HSE COSHH ESSENTIALS FOR PRINTERS

COSHH Essentials sets out basic advice on what to do to control exposure to hazardous substances in the workplace. It takes the form of straightforward advice in ‘factsheets’ called ‘control guidance sheets’. There are two types of sheets, industry-specific ‘direct advice sheets’ and ‘generic control guidance sheets’.

PRINTER WORKS DIRECT ADVICE

The following are direct advice sheets for common tasks or processes affiliated with the printing industry:

• P0 – Advice for managers [44kb]
• P1 – Manual film and plate development [60kb]
• P2 – Automated film and plate development [71kb]
• P3 – Ink mixing [56kb]
• P4 – Printing with conventional inks [60kb]
• P5 – Manual cleaning of presses (conventional inks) [50kb]
• P6 – Automated cleaning of presses (conventional inks) [63kb]
• P7 – Printing with UV-curable inks and coatings [67kb]
• P8 – Manual cleaning of presses (UV-curable inks and coatings) [66kb]
• P9 – Automated cleaning of presses (UV-curable inks and coatings) [67kb]
• P10 – Printing with cold-set inks [60kb]
• P11 – Manual cleaning of presses (cold-set inks) [63kb]
• P12 – Automated cleaning of presses (cold-set inks) [63kb]
• P13 – Printing with heat-set inks [60kb]
• P14 – Manual cleaning of presses (heat-set inks) [63kb]
• P15 – Automated cleaning of presses (heat-set inks) [63kb]
• P16 – Using isocyanate based adhesives in frame-making [142kb]
• P17 – Stencil generation [71kb]
• P18 – Ink mixing and colour matching [56kb]
• P19 – Printing with lower-volatility inks and rack drying [61kb]
• P20 – Printing with higher-volatility inks and extracted rack drying [66kb]
• P21 – High-volume printing with oven drying [68kb]
• P22 – Printing with UV-curable inks [64kb]
• P23 – Printing with isocyanate-based inks [127kb]
• P24 – Manual screen reclamation [69kb]
• P25 – Automated screen reclamation [63kb]
• P26 – Ink mixing [74kb]
• P27 – Printing [70kb]
• P28 – On-press cleaning [82kb]
• P29 – Manual off-press cleaning [76kb]
• P30 – Automated off-press cleaning [77kb]
• P31 – Making photopolymer plates [59kb]
• P33 – Printing with solvent-borne inks [67kb]
• P34 – Mixing UV-curable inks [57kb]
• P35 – Printing with UV-curable inks [69kb]
• P39 – Wide-format printing with solvent-borne inks [56kb]
• P40 – Wide-format printing with UV-curable inks [61kb]
• P41 – Grande-format printing [64kb]
• P42 – Mixing and transferring isocyanate-based adhesives [146kb]
• P43 – Using isocyanatebased adhesives [176kb]
• P44 – Drying and curing isocyanate-based adhesives [135kb]