Cleaning Chemicals (COSHH) Risk Assessment

This thoroughly detailed Cleaning Chemicals (COSHH) Risk Assessment has been created to assess the risks associated with the use of handheld angle grinders for cutting and polishing. This assessment is suitable for on-site, or inside a workshop.

This assessment looks at the hazards, risks and controls which include.

• The potential to cause harm through entanglement
• Impact and cutting
• Exposure to heat
• Noise, vibration
• Projectiles and eye injuries
• Sharp objects and burs
• Friction, sparks, and fire
• Exposure to moving parts
• Electrical hazards,
• Inhalation of dust from dry grinding operations
• Physical injury due to flying wheel fragments or ejected workpieces

This File Includes

• A detailed completed risk assessment.

• A safe operating procedure which provides step-by-step instructions on carrying out pre-use safety checks, operational safety checks, PPE requirements and maintenance checks.

• A toolbox talk outlining the step-by-step processes that must be taken to carry out angle grinding tasks properly and safely.