Health & Safety Information

Flextraction has continually strived to provide solutions to dust & fume problems in line with acknowledged best practice in design. To this end we are pleased to refer customers to the HSE website and the examples of good design shown on it. The videos show typical examples of the problems we encounter at customers on a day-to-day basis.

Although we offer a large range of standard products that may fulfil your needs, Flextraction will, where appropriate, custom design hoods & systems etc to suit the required problem.

To this end, MD Wally Gilder has always insisted on this pure approach and this is re-enforced by in-house training of all staff in the principles of LEV design.

Similarly, when Flextraction undertake COSHH testing, we do so by carrying out a full initial appraisal and assessment which includes qualitative as well as quantative assessments to ensure LEV systems are thoroughly evaluated.

Useful Links

The following are useful sources of information, and well worth a look.

Clearing the Air (PDF document)
A simple guide to buying and using local exhaust ventilation (LEV)

LEV information for designers, installers and examiners (link to HSE website)
This page will help designers, installers and examiners work with, and for, their customers to control exposures effectively.

LEV information for employers (link to HSE website)
This website will help employers develop a systematic and critical approach to buying and using LEV to avoid expensive mistakes and control exposures effectively.

LEV information for employees/users (link to HSE website)
This website provides guidelines on how employees should protect their health in the workplace, and check their LEV equipment.

Please feel free to call Flextraction for advice in ensuring that your workplace maintains a clean working environment for your staff.