Questions and Answers
What must be included in a chemical exposure assessment conducted by an employer?
Potential risks and control measures
When must an assessment be reviewed by an employer?
If there is a significant change in work
Who is responsible for conducting a chemical exposure assessment?
The employer
How long does an assessor have to provide a report to the employer after completing a chemical exposure assessment?
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How long must an employer maintain assessment reports?
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Study Notes
- Employers must assess the risks of chemical exposure to employees' health in writing.
- The assessment should include potential risks, procedures, hazard nature, degree of exposure, risk to health, control measures, accidental emission control, employee exposure monitoring, health surveillance, and employee training.
- Assessments must be reviewed if there is a significant change in work, more than five years have passed, or directed by a higher authority.
- Assessments must be conducted by an assessor.
- The assessor must provide a report to the employer within a month of completion.
- Immediate danger to life or property must be reported to the employer.
- Assessment reports must be maintained for 30 years.
- Reports must be available for examination by the Director General or any exposed employee.
- Employers with pre-existing work must conduct assessments within a year of the regulation coming into operation.
- The regulation applies to any work that exposes or is likely to expose employees to hazardous chemicals.
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