Industrial air monitoring & occupational hygiene guidance
Plain-English guidance on workplace exposure monitoring, dust, fume, gas and chemical assessment — and how it maps to COSHH and EH40.
Understanding RCS monitoring
Respirable crystalline silica exposure, the 0.1 mg/m³ WEL and how RCS is sampled.
Read guidanceWelding fume exposure regulations
Why welding fume is now a carcinogen and what HSE expects from employers.
Read guidanceConfined space gas monitoring explained
Atmospheric hazards, testing and continuous gas monitoring in confined spaces.
Read guidancePersonal vs static air sampling
When to use breathing-zone personal sampling and when static monitoring fits.
Read guidanceEH40 workplace exposure limits
How Workplace Exposure Limits (WELs) are set, TWAs, STELs and compliance.
Read guidanceCommon failures in workplace ventilation
LEV testing, thorough examination and where extraction systems fall short.
Read guidanceReal-time dust monitoring in construction
Direct-reading instruments for on-site dust control and silica management.
Read guidanceLead exposure monitoring requirements
CLAW duties, air and biological monitoring for lead at work.
Read guidanceDiesel exhaust exposure in workplaces
DEEE risks, elemental carbon sampling and controlling diesel fumes.
Read guidanceOccupational hygiene monitoring explained
What occupational hygiene surveys cover and how programmes are scoped.
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