Hazardous Substance Management
Register the hazardous substances your teams use, assess exposure with COSHH assessments, apply control measures and keep safety data sheet records attached to every substance - all reviewed and briefed to the people who need them.
Why teams switch
A binder of data sheets and assessments no one reads isn't control - it's paperwork. Safety Mate® keeps your substance register live, your assessments current and your controls in front of the people who are actually exposed.
Every hazardous substance your teams use, registered with its details and approval status, documents and safety data sheet records in one searchable place.
COSHH assessments record exposure routes, who may be harmed, the controls that apply and with review reminders built in.
Distribute assessments and control measures to your workforce with briefings and signatures recorded - proof that exposed workers have seen the controls.
Substance register
Build a live register of every hazardous substance in use - cleaning products, paints, adhesives, fuels, dusts and fumes. Each record carries the substance's hazards, documents and current assessment status.
Every substance registered with hazards, location and approval status.
Safety data sheet records stored against each substance, always findable.
See which substances are assessed, due review or missing controls.
Exposure control
COSHH assessments in Safety Mate® work through exposure routes, who may be harmed and the hierarchy of controls - from elimination and substitution down to PPE - so the control you choose is the strongest available, not just the easiest.
Inhalation, skin contact, ingestion - assessed per substance and task.
Control measures recorded in order of effectiveness, with PPE as the last line.
Competent can person review and approve substances before use.
Protect the right people
Every assessment records who may be harmed - employees, contractors, nearby workers, cleaners, visitors - and Safety Mate® distributes the finished assessment to exactly those people, with signatures captured as proof of briefing.
Who may be harmed recorded clearly in every assessment.
Distribution and sign-off recorded, ready for any audit.
Substance risks feed your wider risk register and intelligent analysis.
How it works
Add every hazardous substance with its details and data sheet records.
Complete COSHH assessments with AI assistance and competent review.
Record control measures through the hierarchy, PPE last.
Distribute to exposed workers with signatures, and review on schedule.
FAQ
COSHH management software keeps a register of the hazardous substances your teams use, together with the COSHH assessments, exposure controls and safety data sheet records for each one. Safety Mate® connects all of this to your wider risk management, so substance risks are assessed, controlled and reviewed like everything else.
COSHH stands for Control of Substances Hazardous to Health. The COSHH Regulations 2002 apply to virtually every UK workplace that uses chemicals or generates hazardous substances - from cleaning products and paints to dusts and fumes. If your teams are exposed to substances that could harm health, you're required to assess and control the risk.
Create COSHH assessments against each substance in your register, recording hazards, who may be exposed, exposure routes and the control measures that apply, finished assessments export as professional PDFs.
Yes. Each substance record holds its details and documents, including safety data sheet records, so the current information is always attached to the substance your teams are actually using - not buried in a shared drive.
Assessments and their control measures are distributed to your workforce through Safety Mate®, with briefings and signatures recorded - so you can show that the people exposed to a substance have actually seen and understood the controls.
Plans start from £49.99 per month, and every plan includes a free 14-day trial with full access to hazardous substance management and COSHH assessments. Annual billing saves up to 17%.
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Register your first substances and create a COSHH assessment in minutes. Free 14-day trial, no long-term contract.