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HSE Guide – HSG 258 – Controlling Airborne Contaminants at Work – A Guide to Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV)

Second Edition, Published by HSE 2011 This is HSE’s current guide on LEV and related topics.  Here you will find recommended Duct Velocities, Captor Velocities, Face Velocities, and other design criteria. The various types of hoods, filters, fans and discharges …

Largest Problems Facing the Combustible Dust Community – Views of 30 Experts

This US-based knowledge website is dedicated to the issues surrounding Combustible/Explosive Dusts. In the opening words of the website they offer the following excellent summary:- “One of the biggest issues in dust explosion and fire prevention is lack of information …

Emission and Exposure Control-Related Ventilation Regulations – USA

This neat summary document, produced in 2015 by the well-respected Industrial Ventilation specialist Dr Jeff Burton summarises the USA standards and requirements for Ventilation systems used to control personal exposures. A copy of this short document can be downloaded here:- 10-USA …

CoSHH Essentials – Easy Steps to Control Chemicals

HSE Guide (looks like published Sept 2009) dealing with the foundations and “Technical Basis for the CoSHH Essentials: Easy Steps to Control Chemicals”. If you are familiar with Benchmarking (as per HSG258) then this document will provide you with so …

HSE CoSHH – Welding Guidance Leaflets

HSE’s CoSHH Essentials section on Welding Fume has a list of 23 topic Guidance Notes – all of which can be accessed by following the URL link below. Some of the Ventilation-specific guidance notes are listed below for direct download:- …

HSE – Prevention of Dust Explosions in the Food Industry

1. Introduction 1.1 Explosions and fires within the food industry from combustible materials are a known hazard and they can have devastating and irreversible effects. This information sheet concentrates solely on the fire and explosion hazards encountered in the food …

BOHS NI Regional Meeting – Practical LEV Testing

A PDF of the slides from the BOHS Northern Ireland regional meeting.  Titled Practical LEV Testing. BOHS Practical LEV Testing Slides

Snippet of a Fume Extraction User Manual

This is a small snippet taken from a fume extraction system user manual. Refer to HSG258 (p80) to ensure that your user manual meets the recommended content.  Ensure your manual is easy to understand for all the operators who may …

Plant Engineer Magazine LEV Article

Plant Engineer is a magazine by Findlay Media on behalf of the IPlantE and BES professional sectors of SOE (Society of Operations Engineers). It is provided to all members of the SOE who are members of IPlantE & BES free of …

HSE – Case Study – Minor modifications: ITT – Smoke Test

This is a case study on the HSE website looks into how minor modifications to an LEV Hood can make significant improvement to a tracer smoke containment assessment. ITT used booths to control exposure to harmful gases, mists and vapours …