabricated for a substance that has none
- Exposure risk credited mainly to gloves/masks (RPE is the LAST resort)
- Process dust/fume (wood dust, welding fume, RCS) not assessed
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Check yours freeTarmac & Surfacing Contractors hazards it must cover
Typical surfacing contractor work, meaning roads, car parks, driveways and footpaths in hot-laid asphalt, brings hazards a COSHH Assessment has to address:
- burns from hot asphalt (up to 180°C)
- bitumen fumes and RCS dust from planing
- being struck by pavers, rollers and delivery lorries
- working beside live traffic
- noise and hand-arm vibration from compactors
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Do tarmac & surfacing contractors legally need a COSHH Assessment?
A COSHH assessment of the hazardous substances used or created, built from the product's Safety Data Sheet, the way HSE requires. For surfacing contractor work, meaning roads, car parks, driveways and footpaths in hot-laid asphalt, it is the document a client, principal contractor or inspector expects to see, grounded in COSHH 2002 reg 6/7 (HSE), built from the product Safety Data Sheet.
What makes a surfacing contractor's COSHH Assessment fail?
The usual reasons: Generic solvent boilerplate instead of the actual SDS hazards; A Workplace Exposure Limit fabricated for a substance that has none; Exposure risk credited mainly to gloves/masks (RPE is the LAST resort). RAMSReady generates one to the correct published form and avoids these.
How fast can I get a COSHH Assessment?
A couple of minutes. Describe the job, and RAMSReady writes a COSHH Assessment for your exact surfacing contractor job live against the correct standard, with a review date and a sign-off/records section.