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Notices served

Notice 312777887 served against Orwell Mencap on 24/08/2022
Notice Type Immediate Prohibition Notice
Description PN served - Use of single ended tenoner prohibited as failure to prevent acces to dangerous parts of machinery which could cause serious cuts and amputations. IN served - You have failed to provide suitable health surveillance for employees who are liable to be exposed to a substance hazardous to health, namely hardwood dust, a known cause of occupational asthma IN served - You have failed to ensure that the exposure of employees to a substance hazardous to health, namely hardwood dust, which can cause occupational asthma, is either prevented or, where this is not reasonably practicable, adequately controlled. This is because employees have not been provided with suitable respiratory protective equipment (RPE). This is because employees have not been face fit tested for their tight fitting respiratory protective equipment (RPE). In addition, employees had been provided with FFP2 half mask respirators which will not adequately control exposure to wood dust.

Breaches involved in this Notice

Location of Offence
Address 6 Wright Road/Orwell Mencap
Genesis Garden Furniture
6 Wright Road
IPSWICH
Suffolk
IP3 9JG
England
Region East & South East
Local Authority Ipswich
Industry Manufacturing
Main Activity 16290 - WOOD/CORK/STRAW/PLAITING PROD
Type of Location Fixed
HSE Details
HSE Group FODOP5GP21 HSE Directorate Field Operations Division
HSE Area HSE Division East
Updated: 2020-03-04