Occupational & Industrial Hygiene

Our team of expert Occupational Hygienists can help your business by ensuring that workplaces are safe environments for your employees. We do this by identifying the hazards, evaluating the risks and recommending effective control measures.

We meet the needs of a wide variety of clients and industries including those in the motor manufacturing, plastics, food, paper, technology industries and more. We provide a range of support be it from a specifc bespoke one-off assessment through to fulfilling the role of an in-house occupational hygiene service through regualr on-site attenandance.

First Environment provides a range of services designed to identify the most appropriate strategy for managing health & safety at your location. We are happy to attend an free intiail one-off consultation to evaluate and discuss client requirements.

 

Our occupational hygiene services include

 

• IOM's specialist validation team are expert in the testing of both standard and ultra-clean theatres and are at the forefront in the battle to control airborne infection in hospitals in both the public and private sectors, ranging from single-theatre hospitals to hospitals with over 20 theatres.

  IOM can carry out the validation and annual verification of these ventilation systems - a principal requirement of HTM03-01 and HTM 2025 - relating to the design and testing of hospital ventilation systems for critical areas including:

  • Operating theatre suites.
  • Sterile service departments

  Providing UK coverage from our Stafford office and managed by Jerry Slann, a chartered engineer with extensive knowledge and expertise in the sector, we will ensure the necessary validation work is carried out to fit in with your tight theatre schedules. The key tasks undertaken are airflow measurements, pressure cascades, particle counting and microbiological sampling.

  New and old systems vary in complexity and any design or performance shortcomings can have potentially serious consequences in the battle to control airborne infection. Under-resourced and overworked hospital engineers, theatre managers and infection control departments can reply upon assistance from IOM to comply with HTM03-01and HTM2025

  Occupational noise monitoring, assessments and control
• COSHH and chemcial risk assessments
• Exposure monitoring of Dusts, Fumes, Gases and Vapours
• Examination and test of Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) equipment
• Respirator face fit testing
• Environmental noise assessments
• Reviews of current practice
• Practical and strategic advice

Our Consultants include members of the BOHS, British Occupational Hygiene Society and are registered on the Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register.