Face-Fit Testing

Face-Fit Testing in Derby

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

Welding fume, paint spray and grinding dust all make RPE critical in Derby engineering. We fit test on site, around your shifts, with records ready for customer audit.

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Professional Face-Fit Testing in Derby

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 Derby. 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.

Derby's engineering and manufacturing base makes face-fit testing a routine requirement rather than an occasional one. Welding fume was reclassified as a human carcinogen, which sharpened expectations considerably: fume control and suitable RPE are now expected wherever welding takes place, including mild steel.

Alongside welding, the paint and surface treatment firms in the supply chain use isocyanate-containing coatings where RPE failure has serious consequences, and grinding and finishing operations generate respirable dust. Customer audits in this supply chain routinely ask to see fit test records by name.

Local knowledge

Business and Industry in Derby

Derby is one of the country's leading centres for advanced manufacturing and engineering, with aerospace, rail and automotive at its core and a deep supply chain of specialist SMEs feeding them. That supply chain is where most of our Derby work sits: precision engineering, fabrication, surface treatment and assembly firms who face higher-hazard processes and demanding customer audits.

Business parks and estates we work on

Pride Park
Wyvern Business Park
Derwent Business Centre
Sinfin Commercial Park
Ascot Drive Industrial Estate
Spondon
Raynesway
Chequers Road Industrial Estate

Getting to you

Derby is about 30 minutes from Coalville up the A38 or A50. We regularly work along the Ascot Drive and Raynesway corridor and out to Pride Park and Sinfin.

What we see

What We Commonly Find in Derby

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

Welders using RPE with no fit test record, which customer audits pick up quickly
Spray operators relying on air-fed equipment with no maintenance or air quality checks
Fit testing treated as a one-off years ago rather than a maintained programme
Records held on paper in a folder nobody can find when an auditor asks

Who we work with

Sectors We Support in Derby

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 Derby

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

Derby City Centre
Alvaston
Chaddesden
Chellaston
Littleover
Mickleover
Spondon
Allestree
Belper
Ripley
Ilkeston
Swadlincote

“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 Derby: Your Questions

Our customer audit asks for fit test records. What do they want to see?

Typically an individual record per wearer naming the person, the exact make, model and size of mask tested, the test method and result, the date, and who carried out the test. A generic statement that "all staff are fit tested" does not satisfy an auditor. We provide records in that form.

Do welders need fit testing even for mild steel?

Yes. Since welding fume was reclassified as a carcinogen, the expectation is that effective fume control is provided for all welding including mild steel, indoors or outdoors, with suitable RPE where extraction alone does not adequately control exposure. Where that RPE is tight-fitting, it must be fit tested.

Do you carry out face-fit testing in Derby?

Yes. We come to your premises anywhere in Derby 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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