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ESIG Video on Safe Handling of Solvents

11/07/2010

A video offering guidelines to employees and blue-collar worker on how to handle solvents in their work environment. It provides examples of concrete work situations and possible safety hazards while using, transporting or storing solvents. The video also offers suggestions on how to minimise the risks surrounding the use of solvents.
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ESIG Best Practice Guidelines 1: Measuring solvent concentrations in the work environment

10/07/2010

Helps solvent users design simple and effective monitoring programmes to measure airborne solvent vapour concentrations.

Dorothee Arns (ESIG), esig@cefic.be
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ESIG Best Practice Guidelines 2: Guide to Managing Solvent Exposure

09/07/2010

Provides easy to follow guidance to all solvents users (including SMEs), enabling them to ensure that solvents are used safely.

Dorothee Arns (ESIG), esig@cefic.be
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ESIG Best Practice Guidelines 3: Practical guidelines for measuring solvent concentration using chemical indicator tubes

08/07/2010

Provides practical guidance to help solvent users in the measurement of airborne solvent vapour concentrations in the workplace. Supplements Best Practice Guidelines 1.

Dorothee Arns (ESIG), esig@cefic.be
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ESIG Best Practice Guidelines 4: Safe working with industrial solvents. Flammability: A safety guide for users

06/07/2010

Explains the main characteristics of solvents flammability, and provides recommendations for safe use. The important aspect of static electricity is covered in detail.

Dorothee Arns (ESIG), esig@cefic.be
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ESIG Best Practice Guidelines 5: Safe Use of Gloves for the handling of solvents

05/07/2010

Best Practice Guidelines and tips for the safe use of Gloves when working with chemicals.

Dorothee Arns (ESIG), esig@cefic.be
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ESIG The Solvents Family Brochure

04/07/2010

For many products to perform effectively, solvents are simply essential. Everyday we benefit from diverse range of available solvents and their unique properties.
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ESIG The Do’s & Don’ts Posters for the Safe Use of Solvents

03/07/2010

Part of the continuous effort to encourage responsible and safe handling of solvents, the posters contain recommendations on how to use solvents more safety in the workplace.

Dorothee Arns (ESIG), esig@cefic.be
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ESIG Video on Static Electricity

01/07/2010

The video provides a simple guide on how to cope with the hazards of static electricity in the workplace to ensure the safe handling of solvents.
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Transperanto – multilingual phrasebook for chemical transport

21/06/2010

A tool to assist in removing language barriers in the communication between drivers and operators at sites. It offers a concise dictionary of the most frequently used words and phrases in transport, loading and discharging operations, translated in 26 European languages.
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