JSP 375 Vol 2 

MoD Health & Safety Handbook 

LINE MANAGERS  DUTIES 

MOD as Customer 

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The earliest point at which future ill health can be prevented is at the design requirement or 

specification stage of any project.  Substances can be used or applied (fuel, cleaning agents, pesticides, 

asbestos, lead, depleted uranium, paints, welding rods, explosives, beryllium, cadmium), worked on 

(any wood, any metal, lead), and released or produced as by products during use or storage (e.g. 

exhaust gases, welding fume, smoke, vapour).  Assessing the risks to health and environment before 

the drawing board can prevent, or dramatically reduce subsequent risks to health, for Service and 

Civilian personnel, involved in producing, delivering, storing, handling, using, firing and disposing of 

substances and the systems or equipments in which they are used. 

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Before selecting any substance, examine the suppliers safety data sheet. If the substance is a 

NATO codified item the Safety Data Sheet may be on JSP 515   MOD Hazardous Stores Information 

System.  JSP515 contains many thousands of data sheets on  hazardous items purchased by MOD and 

is distributed by quarterly upgrades on CD ROM. Unit or Establishment Health and Safety Advisers 

should normally have access, and the data is increasingly being made available on networks.  Support 

can also be sought from the HSIS Focal Nodes.  If a data sheet is not available on HSIS, seek the 

information from potential suppliers. 

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All purchasers of potentially hazardous substances must ensure safety data sheets are provided by 

the supplier and passed to one of the MOD HSIS offices for inclusion on the JSP 515 database (details 

below).  DEFCON 68, which demands data sheets, must be included with all contracts to supply. 

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The MOD Hazardous Stores Information System Focal Nodes contact details are: 

All Land systems, Sea systems and all ordnance, munitions and explosives: 

JSP 515 Hazardous Stores Information System 

DG&HSG 

Bay RO/3 

Building 300/2 

DLO Andover 

Monxton Rd 

SP11 8HT 

All Air systems: 

JSP 515 Hazardous Stores Information System

DESAT CAM 

EOM 

Centre for Aviation Medicine 

RAF Henlow 

Bedfordshire 

SG16 6DN 

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The information that must be included in a safety data sheet is defined in the Chemicals (Hazard 

Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (CHIP).  More information on CHIP and an 

explanation of the information that must be included in labels and data sheets is given in Annex H 

Hazardous Substances and Hazard Information. 

Leaflet 5 Annex C 

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 April 

2003