Best practice MWF management for disease reduction Phil Roberts - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Health and Safety Health and Safety Executive Executive Best practice – MWF management for disease reduction Phil Roberts MSc CMFOH HSE Specialist Inspector

Metal Working Fluids • Mixtures of neat oils and water based emulsions of oils. • 4 different types: – Straight oils – Soluble oils – Semi-synthetic oils – Synthetic oils • Additives • Contaminants

Health Effects of exposure • Irritation of the skin or dermatitis • Occupational asthma, bronchitis, irritation of the upper respiratory tract and breathing difficulties • A more serious, although less common lung disease, known as extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA)

Risk Management Bacterial contamination / Personal Hygiene MWF quality Training Fluid Health Management Surveillance Mist Control

Fluid quality

Dip slide tests

Mist Control

Welfare

Personal Protective Equipment

Training

Health Surveillance www.seqohs.org/

CoSHH Essentials Guidance - MWF • MW0 Advice for managers • MW1 Mist control: Inhalation risks • MW2 Fluid control: Skin risks • MW3 Sump cleaning: Water-mix fluids • MW4 Sump cleaning: Neat oils • MW5 Managing sumps and bacterial contamination

Air Monitoring….. ‘To monitor or not to monitor?’ www.bohs.org