3. Splashes, spills and when health is telling you something

Eyes

Know where the eyewash is and that it is in date. Irrigate, then occupational health / urgent care as the SDS says. Contact lenses are not a plan.

Skin

Dermatitis from gloves, soaps and acrylics is a COSHH and occupational-health issue. Early reporting beats a career-ending allergy. Switch products and practices before the fissures bleed.

Lungs

New wheeze, rhinitis, or chest tightness related to work — especially disinfectants and dusts — needs occupational-health advice, not “take an antihistamine and carry on mixing”. Health surveillance may be required for some exposures; that is a competent-person decision, not a quiz answer.

Mercury spill

Use the kit, not a vacuum cleaner (it spreads vapour). Restrict the area, report, follow the written procedure. Do not send a junior in with paper towels as a character test.

Records

Assessments, SDS, training, and exposure incidents. Review when you change a product or someone becomes pregnant. Close the loop in the same way as other incidents.

Always follow the current SDS and your written COSHH assessments.