Face-Fit Testing

Face-Fit Testing in Nottingham

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

HSE-compliant qualitative face-fit testing delivered at your Nottingham site, with individual records for every wearer and clear advice where a mask does not suit.

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Professional Face-Fit Testing in Nottingham

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 Nottingham. 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.

Face-fit testing comes up across a wide range of Nottingham employers: construction and refurbishment contractors working on the city's older building stock, manufacturing and engineering firms on the Colwick and Lenton estates, and healthcare and laboratory settings where RPE is used for specific procedures.

Refurbishment work is the one that catches people out. Any disturbance of the fabric of a pre-2000 building raises the possibility of asbestos, and the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 require RPE to be suitable for the wearer. That means fit tested, recorded, and clean shaven at the seal.

Local knowledge

Business and Industry in Nottingham

Nottingham pairs a dense retail, hospitality and leisure core with substantial employers in healthcare, higher education, financial services and the creative and digital sector. Around the edges sit long-established manufacturing and distribution operations, and across the city there is an exceptional concentration of student housing and houses in multiple occupation, which brings its own fire safety duties.

Business parks and estates we work on

Nottingham Business Park
Blenheim Industrial Estate
Lenton Industrial Estate
Colwick Industrial Estate
Boots Enterprise Zone, Beeston
Castle Marina
Phoenix Park
Wilford Industrial Estate

Getting to you

Nottingham is roughly 35 minutes from Coalville via the A42 and M1, or the A6 for the western side of the city. We cover the city centre, the suburbs and the industrial estates on the Colwick and Lenton sides.

What we see

What We Commonly Find in Nottingham

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

Refurbishment contractors with RPE on site but no fit test records to show
Agency and subcontract workers arriving without evidence of a valid test
Reusable half masks in shared use with no cleaning or storage regime
Fit tests carried out on a different mask model to the one actually issued

Who we work with

Sectors We Support in Nottingham

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 Nottingham

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

Nottingham City Centre
Arnold
Carlton
West Bridgford
Beeston
Stapleford
Long Eaton
Hucknall
Bulwell
Mansfield
Newark

“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 Nottingham: Your Questions

Do you test subcontractors as well as our own employees in Nottingham?

We can test anyone who will be wearing the RPE on your site. In law the duty sits with each worker's own employer, but many principal contractors sensibly test everyone rather than rely on paperwork arriving from elsewhere. We provide individual records either way.

How long does a face-fit test remain valid?

There is no fixed statutory expiry, but HSE guidance points to retesting at least every two years, and immediately after anything that could change the fit: significant weight gain or loss, dental work, facial surgery, or a change to a different mask make or model.

Do you carry out face-fit testing in Nottingham?

Yes. We come to your premises anywhere in Nottingham 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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