Dust and Fume Risk Assessments (sometimes referred to as dust and fume sampling)

What does the law require?
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (CoSHH) Regulations require employers to prevent worker exposure to hazardous substances or, where this is not reasonably practicable, to ensure adequate control.

Examples include - solder fume; welding fume; wood dust; diesel fumes; silica in sand or cement.

Employees are required to make full and proper use of the control measures provided and to report any
defects in them promptly to their employer.

Assessing the risks to health from dust and fume
To assess the risks from exposure to dust and fume you need answers to such questions as:

• Who is exposed and to what?
• To how much and for how long?
• From where?
• How is dust and fume controlled?

How can RSP Safety help?

We can come to your site and carry out a dust risk assessment, and/or a fume risk assessment by taking samples - these are then sent off to a lab for analysis. From these results and our observations, we will provide a report of findings with recommendations for making your workplace a safer place.

Noise and Vibration Risk Assessments

If your employees are exposed to dust and fume, they are propably exposed to noise and vibration too - see our noise and vibration page for more information