COSHH at the point of work

One-page cards where the substance is used, and the LEV register that keeps extraction honest.

4 min read · Last reviewed 18 August 2026

Point-of-work cards

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    Open COSHH → Point of work.

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    For each substance in use, the card distils the record to what the person holding the bottle needs: hazards, PPE, spill response, first aid.

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    Print it for the workstation or open it on a phone — it always reflects the current version, so a re-assessment updates the wall copy by itself.

Tip: The card is for the user; the assessment is for the assessor. If a card needs a second page, the task probably needs a second assessment.

The LEV register

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    Open COSHH → LEV and record your local exhaust ventilation plant — the extraction that makes several of your assessments true.

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    Record the statutory examinations with their dates; the register shows what is in date and what is due.

Note: LEV lives inside COSHH deliberately: an extraction set that fails its test quietly invalidates every assessment that leans on it, and keeping them together makes that visible.

About this moduleCOSHHA substance inventory that builds itself from the safety data sheet, assessments with signed versions, and cards at the point of work.