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Can anybody give me some advice on this quandary please?
We are installing a couple of new spray booths in the furniture polishing shop along with new extraction ducting on the outside of the building.
Office staff are concerned that a) the ducting has been attached to the office exterior fire escape, b) the ducting does not go above the roof line and c) the vent top is approximately 2 metres above a regularly used office opening window.
Is there anything either health and safety wise or building regs that gives the installation specifications or minimum distance from opening windows for this type of fume extraction system?
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blimey!
Sounds like your office staff are better informed than your LEV designer
LEV has to be designed and installed by competent persons
Plenty of advice on HSE website
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Having done P601 & P602, (along with other things) then on the face of it, I would say Walker is spot on!
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Environmental law has also to be accounted for which does not appear to have happened in this case and attaching a potentially flammable set up to a fire escape is not the way to go
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As a former enforcement officer (and former EHO) I agree with the others on here and would have serious concerns about the LEV installation you are describing. For competent advice I would advise you to contact your local council and ask to speak to the health and safety enforcement officer to get some guidance and advice with regards to the LEV installation you are proposing to put in. As rightly stated on here you have not only health and safety considerations here, but also environmental pollution issues as permits for certain operations are required for emissions into the atmosphere. While speaking to the health and safety enforcement officer I would also look to speak to the an environmental pollution/protection officer (the title may change slightly depending on the local council) and get advice and guidance from them. Better to get competent advice and guidance for the horses mouth so to speak before you get the work done rather than face enforcement action later down the line and incur the extra cost of possibly taking down or amending the whole installation. If you are advised by the council now you will not be caught out later as the advice and guidance you get comes from those who enforce your business and it's activities. Hope that helps.
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The alternative viewpoint, prevalent in small-biz, is that you could just have a chat with the recalcitrant staff and inform them of the employment situation existing in the country at this period of time.
That usually works.
@advocatusdiaboli
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JohnMurray wrote:The alternative viewpoint, prevalent in small-biz, is that you could just have a chat with the recalcitrant staff and inform them of the employment situation existing in the country at this period of time.
That usually works.
But, of course, IOSH members are working to a professional code of conduct.
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Jane Blunt wrote:JohnMurray wrote:The alternative viewpoint, prevalent in small-biz, is that you could just have a chat with the recalcitrant staff and inform them of the employment situation existing in the country at this period of time.
That usually works.
But, of course, IOSH members are working to a professional code of conduct.
A shame then that so many others are not.
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