RA-HS147 Refrigeration Systems - Hazardous Substances and Environment
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This example covers the hazardous substances around refrigeration systems - legionella, refrigerant oils, glycols, cleaning chemicals and environmental releases.
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Risk Assessment - Refrigeration Systems: Hazardous Substances and Environment
This pre-completed risk assessment covers the hazardous substances and environmental risks that come with refrigeration and air cooling work - from legionella in cooling towers to the oils, glycols, biocides and cleaning chemicals engineers handle every week. It considers refrigeration and water treatment engineers, apprentices, supervisors, building occupants and the public near cooling towers and plant.
What Does This Risk Assessment Cover?
The assessment addresses the significant hazards of this work, including:
- Legionella in cooling towers - proliferation in evaporative cooling towers, adiabatic systems and associated water systems
- Condensate and drain pan contamination - bacterial growth in air handling units, condensate trays and humidification systems
- Refrigerant oils - skin and eye contact with mineral, alkylbenzene, polyolester and polyvinyl ether oils
- Glycol heat transfer fluids - handling ethylene and propylene glycol mixtures and other secondary refrigerants
- Cleaning chemicals and biocides - disinfectants, descaling agents and water treatment products
- Airborne contaminants - fibre insulation dust, construction dust and mould disturbed during work on existing plant
- Environmental releases - unintended discharge of refrigerants, oils, glycols and chemicals to air, drains and ground
How the Risks Are Rated
Every hazard is scored twice. The inherent rating shows the risk before controls are considered, and the residual rating shows the risk that remains once the listed controls are in place - giving a clear picture of how much each set of controls is actually doing. Ratings are selected from pre-populated drop-down boxes, with document styles that colour-match each rating automatically, and recognised safety pictograms mark hazards, mandatory controls and prohibitions throughout.
Who Is This Risk Assessment For?
This assessment is suitable for any business working on refrigeration and air cooling plant, including:
- Refrigeration and air conditioning contractors
- Water treatment and hygiene service providers
- Facilities management and building services teams
- Operators of buildings with cooling towers and large plant
Ready to Adapt to Your Plant
The controls reflect established good practice for the substances involved. Review each row against the plant and products you actually work with, adjust the ratings where your circumstances differ, and record your site-specific details in the completed-by and location fields.
Health and Safety Compliance
This document provides ready-to-use evidence of risk assessment and supports occupational health and safety management. The assessment is based on the F-HS20 General Risk Assessment template, is fully editable in Microsoft Word, and can be customised with your company details, site-specific information and review dates.