Environmental Services

Occupational Air and Noise Monitoring The law requires employers to carry out risk assessments on agents in the workplace which may cause adverse health effects to their employees, including the new the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007. 1) Occupational hygiene (dust, fumes and vapours) Connacht Safety School scientific monitor for all substances listed on the Health and Safety Authority (Chemical Agents Regulations) 2007 Code of Practice as well as the HSA's EH40 Workplace exposure Limits. Our highly qualified team calculate the exposure, which can then be compared to national standards set by the Health & Safety Authority Monitoring can be conducted to determine STEL as well as 8-hour TWA exposure. We also offer the following: • Asbestos monitoring • Advice on control of respiratory sensitizers and allergens • Advice on respiratory protection • Indoor air quality investigations for Workplaces, places of Entertainment and Learning Institutes (schools, lecture halls etc.)

Environmental Monitoring The Connacht Safety School Scientific field service team are a talented and highly skilled team, who have extensive experience in the monitoring and sampling of air, water and soil media. They have a wide range of field monitoring equipment available to them which they use to provide the highest level of service. It includes the following; •Boats for river, estuary and lake sampling •2 fully equipped air vans - air sampling pumps, horiba flue gas analysers, FID TOC analysers, FTIRs, heated lines, dioxin sampling equipment •4 X 4 jeeps for difficult access/off road. •Pumping systems for deep and shallow boreholes •Infra Red Heat Detection Equipment •Collection Sampling vans X 7 •Noise monitoring equipment •Vibration monitoring equipment