INDUSTRY RISKS
· CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING

Globally 2 million lives were lost to select chemicals in 2019 according to the World Health Organisation. In pharmaceutical and similar industries where you’re handling chemicals and raw materials, exposure to toxic and flammable gases and particulates can be deadly.

• According to ‘Unite the Union’, the chemical and pharmaceutical sector employs 600,000 people in the UK 
• 2 million lives worldwide were lost to select chemicals in 2019 according to WHO
• WHO’ also reports 53 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were lost in 2019 from exposure to selected chemicals worldwide
  
  
• Unintentional poisonings are estimated to cause 193,000 deaths annually reported by the ‘WHO’

• General dust
• Silica dust
• Rubber dust

• Carbon Monoxide
• Flammable gases
• Toxic gases
• Formaldehyde

• Filling raw ingredients
• Handling raw ingredients
• Mixing raw ingredients
• Packaging pharmaceuticals
• Transporting crops
• Grinding pipes during replacement
• Welding pipes during replacement

• Cooling + freezing
• Filling raw ingredients
• Handling raw ingredients
• Mixing raw ingredients
• Use of hazardous pesticides
• Process controls
• Sterility processes