If you take a look at the REACH Regulation [1], you will notice right at the beginning that it talks about substances, mixtures and articles. In this case, substances mean pure substances. The meaning of "mixture" is also relatively clear - but what is meant by article? In this blog post, I deal with what
If you take a look at the REACH Regulation [1], you will notice right at the beginning that it talks about substances, mixtures and products. In this case, substances refer to pure substances, and the meaning of "mixture" is also relatively clear. But what is meant by product? In this blog post I deal
The Hazardous Substances Ordinance (GefStoffV), §14 [1] states that one must prepare operating instructions for certain hazardous substances and make them available to employees. In Germany, the TRGS 555 [2] provides more specific information on the preparation of the operating instructions. Here, it also defines that the posting of the operating instructions must take
Have you ever seen signed an operating instruction? Or are they perhaps signed in your company by default? This raises the question whether the signature field is mandatory or voluntary. Before I answer this question, I will summarize a few basics on operating instructions in general. Why create an operating manual at all? All
