FACTS AND FIGURES

Health Risks
  • Asthma - 1,500 - 3,000 New cases of Occupational Asthma caused or made worse by work each year.
  • Respiratory Disease - 7,000 cases made worse by occupational exposure.
  • Costs the NHS & UK Economy an estimated £55 Million a year.

UK Status
  • Around 100,000 businesses use LEV to control respiratory risks affecting up to 2.6 million workers.
  • Only 40,000 businesses have their LEV systems tested. The rest don't, potentially putting 1.6 million workers at risk.

The LEV control problems and focus for HSE & RCS Ltd:
  • Employers often don't appreciate the extent of exposure from their processes
  • Employers & Employees are often over optimistic about LEV capabilities
  • Employers are often mislead and mis-sold solutions which often are not suitable or effective
  • Often the LEV is not matched to the process it is meant to control due to poor design or not fully understanding the process and how it is used
  • Commissioning is rarely carried out, and is often limited to checking fan direction and little more, rarely is performance checked against a design or effective capture of contaminants
  • New systems normally supplied with little or no information on how it should be used or fault indicators for both the user and the Employer
  • Regular checks and basic maintenance is rarely carried out effectively or regularly by users
  • Thorough Examination is rarely comprehensive and uncritical
  • Remedial work is poorly communicated or not done

Russell Consulting Scotland Ltd are firmly committed to addressing these issues in providing professional independent Thorough Examination and Testing Services. We are confident that our documents and approach to examination is amongst the best in the business.