Your legal obligation
Why office cleaners need a COSHH assessment
The cleaning products used in office cleaning contain chemical ingredients that require COSHH assessment. Disinfectants containing quaternary ammonium compounds, bleach-based bathroom cleaners, solvent-based glass cleaners, and floor treatments with chemical preservatives and surfactants all present skin and respiratory exposure risks with daily professional use. || Office cleaners work with these products throughout every shift. Daily skin contact with cleaning chemicals without adequate protection is a documented cause of occupational contact dermatitis - one of the most common occupational health conditions in the cleaning industry. || A COSHH assessment needs to cover every product in your regular use, not just the most obviously hazardous ones. CompliantDocs generates your assessment from the complete product list you tell us you use for office cleaning.
The real problem
Most office cleaners have no COSHH documentation despite daily chemical exposure
The absence of COSHH documentation in self-employed office cleaning is widespread. Daily chemical use without formal assessment of the risks is the norm rather than the exception. As commercial clients become more compliance-aware, this gap is becoming increasingly visible. CompliantDocs closes it in minutes.
90 minutes
How long office cleaners spend on COSHH documentation. Our service does it in minutes.
Your trade, specifically
The risks and requirements specific to your work
Office cleaners handle an extensive range of chemical hazards daily that demand rigorous COSHH assessment. Alkaline degreasers used on kitchen surfaces and appliances present skin burn and respiratory risks, particularly when diluted incorrectly or applied without adequate ventilation. Quaternary ammonium compounds in disinfectants used on desks, chairs and communal areas can trigger sensitisation with repeated exposure. Bleach-based toilet cleaners generate chlorine vapours in enclosed washroom spaces, requiring specific ventilation protocols. Spray air fresheners and surface polishes create inhalation exposure during application, especially in poorly ventilated offices. Your toolkit includes mop buckets, microfibre cloths, squeegees, and extension poles that present slip, trip and manual handling risks. You work across multiple client sites with varying layouts, electrical hazards from damp conditions, and time pressures that increase accident likelihood. Storage of incompatible chemicals in cupboards, mixing of products during cleaning, inadequate personal protective equipment provision, and lack of emergency procedures represent genuine workplace exposure scenarios. This pack delivers site-specific COSHH assessments covering every substance you handle, eliminating guesswork about chemical hazards and their controls.
The cost of getting it wrong
What happens without proper documentation
Without proper COSHH Assessment and compliance documentation, office cleaners face severe consequences. HSE improvement notices demand corrective action within specified timeframes; failure to comply escalates to prohibition notices that can halt your business entirely. Prosecution fines for breaching COSHH Regulations carry no upper limit and routinely exceed five figures for sole traders whose negligence causes exposure incidents. If a client or employee develops dermatitis, respiratory sensitisation, or chemical burn injuries, you face personal liability claims that your public liability insurance may reject if you cannot prove documented risk controls were in place. Clients increasingly require compliance evidence before contracts commence; without it, you lose work. Building your COSHH Assessment, Health and Safety Policy, and Skin Exposure Prevention documentation through a consultant costs 150 to 500 GBP and takes weeks. CompliantDocs delivers your complete eight-document pack for 47.99 GBP in minutes, ready to download and use immediately.