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AEC provides COSHH assessment services UK businesses can rely on to identify hazardous substances, assess workplace risk, and implement effective control measures that protect health and safety.
With teams based in Manchester and Essex, we support organisations across the UK with practical COSHH risk assessment services and occupational hygiene expertise.
A COSHH assessment reviews hazardous substances in your workplace and the risks they pose to health.
It helps you understand:
According to COSHH guidance from HSE, employers must assess and control risks from hazardous substances to protect workers.
Our COSHH risk assessment services are built around your workplace, not a template.
We help you:
As a trusted COSHH assessment company and COSHH assessment consultancy, AEC provides clear, practical advice you can act on.
Our COSHH assessment services typically include:
Where required, we also carry out exposure monitoring to confirm risk levels and control effectiveness.
Some workplace risks cannot be judged visually. Exposure monitoring helps measure levels of hazardous substances and confirm whether control measures are working.
We assess exposure to:
As explained in HSE exposure monitoring guidance, monitoring helps determine if exposure is under control and within safe limits.
AEC provides occupational hygiene COSHH services to help businesses manage workplace exposure and health risks effectively.
We support organisations across:
Our approach focuses on practical risk control, not theory.
According to BOHS occupational hygiene guidance, effective occupational hygiene is essential for recognising and controlling workplace health risks.
Poor control of hazardous substances can lead to serious health problems, including:
COSHH compliance helps you:
The COSHH Regulations 2002 legislation requires employers to prevent or control exposure to hazardous substances.
AEC is a trusted provider of COSHH assessment services with experienced occupational hygienists who understand workplace risk, control, and compliance.
With teams based in Manchester and Essex, we deliver COSHH risk assessment services across the UK, supporting organisations in a wide range of industries.
We focus on practical solutions that work in real workplaces, not generic advice.
With AEC, you get:
AEC also provides:
These services support COSHH compliance by helping you monitor exposure and improve control measures.
Whether you are based near our Manchester or Essex teams, or anywhere across the UK, AEC can support your COSHH requirements.
Any business that uses, produces, or handles hazardous substances in the workplace may need COSHH assessment services UK. This includes industries such as manufacturing, construction, education, and engineering.
A COSHH assessment reviews hazardous substances in the workplace and the risks they pose to health. COSHH assessment services UK help businesses identify exposure, assess risk, and implement control measures to improve workplace safety.
Yes. Under the COSHH Regulations, employers must assess and control risks from hazardous substances to protect workers’ health. A suitable COSHH risk assessment should be completed before work begins.
A COSHH assessment should be reviewed regularly and updated when there are changes in substances, processes, equipment, or workplace conditions that could affect exposure or risk.
Any substance that could harm health requires assessment. This includes chemicals, dust, fumes, vapours, gases, and substances created during work processes such as welding or cutting.
Exposure monitoring measures how much of a hazardous substance workers are exposed to. It helps determine whether control measures are effective and if workplace exposure limits are being met.
Here’s how exposure monitoring typically works to comply with COSHH and EH40:
Identifying Hazardous Substances: Employers must identify and assess all hazardous substances used or produced in the workplace. This includes chemicals, dusts, fumes, vapours, and biological agents that have the potential to cause harm to health. This si part of the COSHH assessment
Determining Exposure Routes: For each hazardous substance, employers need to determine the potential routes of exposure, such as inhalation, skin contact, or ingestion.
Monitoring Methods: Based on the identified hazardous substances and exposure routes, appropriate monitoring methods are selected. This typically involves air sampling to measure airborne concentrations of contaminants, or biological monitoring to measure the uptake of substances into the body.
Exposure Monitoring: Exposure monitoring is conducted according to a predetermined plan, which may include sampling at various locations and times representative of typical working conditions. Monitoring may be performed using personal sampling pumps worn by workers or fixed sampling equipment placed in the work area.
Interpreting Results: The results of exposure monitoring are compared to the workplace exposure limits (WELs) provided in EH40 or other relevant guidance documents. If exposures exceed the WELs, employers are required to take action to reduce exposure levels.
Implementing Control Measures: Based on the findings of exposure monitoring, employers must implement control measures to reduce or eliminate exposure to hazardous substances. This may include engineering controls, such as ventilation systems or enclosures, administrative controls such as work practices and training, and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
Reviewing and Updating: Exposure monitoring should be regularly reviewed and updated to ensure ongoing compliance with COSHH regulations. This may involve re-evaluating hazards, reassessing exposure levels, and adjusting control measures as necessary.
Exposure monitoring helps confirm risk levels, supports COSHH compliance, and ensures control measures are working. It also helps employers protect worker health and improve workplace safety.
The law requires employers to adequately control exposure to substances in the workplace that cause ill health. This is the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH). In addition, organisations need to work within the legal limits for the amount of substances that can be present in the workplace air. There are also regulations for the control of: Noise , Vibration and Local Exhaust Ventilation. You can view a range of HSE guidance relating to Occupational Hygiene at https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/index-legal-ref.htm
BOHS is a membership organisation that promotes Occupational Hygiene as the science-based discipline for identifying, assessing and controlling exposure to harmful substances in the workplace. It is the only Occupational Hygiene organisation to be awarded a Royal Charter in recognition of its ‘ unique and pre-eminent role as the leading authority in occupational disease prevention’. BOHS is also a UK based examining board for occupational hygiene qualifications
