Respiratory

Managing
wellbeing
Health Seminar
in the
workplace

ILEVE

Wellbeing at work background,

Institute
of Local Exhaust
benefits
and beliefs

Ventilation Engineers

Dr Carole Astbury

Consultant Occupational Physician

Jane Bastow
CMIOSH
MILEVE
Department
of Health,
Nobles
Hospital

P&J Dust Extraction Ltd.

ILEVE
Institute of Local Exhaust
Ventilation Engineers
Presenter

Jane Bastow CMIOSH MILEVE

MD P&J Dust Extraction Ltd.

Aim
ILEVE has been established to
promote: Competence in the
practical application of
local exhaust ventilation
and raise the awareness of
the importance of good air
quality and ventilation in
the workplace.

Why?
Poorly controlled exposure can cause
asthma,
other lung diseases,
cancer.
People often dont know that they
are at risk.

Why?
LEV is often poorly
designed and selected.
managed and maintained.
Few LEV systems are annually
examined.
Employers have difficulty identifying
competent and cost-effective
suppliers.
LEV, properly applied, managed
and used can control the risks.

How ?
Effective LEV installation and commissioning.
Management learning from well-conducted
maintenance and thorough examinations.
Employer and supplier joint commitment to better
training and information.
Looking for ILEVE Competency.

Introduction
The need for an LEV Industry professional body arose
during the HSE LEV project which started in 2005 and
produced HSG258.
ILEVE is supported by the Health and Safety
Executive. Speaking ahead of the launch of the ILEVE
in May 2011, Judith Hackett, Chair of the HSE, said:
"The formation of ILEVE is the first step to achieving
the goal of improved competence for the LEV
industry."

Mission (1)
The Mission is to provide safely controlled working
environments, free from harmful airborne contaminants
by: Providing its members and the public with first class
information.
Providing a career path for engineers in Local
Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) to full professional
registration.
Maintaining and enhancing professional excellence
throughout by developing and accrediting courses of
study.

Mission (2)
The Mission is to provide safely controlled working
environments, free from harmful airborne contaminants
by: Providing a membership designation competency card
(for Fellow, Member, Associate, Licentiate members).
demonstrated knowledge and skills.
Setting the criteria for best practice in the profession.

Speaking for and representing the profession.

Competency Card

As part of membership to ILEVE, individuals receive a

Competency card (issued for Fellow, Member, Associate
and and Licentiate members only).

Competency Card
What does the card say about competency?
That the card holder has been assessed and scored in
from1 to all of 5 LEV disciplines. Occupational Hygiene,
Design, Installation, Commissioning and Testing.
Assessment for each discipline is based on Experience,
Qualification and submitted evidence.

IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SATISFY THE

REQUIREMENTS OF ANY DISCIPLINE WITHOUT
EXPERIENCE AND SUBMITTED EVIDENCE.

Competency Card
What does the competency card tell me?
That the card holders competency is current (the card is
renewed each year)
That the card holder works to a Professional Code of
Conduct.
Is committed to Continuous Professional Development.

Governance
ILEVE - Institute of Local Exhaust Ventilation Engineers
is part of
CIBSE - Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
A long established and respected organisation with over
20,000 members whose objective include providing a higher
profile and focus for Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV)
engineers.

Economic costs to Britain

Estimated total cost associated with workplace injuries
and ill health to Great Britain 13.4 billion in 2010/11.
5.76 billion of total cost represented financial costs.
The remaining 7.66 billion represented the monetary
value given to individuals pain, grief and suffering.

Half of the total cost fell on individuals while the

remainder was shared between employer and
government.

Occupational Respiratory
disease
The latest information shows: 12 000 deaths each year, about two-thirds of which were
due to asbestos-related diseases or COPD.
35 000 people who worked in the last year, and 130 000
who had ever worked currently have breathing or lung
problems they thought were caused or made worse by
work.
Currently an estimated 13 000 new cases of breathing or
lung-problems caused or made worse by work.

Occupational Asthma (1)

Occupational asthma in Great Britain, 1999-2011.

