Health and Safety Executive (HSE) testing and monitoring helps you find the most effective ways to manage risk, prevent illness and injury and protect people at work.
How our analysis can help you
We can help you assess how your control measures protect against occupational exposure to potentially harmful chemicals in the workplace. We provide highly sensitive analytical methods for the analysis of a wide and diverse range of chemicals in air, liquids or solids.
Our assays enable you to demonstrate compliance with Great Britain's Workplace exposure limits (WELs).
We are also authors of HSE's Methods for Determining Hazardous Substances (MDHS) guidance.
Our team has real-world expertise, including:
- forensic analysis of material for work-related incidents and accidents
- investigation of cases of occupational ill health caused by exposure to harmful chemicals
Examples of our work
A project investigating odours inside offshore wind farm turbines was completed as part of our organic analyses which include volatile organic compounds (VOCs, solvents), isocyanates and formaldehyde.
We also specialise in the use of thermal desorption tubes which can be used for diffusive sampling of a wide variety of analytes.
We contribute to HSE's wide range of testing services:
- analytical – standard and bespoke, tailored analyses
- the AIR PT proficiency testing scheme
- inorganic analyses – including metals analysis, respirable crystalline silica, acid gases
- process fumes such as from welding, soldering, diesel engine exhaust
- bespoke services
- real time measurement
We continue to carry out collaborative research with a wide range of research organisations including institutes, academia and industry through a programme of programme of shared research.
Get in touch
For more information or to make an enquiry about HSE’s testing and monitoring services get in touch on GOV.UK.
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