Local Exhaust Ventilation Testing and Cleaning
BackgroundLocal Exhaust Ventilation is used in many areas from industrial premises through to research laboratories to protect the health of individuals working with hazardous materials. These Local Exhaust Ventilation systems must be maintained in a good working condition in order to effectively remove pollutants from the workplace and dispose of them in a safe manner. The HSE's Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002 requires that, where certain chemicals and other substances are used in industrial and commercial processes, they should either be contained or safely dispersed through a Local Exhaust Ventilation system. Moreover, it is also a requirement of these regulations (COSHH Regulation 9, 'Maintenance, examination and testing of control measures') that LEV systems should be regularly tested to ensure that they are operating efficiently. The thorough testing and examination of LEV plants must be carried out at least every 14 months (in practice annually) or more frequently for certain processes. The COSHH Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) requires that LEV systems are given a visual check at least once a week. The COSHH Regulations require that records of LEV systems should be kept available for at least 5 years. The records should show the outcome of weekly visual checks, as well as the results of the thorough annual inspection and tests, and any repairs or remedial work carried out as a result of this regular monitoring.
Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) COSHH Testing & Cleaning - OverviewOur Local Exhaust Ventilation Testing Service is geared to meeting the need to conduct (approximately) annual detailed testing and examination, in order to comply with COSHH regulations. This would complement your own internal schedule of weekly inspections. Pro-Duct Clean has a team of specialist surveyors who routinely carry out comprehensive LEV testing, and we also have the expertise to undertake any remedial cleaning work required to ensure the system's efficiency is restored to its optimum level. On completion of every contract a certificate and report of inspection will be issued, which you can retain as part of the set of records of inspection.
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