{"id":5144,"date":"2019-08-20T15:46:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T14:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/?p=5144"},"modified":"2022-03-07T14:16:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T14:16:03","slug":"faq-coshh-hazardous-substances-cupboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/20\/faq-coshh-hazardous-substances-cupboards\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ: CoSHH &#038; Hazardous Cupboards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"What is CoSHH?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"CoSHH is a law put in place in 2002 to prevent or reduce workers to any exposure to hazardous substances in the workplace. 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These regulations were enforced in 2002 and require employers within the workplace to safely store and control harmful substances that are hazardous to health.<\/p>\n<h2>Is CoSHH a legal requirement?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes, it is the <strong>law<\/strong> that requires employers to control hazardous substances. Under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (<strong>COSHH<\/strong>, <strong>2002)<\/strong>. Every workplace is to comply with CoSHH regulations which prevent, reduce and control the exposure to hazardous substances in order to prevent ill health to workers.<\/p>\n<h2>Do CoSHH Cupboards have to be yellow?<\/h2>\n<p>No. All workplaces that use hazardous chemicals, acids, paints, solvents, or alkalis have to comply with the CoSHH Regulations 2002, which makes it compulsory for every workplace to have appropriately colour-coded and clearly identified cupboards for hazardous storage. However, hazardous substance storage cupboards come in yellow, grey, red and green.<\/p>\n<h2>Do CoSHH Cupboards have to be locked?<\/h2>\n<p>Anyone within the workplace who is authorised and has access or a key to the cupboard must make sure that the COSHH or Hazardous Substance Cabinet is kept locked whenever the substances aren&#8217;t being used, it should never be left unlocked and unattended at any time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/cupboards.html\">Click here to view our range of CoSHH and Hazardous Substance Storage Cupboards.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/unnamed2-2-1024x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/unnamed2-2-1024x200.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/unnamed2-2-300x59.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/unnamed2-2-768x150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/unnamed2-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"twttr_buttons\"><div class=\"twttr_twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"\" data-hashtags=\"\"  data-size=\"default\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.qmp.uk.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/20\/faq-coshh-hazardous-substances-cupboards\/\"  data-related=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Tweet<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"twttr_followme\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/qmp5\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"true\" data-size=\"default\"  data-show-screen-name=\"false\"  target=\"_blank\">Follow me<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"twttr_mention\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?screen_name=qmp5&text=FAQ%3A+CoSHH+%26+Hazardous+Cupboards\" class=\"twitter-mention-button\" data-size=\"default\"  data-related=\"\"  target=\"_blank\">Tweet to @qmp5<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is CoSHH? 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