CoSHH Assessment: Chemical Risk of Contact Cleaner FG for Electricians

This document provides a comprehensive chemical risk assessment for Contact Cleaner FG, an aerosol used for cleaning in industries, particularly the food manufacturing sector. It highlights the potential hazards associated with the chemical, including flammability, skin corrosion, eye irritation, and respiratory problems. The assessment identifies who might be harmed and outlines existing and extra precautionary measures to mitigate these risks. These measures include proper ventilation, use of protective gear (gloves, masks, goggles, and lab coats), and adherence to Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) guidelines. The assessment emphasizes the importance of labeling containers with appropriate hazard warnings and regularly updating safety protocols to ensure the safety of users and the environment. This document is a CoSHH assessment for the company electricians who service and maintain the electrical appliances within the factory.

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INTRODUCTION
A Chemical Risk Assessment is document guideline highlighting the nature, hazardous
content and the risk associated with its exposure of a particular chemical substance to human
beings and the environment. A chemical risk assessment test is not a final document and should
be updated and corrected with changes to the properties and the hazardous risk of a particular
chemical substance. It takes into account such properties as hazardous characterization, exposure
assessment, risk characterization, features of the chemical, necessary extra measures required. A
chemical risk assessment should be formulated before any experiment involving the chemical
substance is carried out. This paper contains information regarding to hazardous assessment of
Contact Cleaner FG, which is an aerosol used for cleaning in industries (Lees, 2012).
RISK ASSESSMENT FORM FOR CONTACT FG CLEANER
HAZARD WHO MAY BE
HARMED
EXISTING
PRECAUTIONS
EXTRA
MEASURES
RISK RATING
FLAMMABILITY The person
operating the
industrial
equipment using
FG cleaner for
cleaning. The
people
surrounding the
Some protective
precautions have
been put in place
to help curb this
hazard. Such as it
must be handled
with extreme care
to prevent it from
Although the
precautionary
measures have
been taken into
account the
potential hazard
caused by fire
due to the fact
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place also are at
risk of potential
harm by fire
because the FG
cleaner can
catch fire easily
when exposed to
potential high
temperatures
catching flame.
The environment
under it then must
contain fire
extinguisher kits
to curb any fire
related accident.
that FG Cleaner
is highly
flammable
cannot be taken
lightly and extra
measures need to
be provided
regularly as an
update or
modification to
the existing
precautionary
measures. One
such measure is
that the FG
cleaner should
not be handled
in an open flame
or near an open
flame. The lab
operator should
also ensure that
dehumidizers are

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installed in the
operating room.
SKIN
CORROSIVE
Contact FG
Cleaner
dangerous to
skin. It can
causes
hazardous
consequences
when exposed
directly to the
skin or from
contaminated
clothing to the
skin. This
majorly refers to
the skin of the
user or even the
bodies of the
people
surrounding the
user in the case
of a spillage.
Because Contact
FG Cleaner has
adverse effects on
the skin, one must
then wear a lab
coat which is
long-sleeved and
long enough to
cover the body
and clothes of the
person when he is
operating in an
environment that
is exposed to
potential Contact
FG Cleaner. The
person operating
under such an
environment
should also wear
some protective
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gloves and face
masks.
EYE
IRRITATION
Contact FG
Cleaner is
dangerous to the
human eye. It
will irritate the
eyes of a person
in the case of
leakage
resulting to
contact with the
eye (Gwinn et al.
2017).
And because the
chemical may
cause adverse
effects when
exposed through
the eyes, it’s
necessary for one
to wear protective
goggles to
minimize its
exposure through
the eyes
RESPIRATORY
PROBLEMS
This chemical
may cause
adverse health
hazards or even
death arising
from several
respiratory
problems such
The exposure is
mainly through
inhalation and so
this implies that
one should wear a
protective gas
mask at all times
while operating
Some extra
measures need to
be taken into
account to
ensure that one
is duly protected
from this risk
causing hazard.
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as acute
bronchitis of a
person due to
periodic
exposure of
Contact FG
Cleaner to the
respiratory
organs of a
person
under an
environment
exposed to
Contact FG
Cleaner
Such measures
include:
ensuring
efficient
ventilation and
installing wind
fans in the room.
GENERAL
CHEMICAL
(labeled
DANGER) RISK
HAZARDS
Containers
carrying Contact
FG Cleaner are
always labeled
as ‘DANGER’
to highlight on
the potential
hazard risks
associated with
handling it.
For this reason,
precautionary
measures
regarding to
chemical
substances
labeled as
‘DANGER’ as
prescribed in
MSDS (Material
Safety Data
Sheet) should be
followed to

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ensure safety of
the user and the
environment
(Whaley 2016).
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Lees, F., 2012. Lees' Loss prevention in the process industries: Hazard identification, assessment and
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