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Health and Safety Health and Safety Executive Executive Best practice MWF management for disease reduction Phil Roberts MSc CMFOH HSE Specialist Inspector Metal Working Fluids Mixtures of neat oils and water based emulsions of oils.


  1. Health and Safety Health and Safety Executive Executive Best practice – MWF management for disease reduction Phil Roberts MSc CMFOH HSE Specialist Inspector

  2. Metal Working Fluids • Mixtures of neat oils and water based emulsions of oils. • 4 different types: – Straight oils – Soluble oils – Semi-synthetic oils – Synthetic oils • Additives • Contaminants

  3. Health Effects of exposure • Irritation of the skin or dermatitis • Occupational asthma, bronchitis, irritation of the upper respiratory tract and breathing difficulties • A more serious, although less common lung disease, known as extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA)

  4. Risk Management Bacterial contamination / Personal Hygiene MWF quality Training Fluid Health Management Surveillance Mist Control

  5. Fluid quality

  6. Dip slide tests

  7. Mist Control

  8. Welfare

  9. Personal Protective Equipment

  10. Training

  11. Health Surveillance www.seqohs.org/

  12. CoSHH Essentials Guidance - MWF • MW0 Advice for managers • MW1 Mist control: Inhalation risks • MW2 Fluid control: Skin risks • MW3 Sump cleaning: Water-mix fluids • MW4 Sump cleaning: Neat oils • MW5 Managing sumps and bacterial contamination

  13. Air Monitoring….. ‘To monitor or not to monitor?’ www.bohs.org

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