LEV Testing in Tameside
Tameside encompasses industrial towns including Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, Denton, and Hyde. The borough has a strong manufacturing and engineering heritage, with modern industrial estates serving the logistics and distribution sectors via the M60 and M67 corridors.
About LEV Testing in Tameside
Tameside's manufacturing concentration creates substantial demand for effective local exhaust ventilation across the borough's industrial areas. The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 require that every LEV system undergoes thorough examination and testing at least every fourteen months, and Safe-Lee Inspection & Consultancy provides this statutory testing throughout Tameside. The engineering and fabrication workshops in Denton Industrial Area, Hyde Industrial Area, and across Ashton-under-Lyne generate welding fumes, grinding dust, and metalworking fluid mist that extraction arms, downdraft tables, and booth systems must capture effectively at source. Hattersley Industrial Estate hosts manufacturing and processing businesses with LEV requirements for dust and fume control. Ashton Moss Business Park includes operations generating process dusts and vapours requiring extraction. Tameside's woodworking businesses, joineries, furniture makers, and construction timber firms, depend on dust extraction connected to every saw, planer, router, and sander, with wood dust classified as a carcinogen demanding reliable control. Vehicle body repair workshops across the borough operate spray booth extraction systems that must maintain correct airflow to protect workers from isocyanate paint fumes. The borough's plastics and polymer processing firms generate fumes during heating and forming operations that LEV systems must control. Food production businesses in Tameside produce cooking vapours and ingredient dust requiring effective ventilation. Our engineers test each system from capture point to discharge, measuring face velocities at hoods and slots, inspecting ductwork for leaks and blockages, checking filter condition and loading, and verifying fan performance against design specifications. Tameside's older industrial premises sometimes house LEV systems that were designed for different processes than those currently in operation, significantly reducing extraction effectiveness. Safe-Lee identifies these mismatches and provides clear remediation guidance, delivering the statutory reports COSHH requires from our Irlam base via the M60 and M67.
Key Areas We Cover
- Ashton Moss Business Park
- Denton Industrial Area
- Hyde Industrial Area
- Hattersley Industrial Estate
Local Landmarks
Ashton Moss, major commercial area at Junction 23 of the M60
Industries Requiring LEV Testing in Tameside
We work with businesses of all sizes across a wide range of sectors.
Manufacturing
Tameside's industrial estates in Denton, Hyde, and Hattersley maintain the borough's manufacturing heritage, with engineering firms operating overhead cranes, compressed air systems, and industrial machinery requiring statutory inspections.
Construction
Ashton Moss commercial developments and residential schemes across the borough require WAHR inspections for scaffolding, mobile elevated work platforms, and fall arrest systems.
Healthcare
Tameside General Hospital operates autoclaves, sterilisation units, and patient hoists that require thorough examinations under PSSR 2000 and LOLER 1998.
What Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 requires of you
Under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, employers and duty holders are legally required to ensure equipment is thoroughly examined by a competent person at regular intervals. Failure to comply can result in significant fines, enforcement action, and, most importantly, puts your workforce at serious risk.
Tameside encompasses industrial towns including Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, Denton, and Hyde. The borough has a strong manufacturing and engineering heritage, with modern industrial estates serving the logistics and distribution sectors via the M60 and M67 corridors.
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 compliance is not optional
Frequently Asked Questions
Do businesses in Denton and Hyde industrial areas need PSSR inspections?
Yes. Any business in Tameside's industrial areas, including those in Denton, Hyde, and Hattersley, that operates a pressure system containing relevant fluid must have a Written Scheme of Examination drawn up by a competent person under PSSR 2000. This covers compressed air receivers, steam boilers, autoclaves, and associated safety valves and pipework.
What inspections does Tameside General Hospital need?
Tameside General Hospital requires PSSR inspections for autoclaves and sterilisation pressure vessels, LOLER thorough examinations for patient hoists, bed lifts, and goods lifts, PUWER assessments for workshop and maintenance equipment, and LEV testing for laboratory fume cupboards and pharmacy extraction systems.
What does a COSHH LEV inspection involve?
A COSHH LEV inspection involves a thorough examination and test of your local exhaust ventilation system. This includes visual inspection of ductwork, hoods, and fans, airflow measurements at capture points, static pressure readings through the system, and checks on filters and discharge points to ensure the system effectively controls hazardous substances.
How often is a COSHH LEV inspection required?
Under COSHH Regulation 9, LEV systems must be thoroughly examined and tested at least every 14 months. Some specific processes have shorter intervals: for example, LEV for certain blasting operations must be examined every month, and spray-painting booths every 6 months. Your system should be examined according to whichever interval applies.
What equipment does a COSHH LEV inspection cover?
COSHH LEV inspections cover all local exhaust ventilation systems including fume cupboards, extraction arms, downdraft benches, spray booth ventilation, dust extraction systems, welding fume extraction, woodworking extraction, and any other system designed to capture and remove airborne contaminants at source.
Our LEV Testing Process
How we work with LEV Testing clients across Tameside: from first contact to ongoing compliance.
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Initial Consultation
We talk through what equipment you hold, how it is used and which regulations bite on it. That conversation sets the scope, and it is what makes a quote a real figure rather than a guess.
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Site Survey
An engineer visits to confirm what is actually on site against what was described, and to identify anything needing immediate attention. Sites often hold more equipment than the office records show, and this is where that surfaces.
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Thorough Examination
The examination itself is hands-on rather than a walk round, carried out to the standard the relevant regulation sets. Each item is assessed on its own and recorded individually, including accessories stored away from the machine.
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Report & Recommendations
You receive a written report identifying every defect found, classified by how urgently it must be put right, with the date the next examination falls due. Anything dangerous is raised with you on site the same day rather than held back for the paperwork.
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Ongoing Support
Once the first examination is done we hold the due dates and flag them before they lapse. Most compliance failures are diary failures rather than equipment failures, so that is the part worth automating.
What Our Clients Say
“Lee is a fantastic engineer and very approachable. He delivers examinations with minimal disturbance to your operations in a timely manner. If you need or are unsure if your equipment requires an examination, contact Lee and he will guide you through the process of becoming and staying compliant.”
Lee Stanaway
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“Brilliant company! Can't recommend Lee enough. Great communication throughout and speedy reporting to ensure kit is compliant with LOLER and PUWER.”
Thomas Bullivant
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“Great service, very knowledgeable regarding my lifting equipment. If you're needing a LOLER examination carried out, get on to Safe Lee!”
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