Occupational Asthma (2)

In 2011 an estimated 148 new cases of occupational
asthma (asthma caused directly by work) seen by
chest physicians (SWORD). This is likely to be an
underestimate.
During 2009-2011, 'vehicle paint sprayers' and
'bakers and flour confectioners' were the occupations
with the highest rates of new cases per year
(SWORD).

Causes of Occupational Asthma

Occupational asthma

Top Causes

Isocyanates

Flour/grain

Wood dusts

Solder/colophony

Laboratory animals

Cutting oils and coolants

Paints

Acrylics and acrylates

Chrome compounds

Enzymes, amylase

The most common causes of occupational

asthma continue to be isocyanates, and
flour/grain.

LEV for CONTROL?

Over 100 million pounds
spent annually on LEV.
Is it value for money?

LEV in the Hierarchy of Control

CONTROL

ELIMINATE/
SUBSTITUTE

LEV
(Engineering controls)

Administrative
Controls

PPE

Management
Instruction
Training

Experience
The experience of HSE (supported by others) is that
many systems seen were inadequate for purpose.
Because of :
Inappropriate design.
Installation/Commissioning deficiencies.
Process change and use not as intended.
Inadequate maintenance and damage.
Unsatisfactory examination and test.

Experience
Myth

Reality

Law applied to control (1)

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations
2002 (as amended).
Regulation 6. Assessment of risk to health created
by work involving substance hazardous to health.
Regulation 7. Prevention or control of exposure to
substances hazardous to health.
Regulation 8. Use of control measures etc.
Regulation 9. Maintenance, examination and testing
of control measures.

Law applied to control (2)

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations
2002 (as amended).
Regulation 10. Monitoring personal exposure at the
workplace.
Regulation 11. Health surveillance.
Regulation 12. Information, instruction and training
for persons who may be exposed to substances
hazardous to health.

Main Law concerning LEV

The LEV must adequately control the risk, and must be
used (Regulation 8), maintained, examined and tested
(Regulation 9).

Those using LEV must have suitable and sufficient

information, instruction and training in how to use LEV
(Regulation 12).
Records of examinations tests and repairs must be
made and kept for five years.

Summary of the law (COSHH)

Employers:
must prevent or adequately control exposure.
must maintain controls.
must have LEV examined annually.
should take competent advice.
Suppliers/Examiners
should be competent.
have responsibilities to people, not in their employment.
should not mislead.

An Inspector calls (1)

Fee for Intervention (FFI)
HSEs inspectors inspect work activities and
investigate incidents and complaints.
If the inspector on a visit finds a material
breach of the law. You (owner of the
company) will have to pay!
Fee based on:
Amount of time identifying breach.
Helping you put it right.
Investigating and taking enforcement
action.

An Inspector calls (2)

Fee for Intervention (FFI)
FFI applies to all businesses and
organisation inspected by HSE, except for: Self-employed who dont put people at
risk by their work.
Those who already pay a fee to HSE.
Those who deliberately work with certain
biological agents.
What is a material breach?
Where you break the health and safety law
and the inspector judges this serious enough
to notify you in writing.

An Inspector calls (3)

Examples of a material breaches
Health risks- where failure to comply might lead
to exposure to harmful substances such as dust,
fume and chemicals or energy such as noise or
vibration e.g.
Asthma (flour, wood dust, isocyanates etc).
Asbestos.
Confined spaces.
Hand-arm vibration.
Hazardous substance (silica, cutting oils etc).
Legionellosis, including legionnaires disease.
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
Noise.

An Inspector calls (4)

Examples of a material breaches
Safety risks where the potential effects
are immediate due to traumatic injury, e.g.
machinery guarding.
falls from height.
workplace transport.
pressure systems
gas work.
flammable liquids.
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
lifting equipment.
safe maintenance.
construction.

An Inspector calls (5)

Examples of a material breaches
Welfare breaches requirements that are
either part of the controls required for health
risks, or are a basic right of people in
modern society.
Management of health and safety risks
requirements related to capability to manage
health and safety risks to a sustainable
acceptable level.

