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Ensure Workplace Safety with Expert COSHH Risk Assessment Services
Remaining compliant is a core part of any health and safety managers role and when it comes to regulation Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) is one of the most far reaching. Covering chemicals, dust, fumes, vapours and biological agents. IOM can help. Offering a stress-free and thorough service to give you an understanding of the workplace risks and alerting you to any breaches.
Why you want to be COSHH Compliant
By investing in compliance with COSHH you are investing in your workforce. Investing to retain trained and experienced employees in your business for longer. Investing to safeguard the future health of your colleagues.
A strong COSHH strategy:
- Enhances productivity
- Reduces absenteeism
- Fosters a culture of care and safety
It also supports strategic decision-making, improves operational efficiency, and ensures readiness for audits and inspections.
If you don’t comply with COSHH not only, can it result in harm to employee health but it can also lead to significant fines. The HSE has issued thousands of enforcement notices and fines. By proactively managing exposure to hazardous substances, you safeguard your people and your business.
If you’re unsure about hazards in your workplace and would like to talk through concerns our team is ready to help.
Ways IOM Can Support You
IOM works with you to deliver a compliant workplace through a comprehensive suite of COSHH-related services, including:
- Preparation of COSHH Risk Assessments making sure that you pass inspections.
- Hazard assessment to determine if exposures have been adequately prevented and controlled
- Recommendations for control measures so that risks are mitigated COSHH
- Guidance to support you in delivering compliance at all levels
- Hazard Identification and measurement with IOM’s UKAS accredited laboratory
- Exposure Monitoring
- Biological Monitoring
- LEV (Local Exhaust Ventilation) examination and testing
- Thorough examination and testing of engineering controls (other than LEV)
- Recommendations, information, instruction and training for PPE
IOM is one of the UK’s most trusted providers of workplace health services with a 55 year history. Combining scientific rigour with practical insight, supported by an in-house UKAS-accredited laboratory and remote monitoring technologies.
The team includes suitably qualified occupational hygienists, authorised engineers, world renowned scientists and seasoned laboratory professionals. All bringing their expertise together to support you.
We’ve worked across sectors—from heavy industry to office environments—delivering tailored solutions that meet regulatory requirements and improve workplace wellbeing.
Related Services
IOM can help you with so much more than COSHH, below are a small selection of other ways we can help you to keep your workplace safe and compliant