Face-Fit Testing

Face-Fit Testing in Loughborough

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

Fifteen minutes from our Coalville office, so Loughborough face-fit testing is easy to schedule, even for one or two people at short notice.

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Professional Face-Fit Testing in Loughborough

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 Loughborough. 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.

Loughborough's mix of research laboratories, engineering firms and construction contractors means face-fit testing requests here range from a single researcher to a full site crew. Laboratory and research settings often need testing for a specific procedure or substance rather than as routine daily wear, which changes the conversation about mask selection.

Because Loughborough is our closest large town, we can be flexible about numbers. Testing two people is not usually worth a long journey for a consultancy based further away, which is why small requirements here often go unmet until an audit raises them.

Local knowledge

Business and Industry in Loughborough

Loughborough combines a major university and its science and enterprise park with a solid base of engineering, electronics and precision manufacturing, plus distribution operations drawn by the M1. The university connection means an unusual number of research, laboratory and spin-out businesses in the town, which brings substances, gases and prototype equipment into the risk picture.

Business parks and estates we work on

Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Park
Charnwood Business Park
Belton Road Industrial Estate
Bishop Meadow Road
The Point
Meadow Lane Industrial Estate
Falcon Business Park

Getting to you

Loughborough is our closest large town, around 15 minutes from Coalville on the A512. In practice that means we can often be on site the same day for anything urgent.

What we see

What We Commonly Find in Loughborough

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

Single researchers or technicians needing testing that nobody will travel for
Laboratory RPE selected for the wrong hazard, filtering particulates against a vapour risk
Masks stored loose in drawers between uses, damaging the face seal
Students and short-term staff using RPE with no testing at all

Who we work with

Sectors We Support in Loughborough

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 Loughborough

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

Loughborough Town Centre
Shepshed
Quorn
Mountsorrel
Sileby
Barrow upon Soar
Rothley
Syston
Birstall
Anstey

“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 Loughborough: Your Questions

We only need one or two people tested. Will you come out?

Yes. Loughborough is about fifteen minutes from us, so small numbers are perfectly workable here in a way they might not be for a consultancy based further away. Get in touch and we will arrange a time.

Does the mask type matter for the test?

Very much. The test is valid only for the specific make, model and size tested, so if you later switch supplier or model the test no longer applies. It is worth settling on the RPE you will actually issue before testing, and we will advise on selection if the current choice does not suit the hazard.

Do you carry out face-fit testing in Loughborough?

Yes. We come to your premises anywhere in Loughborough 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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