Protect your workforce and meet COSHH requirements with professional Inhalable and Respirable Dust Exposure Monitoring from Synergy Environmental Solutions.
We assess real-world dust exposure during normal work activities, helping you identify high-risk tasks, evaluate control effectiveness, and demonstrate compliance with UK health and safety legislation
Dust exposure in the workplace is assessed using two recognised fractions under COSHH:
Many workplaces generate both fractions, and COSHH requires exposure to be assessed and controlled accordingly.
Uncontrolled dust exposure can lead to:
Even dusts without specific toxicity can cause harm if exposure is frequent or poorly controlled. Monitoring is the only reliable way to confirm whether controls are effective in practice.
Q1 What is the difference between inhalable and respirable dust?
Inhalable dust enters the nose and mouth, while respirable dust is fine enough to reach deep into the lungs.
Q2 Do I need monitoring if I already have LEV?
Often yes. Monitoring confirms whether LEV and work practices are controlling exposure during real tasks.
Q3 Can you assess short-term dust peaks?
Yes. Direct-reading dust monitors can identify short-term exposure spikes.
Q4 How often should dust monitoring be repeated?
Typically every 1 year, or sooner if processes, materials or controls change.
We help you understand exposure and reduce it, not just generate numbers
Protect worker health and demonstrate COSHH compliance with confidence.
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