| File Reference : | COSHH Toolkit |
| Date File Updated | 02-06-26 |
| File Format | MS Word |
| No. of files | 79 |
| Category | Toolkits | Tags: ISO 45001, COSHH, hazardous substances, chemicals |
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A useful starting point when you're preparing COSHH. The risk assessments and the worked examples save a lot of time - you adapt them to your own substances rather than starting from scratch.
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COSHH Toolkit
The COSHH Toolkit brings together the documents you need to manage substances hazardous to health (COSHH) in one place. If your business uses chemicals, cleaning products, fuels or similar materials, it gives you a ready-made set of editable templates to assess, record and control them.
Alongside a selection of example COSHH assessments and a blank assessment form to complete your own, the toolkit includes registers, procedures, a policy, guidance, training talks and an audit checklist. Every file is editable and can be customised with your own company details, and the whole set downloads in a single archive folder (.zip) ready to start editing.
Built around COSHH and ISO 45001
Substances hazardous to health are covered by the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH), which require employers to assess the risks from those substances and put suitable controls in place. The toolkit gives you the documentation to do this in a consistent, auditable way, supporting the hazard identification and risk control requirements of ISO 45001.
Your COSHH duties
Under the COSHH Regulations 2002, employers need to:
- Assess the risks from the hazardous substances used or produced
- Decide what controls and PPE are needed
- Put those controls in place and keep them working
- Inform, instruct and train the people who use the substances
- Review the assessments and keep them up to date
The toolkit gives you the documents to do each of these and keep the evidence in one place.
Who should use this toolkit?
The COSHH Toolkit suits any organisation that uses chemicals and needs to manage them responsibly, anyone wanting to be sure their COSHH documentation is complete, current and available, and businesses looking to put the right arrangements in place for legal compliance and to improve their existing paperwork.
Kept up to date
The toolkit is maintained and updated over time, and an alphaZ Subscription keeps you in ongoing access to the documents and any updates.
Files included with this toolkit
The toolkit includes a selection of example COSHH assessments covering a wide range of common substances, such as:
- Bleach
- Cleaning products
- Diesel
- Disinfectant
- Drain cleaner
- Furniture polish
- Unleaded petrol
- Silica dust
- Solvents
- Wood dust
...and many others, plus a blank COSHH assessment form to complete your own. A summary of every document type in the toolkit is set out below, each linking through to the individual file.
| Document type | Files included | What it's for |
|---|---|---|
| Example COSHH assessments | COSHH Assessments | A selection of example COSHH assessments (COSHH-1 to COSHH-70 are included) covering common substances such as cleaning products, solvents, fuels and others. Use them as a starting point and adapt to your own substances. |
| Blank COSHH assessment form | F-HS5 COSHH Assessment Form | A blank COSHH assessment form so you can assess and record your own substances, with space for hazards, PPE, storage and disposal, and inherent and residual risk ratings. |
| COSHH registers | F-HS4 COSHH Register and F-HS4 COSHH Register V2 | Registers for keeping track of the COSHH substances in use. V2 is landscape format and holds additional information. |
| COSHH procedures | PP-7-06 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Policy Procedure and PP-6-03 Environmental Oils Chemicals COSHH Policy Procedure | Procedures for managing COSHH within your business. |
| COSHH policy | P-79 Hazardous Substances Policy | Policy for managing hazardous substances within your business. |
| Guidance | GG-7-06 COSHH Guidance | Guidance on managing COSHH substances. |
| Audit checklist | AC-P 34 Health and Safety COSHH | Audit checklist covering COSHH items. |
| Training talks | TT-7-06 COSHH Guidance and TT-6-03 Storing Oils Chemicals COSHH | Toolbox talks covering COSHH. |
Please note - the example COSHH assessments should be reviewed and updated by a competent person before use.
