by Adrian Sims | Mar 19, 2019 | Fume Extraction, Health and Safety, HSE, Paint and Solvent Fumes
With the advent of lower costs, many workplaces and educational establishments are investing in 3D printers, but most are unaware of the risks associated with the potentially hazardous fumes emitted affecting employees and students. 3D printing is a modern...
by Adrian Sims | Jan 8, 2019 | Dust and Fume Extraction, Fines, Fume Extraction, Health and Safety, Health Risks
On 21 August 2018, the European Commission’s fourth Directive on Indicative Occupational Exposure Limit Values (2017/164/EU) was implemented. New workplace exposure limits for 31 substances have been introduced in this latest version of EH40. For organisations...
by Adrian Sims | Oct 19, 2018 | Dust and Fume Extraction, Fume Extraction, Health and Safety, Health Risks
Welding is common in a wide variety of UK industries, including car production, shipbuilding, construction and metal manufacturing, and can be hazardous for workers in a number of ways including a variety of respiratory diseases. Are you protecting your workers from...
by FionaMoss | Aug 21, 2018 | COSHH, Fines, Fume Extraction, Health Risks, LEV Design, LEV HSE, Occupational Ill Health
More and more cases are hitting the high courts and the mainstream media, where employees are claiming ill health or even terminal illness due to exposure to harmful substances at work. The most recent of these was just a couple of weeks ago, where a groundsman in the...
by Adrian Sims | Jul 30, 2013 | COSHH, Fume Extraction, Health Risks, HSE, LEV
The HSE recently reported on the prosecution of a bath restoration company for failing to adequately protect a worker from inhaling toxic fumes during work on a bathroom in a south-west London flat. The employee was using an industrial paint and varnish remover to...
