Occupational Dust and Air Quality
Does your workplace meet HSE requirements?
Industrial or construction-type workspaces often require occupational air quality workplace surveys to determine exposure compliance with COSHH: EH40 Workplace Exposure Limits in line with HSE requirements. This is a specialist form of workplace air quality testing focused on dusts, fumes and airborne chemicals rather than general comfort in offices.
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Industrial, workshop and construction environments can expose employees to dusts, fumes and airborne chemicals that may harm their health if not properly controlled. An Occupational Dust and Air Quality Survey is designed to check employee exposure against the COSHH Regulations and EH40 Workplace Exposure Limits, and to give you clear, practical advice on how to keep your workforce safe and compliant. They are also useful where there are concerns that existing local exhaust ventilation (LEV) or general ventilation may not be performing as intended and where you need documented evidence of air quality in workplace conditions from a recognised air testing company.This type of professional air quality testing is usually delivered by specialist and experienced air quality testing companies.
FAQs
What is an Occupational Dust and Air Quality Survey?
It’s a specialist workplace air monitoring survey that measures employees’ exposure to dusts, fumes and airborne chemicals during real tasks, and compares the results with the COSHH Regulations and EH40 Workplace Exposure Limits. The focus is on occupational health and legal compliance, not general comfort like in office air quality surveys. We will work with you to tailor the survey to your workplace.
How is this different from a “normal” indoor air quality survey?
Indoor air quality surveys for offices focus on comfort and wellbeing. Occupational surveys focus on specific hazardous substances and how much workers are actually breathing in during their tasks, compared with COSHH EH40 limits. The methods and equipment, and the way results are interpreted, are therefore more specialised.
When do we need an occupational air quality survey?
You should consider an occupational survey when:
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Work creates dust, fumes, vapours or gases (e.g. cutting, grinding, welding, spraying, mixing powders).
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You are unsure whether you are compliant with the COSHH EH40 Workplace Exposure Limits.
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HSE, an insurer or a client has asked for evidence of dust and air quality monitoring.
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Staff have raised concerns about dust and fumes, or are experiencing health related symptoms.
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You have installed, modified or are questioning the performance of local exhaust ventilation (LEV) or building ventilation.
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The workplace has expanded, increased workload or introduced new activities, since your previous occupational air quality survey.
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