DSEAR is an acronym for the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations, which require employers to control the risks to safety from fire, explosions, and substances corrosive to metals.
Dangerous substances can put peoples’ safety at risk from fire, explosion, and corrosion of metal. DSEAR puts duties on employers and the self-employed to protect people from these risks in the workplace, and to members of the public who may be put at risk by work activity.
Employers have a duty to:
- Find out what dangerous substances are in their workplace and what the risks are to put control measures in place
- Utilise the hierarchy of control to either remove those risks or, where this is not possible, put controls in place to reduce the effects of any incidents involving dangerous substances
- Prepare plans and procedures to deal with accidents, incidents and emergencies involving dangerous substances to make sure employees are properly informed about and trained to control or deal with the risks from the dangerous substances
- Identify and classify areas of the workplace where explosive atmospheres may occur and avoid ignition sources (from unprotected equipment, for example) in those areas
How we can help
Our qualified consultants can carry out a DSEAR risk assessment to evaluate what dangerous substances you have in your workplace and how to control or remove the risks. We will make sure your staff are kept safe from risk from fire, explosion, and corrosion of metal – contact us today to find out more about DSEAR risk assessments.
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Arville
We have been using EEUK since 2017; they have provided us with not only a monitoring service but guidance on what we are required to do as a company. The sales team were really friendly and very efficient with arranging (sometimes at short notice) dates in which to provide their services.
Group Head of Health & Safety
Howard Butler Ltd
Howard Butler Ltd have, for a number of years, been a very satisfied customer of EEUK. There has been ongoing excellent support over this time and the staff have always been supportive and knowledgeable. In addition to this (always cheerful) support, the test reports are professional and easy to navigate. We would have no hesitation in recommending them to any of our customers.
Quality Manager
SACO
We have been dealing with EEUK for around two years – we currently use them for our Exposure Monitoring and have found the onsite engineers have an excellent understanding of what we require. They also work around us, so there is as little disruption to production and staff as possible. Whatever we need, even at short notice, EEUK are there to help as quickly as possible.
Health and Safety Manager
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Accredited within the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS)
EEUK is CHAS accredited. This means we ensure compliance across the different areas of risk management and mitigate risks across the supply chain.
Cyber Essentials
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ISO9001 Quality Management
We are ISO 9001 certified which means we are recognised as a company with a strong customer focus, a motivated top management team and processes in place with the aim to continually improve.
ISO14001 – Environmental Management
The ISO 14001 sets out the criteria for an environmental management system and provides guidance on how our business impacts the environment.
SafeContractor
We are SafeContractor approved, which means we comply with health and safety legislation – it is recognised as the leading health and safety accreditation by 33,000 contractors in the country.
JOSCAR Registration Mark
The JOSCAR Registration Mark is valued by some of the largest purchasers in the defence community and indicates that we have gone through the process required to demonstrate our commitment and credentials to the industry.
We’re ISO 45001 certified.
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