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Occupational Hygiene Blog
Workplace Exposure Limits
Ensuring the safety and health of employees is paramount in any work environment. One critical aspect of occupational safety is monitoring and managing exposure to various hazardous substances. This blog...
Noise Control Measures in the Workplace
For many industries, noise control measures are an important consideration. Factories, workshops, and other workplaces can have loud equipment and environments. If not properly monitored, exposure to these loud environments...
Exposure Monitoring – The What, How & Why
What is exposure monitoring? Exposure monitoring is a way of measuring the extent of occupational health hazards, that come in the following forms: biologic, chemical, and physical. Biological Biological hazards are caused by a biological substances that poses a threat...
Welding Fume – Hazards & Controls
Welding remains one of the most common activities carried out in industry. Exposure to welding fume and other associated gases can cause a range of ill-health conditions. In 2019 welding fume was reclassified as carcinogenic by the International Agency for...
Protecting Workers Health with Occupational Hygiene Monitoring
Blue Turtle Ltd provides a wide array of occupational Hygiene monitoring services to ensure that the magnitude of exposure to health hazards is clearly understood allowing for a tailored approach to implementing controls to protect your workforce. As business owners,...
Importance of Regulating Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) Testing
When I heard the term – LEV Testing, I was so much confused about what’s its full form and what it means. Well, all the inquisitive souls let me tell you that LEV stands for Local Exhaust Ventilation. If I...
Solder Fume Exposure & Risk to Health
Soldering is a joining process used to join different types of metal together by melting solder. The solder traditionally used was made from tin and lead which would be melted using a soldering iron. It is well established that lead...
Hierarchy of Control
When looking to control exposure to hazardous substances, there are usually a number of different measures that can be implemented. Some of these measures will certainly be preferable to others, so it becomes prudent to list the controls in order...
Business Benefits of Occupational Hygiene Monitoring
Businesses are going through a difficult time at the moment with COVID-19 restrictions affecting everyone to some degree or another. We are all feeling the financial pain as restrictions continue to change from one week to the next with varying...
Isocyanates – Hazards and Controls
Isocyanates are a chemical found in many products such as paints, foams, glues, and flooring. There are a number of different isocyanates such as MDI, TDI, HDI and IPDI. The most common are MDI and TDI; the former does not...
Flour Dust Exposure & Risk to Health
What is flour dust? According to EH40/2005 Workplace exposure limits: “Flour dust is taken to be finely ground particles of cereals or pulses (including contaminants) that result from any grinding process and from any subsequent handling and use of that...
RPE – Training, Maintenance, Storage and Disposal
Training All operatives involved in the use, storage and maintenance of RPE should be properly trained and competent. According to the HSE, an effective training programme should cover the following points: Why RPE is needed. The hazards, risks and effects...