An Inspector calls (6)

Enforcement action
Notification of Contravention.
Improvement notice IN.
Prohibition Notice PN.
Prosecution.
The principles of the HSEs Enforcement
policy Statement
(www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse41.pdf) and
Enforcement Management Model
(www.hse.gov.uk/enforce/emm.pdf).

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Number of notices

COSHH Improvement Notices

700

600

500
Regulation 6
Regulation 7
Regulation 8
Regulation 9

400

300

200

100

Work year

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COSHH Prohibition Notices

200

180

160

140

120
Regulation 6

Regulation 7

Regulation 8

Regulation 9

100

80

60

40

20

Work year

Information Sources on What

Works?
HSE guidance/website (HSG258).
Professional bodies (ILEVE).
Industry/trade association guidance (B&ES TR40).
Manufacturers/ suppliers literature.

Inspection/Maintenance
To ensure the system is
in good working order.
To correct any wear and
tear that would affect
performance.
To give confidence to
operators that system will
continue to protect
workforce.

Common defects-LEV that

require maintenance
Inadequate extract
performance-pollutant
escapes hood:
Hood design.
Ducting.
System out of
balance.
Fan capacity.
Filters.
Modification of the
system.

Examples Common Defects

(contd.)
Leakage/or contaminant
escape from system:
Ducting under pressure in
workplace.
Return air discharged to
workplace still contaminated.
Filters/cleaning unit leaking
pollutant.
Maintenance and testing
should pick these defects up
and suggest action and
record that.

Commissioning of LEV
Commissioning is proving that an LEV systems is
providing adequate control of the hazardous substance(s)
Sets the benchmark specifications for the LEV system.
Should cover both hardware and work practices.
Requires employer to work with LEV suppliers and
service providers.
LEV commissioning report, together with the user
manual, is the basis of the Statutory Thorough
Examination and Test (TExT).

User Manual and logbook

LEV system owners (employers) need both a user
manual and a system logbook and should be
supplied as part of the design, installation and
commissioning process.
User Manual should contain: Detailed description of system and drawings
Operation, use, checking and maintenance
Through examination and testing
Logbook should contain: Schedules for regular checks and maintenance
A record of the checks, maintenance,
replacements and repairs

Thorough Examinations
A full audit of system carried out 14 monthly
or more frequently
.
It includes:
a) Visual check of key parts
internal/external.
b) Measurement of key operational
parameters.

c) Air sampling (usually).

d) Report of key data including an Action
Plan for remedying faults & time scale.

Practical issues for

Design/Maintenance/Testing
Technical considerations:
Information on actual risks and constraints.
Availability of suitable equipment at acceptable cost.
Informational constraints on use and training.
Time scales for compliance.
Operational considerations:
Who does what and when.
Test points - where, who, what.
Inspection of components.

Record of examination /test

Sufficient details to identify the system tested.
The effectiveness of the system in containing
contaminant.
The conditions for that test.
Comparison with key performance data.
The repairs carried out as a result.

LEV - Record Requirements

(ACOP)
Name and address employer responsible for plant.
Identification/location/process and hazardous substance
concerned.
Date of last thorough exam/test.
Conditions at time of test.
More detail available from ILEVE website and TR40.

LEV - Record Requirements

(contd.)
Information about LEV to show: Intended operating performance for control.
Is it still achieving that performance?
If not, adjustments, repairs needed to achieve that.
Methods used to make judgement.
Date of examination.
Name and job title of examiner and signature.
Details of repairs carried out (completed by employer
responsible for plant).

Record Requirements - LEV

(HSG 258)
System Layout sketch
General plant layout
Test point positions
Photographs
Action Plan

What Is Needed from those involved

Knowledgeable client who has identified selection
criteria on which to judge service supplier.
Competent contractor and staff.
Track record in relevant areas e.g. sector
specific or equivalent processes.
Appropriate resources, supply chain, equipment
and quality systems.

Conclusions/Summary
The control of health risks must improve.
Support from regulators, standards, specialists
organisations, other key players is vital.
Improvements from LEV service providers are key

Spread
the word

Look for
competence

ILEVE

NEEDS

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