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Notices served

Notice 312760879 served against Woodwork Traditional Handmade Furniture Limited on 23/08/2022
Notice Type Improvement Notice
Description Improvement Notice - Employees who were being exposed to wood dust were not subject to a program of suitable health surveillance. Improvement Notice - Use of woodworking machines and hand tools were generating a large quantity of wood dust, which was not being adequately controlled. Local exhaust ventilation systems were failing to capture all the dust and it was present on the floor, walls, pipework and other surfaces around the site. Employees were not correctly using suitable respiratory protective equipment to prevent exposure. Improvement Notice - Local exhaust ventilation (LEV) used as an engineering control for wood dust exposure had not been thoroughly examine within the last 14 months.
Compliance Date 25/10/2022 Revised Compliance Date 17/11/2022
Result Complied with

Breaches involved in this Notice

Location of Offence
Address HQ/Loc/Woodwork Traditional Ha
Woodwork
Unit 4-6, Lockskinners Farm
Lockskinners
EDENBRIDGE
Kent
TN8 7NA
England
Region East & South East
Local Authority Sevenoaks
Industry Manufacturing
Main Activity 31090 - MANUFACTURE OF OTHER FURNITURE
Type of Location Fixed
HSE Details
HSE Group FODOP6GP23 HSE Directorate Field Operations Division
HSE Area HSE Division South East
Updated: 2020-03-04