The Italian law of reference for the protection of health and prevention at work is the Legislative Decree 81/08, Consolidated Law on Health and Safety at Work (TUSL), which has as its primary objective to ensure adequate health and safety conditions in every workplace. For this reason, the TUSL provides, among others, as a prevention tool, the process of assessing risks in the workplace from physical agents, dangerous substances and biological agents, with particular focus on asbestos, legionella and carcinogens. .

The evaluations aim to identify the probability of onset of occupational diseases and potential accidents at work. From the results obtained, the employer is called upon to work in order to eliminate or at least minimize the risk factors present in the company by defining improvement actions that include both immediate and medium-long term actions, weighted on the results of the assessments. carried out.

The Laboratory has ICFP certified figures as Industrial Hygienists, adequately trained and competent, professionally trained in industrial hygiene, who cover the role of evaluator (in accordance with UNI EN 689) to carry out the Chemical Risk Assessment process from dangerous chemical agents, from the preliminary assessment phase to the personal and environmental sampling phase for the experimental assessment, if necessary, of the risk greater than irrelevant. Preliminarily to the sampling phase, the Customer Hazardous Observation Laboratory with consultancy activities to define improvement guidelines in order to minimize the exposure of personnel to the chemical agents that characterize the activity carried out as much as possible.

The REACH Regulation has been in force since 1 June 2007 and aims at the integrated management of chemicals, through the regulation of registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction.

The Laboratory provides consultancy services for the adaptation of chemical management processes in accordance with the REACH Regulation with its subsequent additions and harmonizing the classification system in accordance with the CLP Regulation. The Laboratory also offers assistance and technical advice for the preparation of Safety Data Sheets in accordance with Regulation (EU) no. 830/2015 of 28 May 2015 (in force until 31/12/2022) and to Regulation (EU) no. 2020/878 of 18 June 2020 (applicable from 1 January 2021).

The legislation provides that for all those substances and mixtures for which hazard classes are defined, an SDS must be drawn up in compliance with Annex II of the REACH Regulation. The Regulation specifies that the structure of the Safety Data Sheets of substances and mixtures considered dangerous for human health must be characterized by 16 sections, each of which consists of subsections to be filled in compulsorily. If there are fields not relevant to the case, the compiler of the SDS must justify the non-applicability in order to justify the choice.

The Laboratory, thanks to the vast range of instruments and the experience gained over time, carries out chemical and chemical-physical analyzes on the products for which the SDS are required and supports the Customer in the creation of the Safety Data Sheets in accordance with the provisions of the current legislation.