Bethan Martin

Monitoring Emissions from stacks is a process that involves many hazards, not least working at height, making the most important aspect where trust is required is safety. Hazards are not necessarily prohibitive so long as their risk can be managed and mitigated to an acceptable level. If the job cannot be done safely it should […]

An updated Guidance Note has been released by the HSE regarding Ozone which outlines the potential health hazards and available control measures. It draws attention to the potential ill health which exposure to Ozone can cause and indicates potential sources of Ozone at work as well as offering advice on the precautions you may need […]

Why are we writing this article? If a process operator needs some stack testing doing, isn’t it just a question of ringing up a couple of companies and choosing the cheapest quote? I would argue that the first step is to decide what it is that you want from the whole process. If you just […]

When workers are banned from doing something, the blame is often laid firmly on legislation relating to health and safety. However, this is sometimes just an excuse for an unpopular decision or an extreme over-interpretation of much less restrictive guidelines. Below we have outlined our Top 25 biggest Health and Safety Myths that we’ve either […]

Envirocare is a leading UKAS and MCERTS accredited Environmental and Occupational Hygiene & Safety Consultancy staffed by expert technicians and consultants with over 100 years of combined experience within the industry. Moving into the 20th year of business Envirocare is pleased to announce their latest extension to UKAS scope accreditation. Following a successful audit procedure […]

What Is Occupational Hygiene? Occupational Hygiene relates to the protection of worker health and the associated business benefits. Ill health, disease and death from work activities puts a large social and economic burden on workers, their families, businesses and the UK as a whole. With consultants who are members of the BOHS, Envirocare aims to […]

The usual driver for carrying out MCERTS odour monitoring is the fact that there has been a complaint either directly to you or to the regulatory authority. This will invariably have come from a member of the public. The complainant and/or regulating authority will want to know that you take their complaint seriously and that […]

Chemicals In Printing Can Be Harmful Many chemicals are used in the printing industry including inks, adhesives, lacquers and cleaning solvents. All of which can cause various levels of ill health if workers or employees are exposed to them. Various vapours and mists can be inhaled and chemicals can cause skin problems or further damage […]

Envirocare, as part of our Occupational Hygiene and Safety Services offer expert audiometry tests throughout the UK and have provided services to some of the biggest printing, chemical, plastic, construction, wood, metal and glass manufacturing companies (to name a few) during our 20 years of service as a company. Earlier this week, in order to […]

The EA’s annual stock take of environmental performance in England 2012, shown in ‘The Sustainable Business Report’ reveals that businesses involved in the storage of waste or treatment, transfer and use, landfill, bio-waste and energy from waste activities accounted for most firms in the lowest D,E or F banding, with 363 out of 396. The […]

The latest Health and Safety Statistics have been released by the HSE which covers health, safety and enforcement in Great Britain through 2012 to 2013. The key annual figures include: 148 workers killed at work – data over the past five years indicate a levelling off in the previous downward trend. 78,222 injuries to employees […]

A machinery manufacturer that produces agricultural and industrial equipment has been fined by the HSE after an investigation proved employees at the site were at a high risk of developing asthma through the spraying of a hazardous chemical due to Inadequate PPE. The verdict of poor personal protective equipment (PPE) came to light following an […]

What Is Health Surveillance? Health surveillance is basically a system of ongoing health checks that can sometimes be required by law for employees who are exposed to any one of the following: Vibration Noise Ionising Radiation Fumes Solvents Dusts or Biological Agents Compressed Air The main purpose of health surveillance is to protect the health […]

What Is Stack Emissions Testing? Stack emissions testing (stack sampling or stack monitoring) is the experimental process for evaluating the characteristics of waste gas stream emissions into the atmosphere from industrial facilities to meet environmental standards. Stack testing measures the amount of specific regulated pollutants or surrogates being emitted or determines the destruction or removal […]

The definition of environmental compliance is to conform to any environmental regulations, laws plus any other regulations or standards. You may believe this sounds rather complicated but it’s not. In fact, it’s nothing more than what you should be doing already to be running your company legally. In recent years environmental compliance has become a […]

New government plans aimed at cutting regulations to save money may see up to 600 air pollution monitoring Stations face closure. Ministers want to remove obligations on local authorities to assess air quality in their areas, resulting in less monitoring. Environmental campaigners however are accusing them of trying to hide the fact that Britain is […]

What Is Silica Dust? Silica is the most basic component of sand and rock. The most abundant type of crystalline silica is quartz but other common silica containing materials include: Concrete, Cement, Mortar Tiles, Brick, Granite Top Soil, Abrasive, Asphalt Silica is so common that any workplace activity using these materials that creates dust can expose workers to airborne silica and […]

What Is The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme? The renewable heat incentive (RHI) is a payment system for the generation of heat from renewable energy sources introduced in the United Kingdom in late November 2011. It is a government backed measure to make production of heat through renewable means more financially attractive and is a generous […]

A private care home in Wallasey has been ordered to pay £40,000 in fines and costs after it failed to manage the risk of elderly residents catching a potentially fatal form of pneumonia. The care home was prosecuted by the HSE after it failed to comply with an Improvement Notice to assess the risk from […]

Shannon Schuyler, corporate responsibility leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers‘ (PwC) has expressed that businesses must ask some “tough questions” and become more transparent if they wish to scale up their CSR commitments and that she was constantly looking to build on her company’s efforts to make Corporate Social Responsibility count in areas such as resource scarcity, climate […]

Bradford based Environmental and Occupational Hygiene Consultancy Envirocare is renowned for their leadership within the environmental monitoring sector. As well as holding an extensive UKAS and MCERTS accreditation schedule, Envirocare are one of the very first consultancies in the country to be UKAS accredited for Bioaerosol Monitoring from stacks. Envirocare are pleased to announce their […]

Envirocare are pleased to announce their latest extension to UKAS scope accreditation. Following a successful audit procedure in April, Envirocare have now been awarded an Odour Monitoring accreditation from stacks to BS EN13725 – Determination of Odour Concentration by Dynamic Olfactometry (2003). Odour monitoring involves capturing samples of odorous air into inert sample bags followed […]

Foundry COSHH Assessments Major Foundry health risks encountered by people working in foundries are the exposure to a number of harmful substances. Harmful substances can include: Fine respirable dust which contains silica, large quantities of inhalable and respirable dusts, ferrous foundry particulates and metal dust and fumes. Other substances such as formaldehyde, phenol, acid fumes […]

Bradford Area Occupational Health & Safety Forum (BAOHSF) are pleased to offer an open to all free Legionella Seminar at Bradford City Hall on Tuesday 12th March 2013. The event, which is aimed at people in control of properties and businesses where man made water systems are installed kicks off at 9:30am. If you are […]