Occupational Hygiene

Occupational hygiene is the applied science concerned with the recognition, evaluation, and control of chemical, physical and biological factors arising in or from the workplace which may affect the health or well-being of those at work or in the community.

MIS Environmental Ltd has a fully qualified and experienced team working in the field of Occupational Hygiene.

We are able to offer high levels of service to assess compliance with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2005, The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005, Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.

Using a wide range of specialist equipment and methods published by the Health and Safety Executive and British Standards Institute (BSI), our dedicated, flexible team offers the following services:

• Workplace Monitoring for dusts, fumes, gases and vapours
• Indoor Air Quality Assessments
• Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) testing
• Bacterial Loading in Air
• Hand - Arm / Whole - Body Vibration Monitoring
• Workplace Lighting Surveys
• Health & Safety Audits / Risk Assessments
• Occupational Noise Monitoring
• Operational Exposure to Noise Assessments
• Environmental Noise Monitoring
• Miscellaneous Material Sampling and analysis

All surveys can be tailored to meet the individual needs of each client, with a fully interpretive report being issued, highlighting and areas were non-compliance would lead to remedial actions being required.