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COSSH
& WEL
Many of the products
supplied by Fercell have been designed as a direct result of Health
and Safety legislation, therefore Fercell provides a comprehensive
environmental consultancy service covering many regulations for industry,
including:
COSHH (Control Of Substances Hazardous to
Health)
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Under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
Regulations 1999 (COSHH) regulation 2, it is the
responsibility of an employer to ensure that employees
are protected from exposure to harmful substances.
The COSHH regulations, identify some 40,000 substances,
which are used within industry and known to have harmful effects, these include:
Substances
listed in Part 1 of the approved supply list as dangerous for supply within the
meaning of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations
1994.
Substances for which the Health and Safety Commission has approved a maximum
exposure limit or an occupational exposure standard.
Harmful micro-organism (biological
agent).
Dusts of any kind when present in high concentration
and any other substances hazardous to people’s
health.
It is mandatory that controls (LEV - Local Exhaust Ventilation Systems) are maintained
in good working order and inspected every 14 months (or when every a system alteration
takes place), with efficiency certified. |
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Fercell’s team of COSHH service engineers
specialise in the statutory examination and testing of local
exhaust ventilation plant. They use the latest precision
test/analysis equipment to undertake:
• Initial system appraisal and commissioning.
• Periodic examination and testing.
• Comprehensive reporting, detailing recommendations for maintenance or
modification.
• Confirmation of control by air sampling for personal exposure to dusts,
fumes, gases and vapours.
PERSONAL
SAMPLING
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Frequently operatives are exposed to substance emissions whilst engaged
in patterns of work that are outside the operational area of Local
Exhaust Ventilation systems. These may include tipping, manual cleaning,
handheld tools and handling/mixing solvent based materials.
Fercell’s
team of COSHH service engineers use direct reading instrumentation
and laboratory based methods to monitor levels of exposure, these
personal sampling technologies, including: |
• Pump sampling (including pre-weighed filter analysis)
• Passive sampling
• Contact adhesive sampling (sticky pad).
The results of each personal sampling trial are collated into a detailed
report, making specific reference to MEL (Maximum Exposure Limits) and
OES (Occupational Exposure Limits) mandatory exposure levels.
Personal sampling programmes, usually, cover a longer period of monitoring
than LEV COSHH assessments, based on working patterns and specific substances.
WEL (Workplace Exposure Limit Act
) STACK SAMPLING
 
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The Workplace Exposure Limit
Act covers prescribed processes and substances (which cause
harm and pollution to the environment), with qualifying Industries
subject to registration under the Act.
The Workplace Exposure Limit Act requires
that prescribed process industries must:
• Obtain authorisation to
operate their process
• Upgrade any existing plant to new plant standard within a set period
• Demonstrate compliance with emission limits set in their authorisation
• Submit monitoring data for inclusion on public registers
• The monitoring of process emissions, is required as part of the authorisation
conditions.
Fercell’s engineers have the knowledge
and specialist equipment to provided service within
this technical field, including:
Particulate measurement (isokinetic automatic sampling to meet WEL and ISO 9096
standards).
VOC emission testing (both direct reading instrumentation FID/PID and laboratory
based methods in accordance with NIOSH method 1500 complying with WEL requirements).
Exhaust stack height calculations (Efflux velocity and dispersion modelling). |
DUCT FLOW ANALYSIS
Fercell can also carry out duct flow analysis covering the measurement
of velocity, velocity profiles, duct gas temperatures, duct pressure,
volumes and mass flow rates
NOISE
MEASUREMENT
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Noise is a topic many Industries have to contend with, as exposure
to high noise levels can cause incurable hearing damage.
This is reflected in the number of noise monitoring programmes
demanded by the regulatory authorities, including the WEL,
which has enforced strict new guidelines in relation to Environmental
Noise. Usually the important factors are:
Noise level (recorded in decibel units as dB(A)).
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The personal period of exposure to the noise (daily and over a number of
years).
Fercell offers a service of noise level monitoring using a various integrating
sound level meters, and reports that comply with the WEL requirements (including
SEL, Leq(T), Max & Min, LNx, Peak and LDN), Other tests we carry out
include:
• Workplace Noise assessment (as required
by the Noise at Work Regulations).
• Environmental Noise and Impact Assessments
• Computer assisted noise analysis |
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