COSHH Starter Pack

A practical COSHH starter pack for businesses that need a clear starting point for recording and managing hazardous substance risks in the workplace.

This pack is designed to help employers put basic COSHH documentation in place where substances such as cleaning chemicals, paints, sprays, adhesives, oils or other workplace products are used and need to be assessed and recorded in a more organised way. It brings together the core documents needed to begin identifying substances, recording essential information, and completing substance-specific assessments.

It is best suited to lower-risk environments and more routine substance use, where the business needs a structured way to start managing COSHH but still understands that the documents must be completed properly and tailored to the actual products, tasks and conditions on site.

What’s included

• COSHH Assessment Template
• COSHH Register
• Guidance Notes to Support Completion

Who this pack is for

This pack is suitable for small businesses, offices, facilities, trades and other workplaces that use hazardous substances in day-to-day activities and need a practical document set to begin organising COSHH records.

It may be useful where employers are starting from scratch, improving poor documentation, or replacing generic forms with a more structured format.

What this pack helps with

The documents in this pack can help you:

• record hazardous substances used or stored on site
• create a basic COSHH register
• assess how substances are used in the task
• consider routes of exposure and likely health risks
• identify basic control measures, storage and emergency information
• improve consistency in COSHH record keeping

Important

These documents are templates and guidance tools only. They are not automatically suitable and sufficient for every substance, process or work activity. They must be reviewed and adapted to reflect the actual substances used, the task, quantities, frequency of use, exposure potential, ventilation, storage arrangements, emergency arrangements and disposal requirements.

This pack is intended as a starting point for lower-risk or more routine COSHH management. More complex activities, higher-risk substances, significant exposure potential, or specialist work processes will require more detailed and task-specific assessment.