COSHH assessment template
A safety data sheet is not a COSHH assessment. COSHH 2002 asks the employer to assess the risk from the substance as it is actually used — cut, mixed, sprayed, sanded, in a basement or out in the wind — and to decide the controls from that. A blank COSHH form leaves every one of those judgements to you. These are written per substance a site really meets, from cement and silica dust to solvents, resins and diesel exhaust, with the workplace exposure limit to be looked up fresh rather than printed stale. There is a guided blank form for anything not on the list.
48 documents, one price each. Helmet colours vary from site to site. This is a common convention, not a legal standard.
Written for this
48 COSHH assessments — one per substance.
Each one sets out the harm, who is exposed and how, the controls in order, health surveillance where it applies, and the emergency and first-aid steps. The blank COSHH form is in the blank forms family.
What comes with every document
The same six things come with a single document or the whole library.
Fill it your way
Guided PDFs with a tooltip on every field, or complete it online. Type your site once and every document in the pack opens with it filled in.
Your logo on every page
Upload it once. It prints at the top of every page of every document you download, included with any purchase.
The law, cited
Each document shows the regulation it rests on. Check our working.
Yours to keep
No subscription, no login, no expiry. Revisions included.
Written from the approving side
By a contractor who reviews subcontractor submissions, and sends them back.
Kept current, free
Every source is re-checked monthly. A change that matters raises a revision, and you get it free.
How it works
Four steps, in this order.
- 1
Choose
A single document, a bundle for one hazard, or a pack for your trade or sector. Pay once.
- 2
Enter your site once
Site, reference, address, client, principal contractor. Every document in the pack opens with them filled in.
- 3
Add your logo
Upload it once. It prints at the top of every page of every document you download.
- 4
Download it finished
Filled, flattened, licensed to your business. When the law moves, the revision is free.
Legal basis
What these documents are built on.
Printed on the forms themselves, so you and whoever reviews your submission are reading the same references. Law and guidance are kept apart, because they are not the same thing.
Statutory provisions
- Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
- COSHH 2002 regs 6 and 7
- Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2015 reg 18
- Plant Protection Products (Sustainable Use) Regulations 2012 reg 8
- Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002
- HSWA 1974 s.2(2)(a)
Guidance and standards relied on — not law
- ACOP L143 2nd edition, 2013
- HSG210
- EH40/2005 4th edition, 2020
- ACOP L8 4th edition, 2013
- HSG274 Part 2 2014
- ACOP L132 3rd edition, 2002
HSE guidance, British Standards and industry codes are not statute and carry no force in themselves — they are the standard the document is built to. And citing an instrument is not the same as satisfying it: what discharges the duty is a competent person in your business assessing this job and completing the document properly.
Our one rule
We will not tell you this makes you compliant.
No template can. HSE says it of its own examples: “Do not just copy an example and put your company name to it as that would not satisfy the law and would not protect your employees.” SSIP assessors want risk assessments written for a specific project within the last twelve months, and a generic document with your logo on it is unlikely to pass, whoever sold it to you.
What you are buying is the structure and the prompts — every section the law and HSE guidance expect the document to address, with the reference beside it. The judgement stays yours.
Why we don’t say “compliant”Before you buy
Will the main contractor accept it?
No template can promise that, and we won’t. It is written from the approving side of the desk, but your competent person adapts it to the job and signs it off. That step is what makes it yours.
Is VAT included in the price?
No. Prices are ex VAT; VAT is added at checkout.
What format is it?
A fillable PDF with a tooltip on every field. Or complete it online: type your site once and it downloads finished, with your logo on every page.
What happens when the law changes?
Every source is re-checked monthly. A change that matters raises a revision, and you get it free.
Is it a subscription?
No. Pay once. No subscription, no login, no expiry.