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About Graham Couch
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Expertise
I have over 28 years of experience in aerospace manufacturing and 7 years in Health & Safety, qualifications include IOSH, NEBOSH, COSHH, PUWER, Manual handling DSE and general office and fire safety, I am based in the UK

Experience
I have 28 years experience in the aerospace manufacturing industry and 7 years in Health and Safety for an international Aerospace company

Education/Credentials
IOSH (managing safely), NEBOSH certificate,(National examination board of occupational safety and health)PUWER,COSHH,Man Handling and DSE Training and experience
   

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Questions Answered By Expert  Graham Couch 
In Category  Industrial Health and Safety

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help5/5/2008
  Q: i live in venezuela and i need to know if there is any universal manual, or guidelines or principles ...
  A: as I am not an electrician, the inspection however must be carried out by a competent person, ie he ...
help5/3/2008
  Q: i live in venezuela and i need to know if there is any universal manual, or guidelines or principles ...
  A: every country has its own laws and regulations regarding H&S, however in Europe most are generic ...
Industrial toxicology4/29/2008
  Q: As part of the control measures butyl rubber gloves are worn whilst degreasing.They also advise that ...
  A: this really worried me because it is an offence not to inform you what substances you are working ...
Industrial toxicology4/25/2008
  Q: How can a man in general terms,decrease exposure to toxins at work?What are the standard procedure?
  A: this is fairly straight forward, to start with a chemical risk assessment should be carried out by a ...
Health and Safety.4/24/2008
  Q: I work in a school in the Food Tech Dept. There are 5 gas cookers but I dont feel there is enough ...
  A: If there is a risk of all the cookers being on all the time then there is a risk of carbon monoxide ...
Employee health condition4/11/2008
  Q: As employers, can we ask employees to volunteer to their supervisors any medical condition that may ...
  A: I am unsure of the specific laws in the USA, but in the UK I would make sure that if any employees ...
dead rats3/19/2008
  Q: our offices are attached to the warehouses and dead rats will eat poison laid out and then crawl ...
  A: yes there is a disease called Wiell's disease which is passed on from rats urine, but if it can be ...
need to ask3/18/2008
  Q: I had taken a bahelor degree in some engineeirng major rather than industrial safety engineer or ...
  A: first of all ergonomics is very specialized, but can be applied to many industries, industrial ...
need to ask3/13/2008
  Q: I had an idea , no on can support me in this idea except someone in industrial engineering the ...
  A: in many different designs, there are ear plugs which are a soft plug that is inserted into the ear ...
Sandblasting3/12/2008
  Q: i am currently undertaking a case study for my product and need to know what the healthy and safety ...
  A: you have given me very little detail of what is involved here, there are no specific regulations ...
RUBBER FUMES3/5/2008
  Q: CAN WORKING IN A 11X14 ROOM FILLED WITH NEWLY MANUFACTURED TIRES AND WITHOUT A WINDOW OR ANY ...
  A: it is a legal requirement to have dilution ventilation in every room that you work in or at least an ...
sandblasting static electric shock2/28/2008
  Q: Couch, I sandblast crystal bowls in a sandblasting cabinet. When the weather is cold and dry I get ...
  A: the friction creates static build up which when at its peak discharges itself by the route of least ...
Side effect or hazards in fristaid treatment in HCN gas by using amyl nitrile11/17/2007
  Q: Please explain side effect of amyl nitrile which used in cynide poisioning & other alternatives for ...
  A: Three antidotes for cyanide poisoning have been widely recommended for use, namely 'solutions A and ...
zero risk workplace11/9/2007
  Q: i'm an occupational health an safety student and my qustion is do you think that a "zero-risk" ...
  A: No absolutely not, there is no such thing as a zero hazard workplace too, if we didn't take risks we ...
ayuda10/10/2007
  Q: as you probably know I work for a pharmaceutical plant and the other day I guy came from Panama to ...
  A: first of all the general rule is if it doesn't look right it probably isn't, it is mostly down to ...
working with food: health and safety regulations9/16/2007
  Q: i work part time in a cafe style restaurant in the UK, i was off sick one day during the week with a ...
  A: whilst this is not strictly my main subject I have talked to a friend who has qualifications in ...
ayuda8/9/2007
  Q: I work 25 years as a fire fighter and I am now retired, I am working for a safety company and I am ...
  A: First of all you must have some sort of qualifications to do this. If so the safety company must ...
Health and safety meetings7/13/2007
  Q: thought I'd ask you a question on what should be discussed in an Health & Safety meeting which I've ...
  A: but this is how we do it. Things to be discussed, accidents and incidents, how many and where, high ...
how could someone become entwined in a crane's arm?7/1/2007
  Q: This happened to someone on a construction job site and I don't know what that means and how it ...
  A: Without specific details of what happened it is hard to answer, to be entwined in a crane it would ...

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