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Dilution ventilation - does it need a COSHH stat exam and test?
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Am trying to work out if dilution ventilation provided in a printshop counts as LEV or general ventilation and therefore whether it comes under COSHH requirements for stat exam and test or not. I am not talking about a general HVAC system for general comfort in the workplace. Clearly it needs to be maintained and work properly in order keep exposure below occupational exposure limits but can't find a definitive answer in HSE guidance whether it counts as lev.
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If it is a control whose use has been decided upon following a risk assessment under Reg. 6 and 7 of COSHH then according to reg. it must be “it is maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order…” The problem is that unlike LEV which has a set of standards to work from dilution ventilation dopes not have any standards (I could be wrong!) that you could apply. What you need to do is to establish, by a risk assessment , what your safe level for a particular contaminant is and make sure that the dilution keeps it below that level.
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