HEALTH AND SAFETY
1-4 EPT024619 Issue 1 June 2016
When used correctly, printing inks do not cause problems. However,
everybody using them should be familiar with the appropriate safety
standards and be aware of the precautions that should be taken. The
following are basic requirements:
• Proper standards of industrial practice relating to cleanliness and
tidiness must be maintained.
• Inks cartridges must be stored and handled with care.
• Smoking or the use of naked flames (or other sources of ignition) in the
vicinity of any inks or solvents is highly dangerous and therefore strictly
inadvisable.
• All who come into contact with inks must be properly instructed in their
use.
Directions for safe working practices vary according to the environment.
The following are broad principles so that necessary precautions may be
taken:
• Contact with the mouth must be avoided. Therefore eating, drinking or
smoking, or any personal habits or actions which may transfer ink to
the mouth, must be avoided.
• Contact with the eyes must be avoided. If ink does get into the eyes,
first aid treatment is to flood the affected eye for 15 minutes with saline
solution, (or clean water if saline solution is not available), taking care
not to allow the water to run into an unaffected eye. Medical aid must
be obtained immediately. Eyewash is available from Domino (Pt.No.
99200).
• Certain G-Series inks contain solvents which may injure the skin. Good
working practice must always be employed and risk assessments
carried out. Safety Data Sheets are available that give advice on
personal protective equipment. Most gloves only offer limited and
short term exposure protection and must be changed after any
splashing and on a frequent basis.
• Any used cleaning materials, e.g. rags, paper wipes, are a potential fire
hazard. They must be collected for safe disposal after use.
• After exposure to ink, all possible traces must be washed off as soon
as possible at the nearest washing facility.
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