Face-Fit Testing

Face-Fit Testing in Coalville

Name: Integral Safety Ltd
Address: 53 John Cooper Way, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 4AP, GB
Telephone: 01530 382 150
Price range: ££

We are based on John Cooper Way in Coalville, so for local employers face-fit testing is quick to arrange and usually easy to fit around your operation.

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Professional Face-Fit Testing in Coalville

If your employees wear tight-fitting respiratory protective equipment, the law requires it to be face-fit tested to the individual wearing it. A mask that does not seal offers almost no protection, and no amount of training or supervision compensates for a poor fit. We provide HSE-compliant qualitative face-fit testing at your premises.

Based in Coalville, Leicestershire, Integral Safety is ideally positioned to serve businesses in Coalville. Choosing a local consultancy means testing at your premises on a date that suits your production schedule, without sending people away or losing a shift.

Coalville and the surrounding North West Leicestershire district have plenty of work where RPE matters: quarrying and aggregates generate respirable crystalline silica, construction and demolition disturb older building fabric, and local engineering and fabrication firms weld, grind and cut.

Respirable crystalline silica is the one that deserves particular attention around here. It is a serious long-term hazard, the exposures involved are invisible, and dust masks are frequently issued without any check that they seal to the wearer.

Local knowledge

Business and Industry in Coalville

Coalville and the wider North West Leicestershire district have shifted from coal to distribution. The town sits at the junction of the A42, A511 and M1, which has made it one of the busiest logistics locations in the country, and Bardon Hill quarry remains a major industrial presence. Alongside that sit engineering firms, builders merchants, manufacturers and a substantial trade and construction sector.

Business parks and estates we work on

Bardon Industrial Estate
Bardon Hill Quarry
Stephenson Industrial Estate
Whitwick Business Park
Coalville Business Park
Warren Park Way
Interlink Park
Castle Donington distribution parks

Getting to you

Coalville is home. Our office is on John Cooper Way, so for local businesses we are usually minutes away and can often attend the same day.

What we see

What We Commonly Find in Coalville

Recurring issues we come across doing this work locally. If any of these sound familiar, they are all fixable.

Silica dust exposure from cutting and grinding with unfit-tested disposable masks
Demolition and strip-out crews with RPE but no records
Trade firms discovering the requirement only when a principal contractor asks
Masks kept in vans, crushed and contaminated between uses

Who we work with

Sectors We Support in Coalville

Practical, sector-specific advice for the kinds of workplaces we visit every week.

What we do

Our Face-Fit Testing Services

Qualitative face-fit testing to HSE Fit2Fit standards
Testing at your premises, around your shift pattern
Disposable FFP2 and FFP3 masks
Half-mask reusable respirators
Individual test records and certificates
Advice on mask selection where a wearer fails
Retesting after significant weight change or dental work
Guidance on RPE programmes and maintenance

More about face-fit testing

The difference it makes

Benefits for Your Business

Meet your legal duty under COSHH and the Control of Lead and Asbestos Regulations
Genuine protection for employees rather than the appearance of it
Documented evidence for audits, clients and enforcement

Minimal disruption, testing takes around 20 minutes per person
Identify wearers who need a different mask before it matters
Support your health surveillance programme

Coverage

Areas We Cover in Coalville

We provide face-fit testing throughout Coalville and the surrounding area, including:

Coalville Town Centre
Bardon
Hugglescote
Whitwick
Ellistown
Ibstock
Ravenstone
Thringstone
Swannington
Donington le Heath

“Integral Health and safety Consultants have been undertaking H&S audits for the past twelve months on one of our large value developments. They have dealt with various issues that we have had very quickly using minimal hassle to us. Their Site Visits are weekly and their paperwork is always prompt. We would recommend Integral Health and safety consultants to any business that wants a reliable and professional company to take care of their health and safety issues.”

Mick Starkey S & S Contracting Ltd

Questions

Face-Fit Testing in Coalville: Your Questions

How quickly can you test in Coalville?

Often the same week, and sometimes the same day for small numbers. Our office is in the town, so there is no travel time to build into the booking, which makes short-notice requests much easier to accommodate here than elsewhere.

We cut and grind concrete and stone. What should we be doing?

Respirable crystalline silica is a serious hazard and RPE should be the last control, not the first. Start with water suppression or on-tool extraction to stop the dust getting into the air, then use RPE to deal with what remains. Where that RPE is tight-fitting it must be fit tested, and typically an FFP3 is needed rather than a lower-rated mask.

Do you carry out face-fit testing in Coalville?

Yes. We come to your premises anywhere in Coalville and the surrounding area and test on site, which avoids travel time and lets us work around your shifts. Each test takes around 20 minutes and the wearer receives an individual record.

Is face-fit testing a legal requirement?

Yes, where tight-fitting RPE is used. COSHH, the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 2002 all require the equipment to be suitable for the wearer, and HSE guidance is explicit that this means fit testing. A wearer who is clean shaven at the seal is also essential, as facial hair breaks the seal regardless of the test result.

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