COSHH Essentials: Printing industry

Includes information intended to help employers in the printing industry comply with the requirements of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH).

General

(P0) Introductory information sheet for managers [1]

Lithographic

Screen

Gravure

Flexographic

Digital (Ink Jet)

Laminating

Link URLs in this page

  1. (P0) Introductory information sheet for managers https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p0.pdf
  2. (P1) Manual film and plate development https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p1.pdf
  3. (P2) Automatic film and plate development https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p2.pdf
  4. (P3) Ink mixing https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p3.pdf
  5. (P4) Printing with conventional inks https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p4.pdf
  6. (P5) Manual cleaning of presses (which use conventional inks) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p5.pdf
  7. (P6) Automated cleaning of presses (which use conventional inks) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p6.pdf
  8. (P7) Printing with UV-curable inks and coatings https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p7.pdf
  9. (P8) Manual cleaning of presses (which use UV-curable inks and coatings) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p8.pdf
  10. (P9) Automated cleaning of presses (which use UV-curable inks and coatings) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p9.pdf
  11. (P10) Printing with cold set inks https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p10.pdf
  12. (P11) Manual cleaning of presses (which use cold set inks) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p11.pdf
  13. (P12) Automated cleaning of presses (which use cold set inks) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p12.pdf
  14. (P13) Printing with heat set inks https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p13.pdf
  15. (P14) Manual cleaning of presses (which use heat set inks) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p14.pdf
  16. (P15) Automated cleaning of presses (which use heat set inks) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p15.pdf
  17. (P16) Using isocyanate based adhesives in frame makinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p16.pdf
  18. (P17) Stencil generationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p17.pdf
  19. (P18) Ink mixing and colour matchinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p18.pdf
  20. (P19) Printing with lower volatility inks and rack drying https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p19.pdf
  21. (P20) Printing with higher volatility inks and extracted rack drying https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p20.pdf
  22. (P21) High volume printing with oven dryinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p21.pdf
  23. (P22) Printing with UV-curable inks https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p22.pdf
  24. (P23) Printing with isocyanate based inkshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p23.pdf
  25. (P24) Manual screen reclamation https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p24.pdf
  26. (P25) Automated screen reclamationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p25.pdf
  27. (P26) Ink mixing and colour matching https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p26.pdf
  28. (P27) Printing with solvent borne inks https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p27.pdf
  29. (P28) On-press cleaning https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p28.pdf
  30. (P29) Manual off-press cleaning https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p29.pdf
  31. (P30) Automated off-press cleaning https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p30.pdf
  32. (P31) Making photopolymer plates https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p31.pdf
  33. (P33) Printing with solvent-borne inks https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p33.pdf
  34. (P34) Mixing UV-curable inks https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p34.pdf
  35. (P35) Printing with UV-curable inks https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p35.pdf
  36. (P39) Wide format printing with solvent-born inks https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p39.pdf
  37. (P40) Wide format printing with UV-curable inks https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p40.pdf
  38. (P41) Grande format printing https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p41.pdf
  39. (P42) Mixing and transferring isocyanate based adhesives https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p42.pdf
  40. (P43) Using isocyanate based isocyanate based adhesives https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p43.pdf
  41. (P44) Drying and curing isocyanate based adhesives https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/p44.pdf

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Updated:2023-03-16