Any employer who uses local exhaust ventilation (LEV) to control dust, fume, vapour etc. must ensure that it is operating effectively and is in good repair. It is your legal obligation to ensure a formal examination and test of the LEV system every 14 months.

Our examination, testing and records are carried out in accordance with the HSE requirements of Regulation 9 of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulations (COSHH). The measurements taken are compared with the criteria for performance for ventilation systems given in HSG258 “Controlling airborne contaminants at work: A guide to local exhaust ventilation”.

Our engineers are qualified to British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) P601 - Initial Appraisal and Thorough Examination & Testing of Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) Systems. As stated in HSG258 competence is a legal requirement  - many other companies are not qualified to carry out testing.

If your LEV does not perform satisfactorily (and some do not, often through poor initial design or inappropriate additions) we can prepare a free report to evaluate the design and performance of the equipment and make recommendations for improvement.

Your first point of contact for a for a free quotation and quality service  is our Service Department who operate nationwide at no extra cost - click here to contact us via E-Mail or call 01709 577444! for a free quotation!

Failure to have Local Exhaust Ventilation Systems tested properly can lead to prosecution of your company by the HSE.

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Failure To Maintain LEV Results In Prosecution... READ DETAILS HERE