Many potential dangers in the workplace can have lasting detrimental effects on employees. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s occupational hygiene services help protect your employees from ill health damage in by assessing, monitoring, controlling, and managing workplace hygiene hazards. Our hygienists assist you in reducing risks, promoting the well-being of your employees, and ensuring you comply with the law.
What is occupational hygiene?
Occupational hygiene is the science dedicated to anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling health hazards in the workplace that may cause work related illness, injury, impairment, or otherwise affect the well-being of employees.
What is the role of occupational hygiene?
Occupational hygiene is about the protection of worker health through the application of relevant expertise to assist employers and employees in improving workplace conditions and practices. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ are your critical partner providing necessary, justified and proportionate assistance with your legal obligations to improve worker health protection.
Our occupational hygiene services include:
- Breathing Air Quality Testing
- Diesel Engine Exhaust Emissions Testing
- Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) Surveys and Risk Assessments
- Environmental Impact Assessments
- Face Fit Testing
- Legionella Risk Assessment
- Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) Equipment Testing
- Noise Impact Assessments
- Noise in the Workplace
- Welding Fume Monitoring
- Whole Body Vibration (WBV) & Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) Assessment
- Workplace Air Monitoring
- Workplace Air Dispersion Modeling
What does occupational hygiene focus on?
Occupational Hygiene focus’s on giving the best possible advice to control workplace hazards that can cause harm by drawing together knowledge and experience of chemical, physical and biological health impact and industrial processes. Scientific sampling and observational analysis are some of the key skills required to deliver a solutions led approach in improving worker health protection.
Occupational hygiene hazards
- Chemical hazards: chemicals, liquids, vapors, mist, fumes, dust, and gases.
- Physical Hazards: noise, vibration, heat, illumination, ergonomics, thermal environment, lightning, Ionization & non Ionization radiation
- Biological hazards: legionella, bioaerosol, viruses, mold, fungi & bacteria
- Ergonomics hazards: awkward posture, force & repetition
With years of experience, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is here to help you achieve compliance with all related regulations.
The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ advantage
Over the past two decades, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has provided occupational hygiene services across a variety of industries. Our highly experienced occupational hygienists, consultants, and technologists are Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIH) as well as members of the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS). We utilize modern technology and equipment with advanced science and engineering methods to recognize, evaluate, control, and eliminate occupational hygiene hazards, ensuring fast and on-time results. We are adept in local, national, and international standards and we are here to help you comply with all related regulations.
Q&A with Parmjit Gahir
Watch our Q&A with Head of Occupational Hygiene, Parmjit Gahir to discover why partnering with ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ will help you achieve compliance with all workplace safety regulations.
To learn more about Parmjit's almost 30 years of Occupation Hygiene experience, view Parmjit Gahir's expert page.
An Introductory Guide to Occupational Hygiene
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