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Health and Safety  Executive

Stay clean ­ stay healthy Looking after your health in the waste/recycling industry

Health and safety Executive

Stay clean - stay healthy

This pocket card is for workers in the waste management and recycling industry. It  illustrates  the  importance  of  personal  hygiene  and  protective  clothing  in avoiding  infection.

Looking after your health in the waste/recycling industry

This is a web­friendly version of pocket card INDG415

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Published by the Health and Safety Executive

There can be dangerous microscopic ‘bugs’ and  chemicals in waste.

Keep bugs away. Always wear protective clothing.

They can make you very ill (vomiting, stomach  cramps, diarrhoea).

Wash your hands.

INDG415

Don’t  drink,  eat  or  smoke  with  dirty  hands.

INDG415     Reprinted 10/13      Printed and published by the Health and Safety Executive    

© Crown copyright  This publication may be freely reproduced, except

for advertising, endorsement or commercial purposes. First published 10/07.

Please acknowledge the source as HSE.

This pocket card is available in priced packs of 25 from HSE Books,   ISBN 978 0 7176 6262 3. Single copies are free and a web version can be

found at: www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg415.pdf.

If you are very ill, tell your boss and your doctor.

Keep cuts covered ­ keep bugs out.

Looking after your health in the   waste/recycling industry

Stay clean ­ stay healthy

Health and safety Executive

Health and Safety  Executive

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