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Document ID (ISN)48269
CIS number 87-967
ISBN(s) 0-11-883851-2
Year 1986
Convention or series no.
Title Health and safety for small firms in the print industry
Bibliographic information Health and Safety Executive, St. Hugh's House, Stanley Precinct, Trinity Road, Bootle, Merseyside L20 3QY, United Kingdom, 1986. 27p. Illus. 54 ref. Appendices. Index. Price: £3.50.
Abstract This guide is intended for employers and employees. Covered are: processes (origination, printing, finishing); office equipment; safety and the law (health, chemicals, inks, solvents and adhesives, mechanical safety, safe systems of work, noise, fire and explosion, electrical hazards, manual handling, fork lift trucks, place of work, selecting new premises, acquiring a new machine, use of new materials or substances, safety organisation, training, health and safety representatives, legal requirements, the factory inspector, keeping up to date); organisations and addresses.
Descriptors (primary) small enterprises; United Kingdom; printing industry
Descriptors (secondary) cylinder printing machines; data sheet; safe working methods
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Paper-making and printing
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Small and medium-sized enterprises
Printing, photography and photocopying industry