Enforcement details
- Reference
- ENF-001637-24032025
- Record type
- Notice
- Action date
- 21 March 2025
- Result or notice type
- Improvement notice
- Offence or breach
- You have failed to prevent or, where this is not reasonably practicable, adequately control your employee’s exposure to wood dust, which is both an asthmagen and a carcinogen. The reasons for my opinion are; that there was visible build-up of wood dust both around machinery and on worksurfaces, there was visible airborne dust, there were poor cleaning practices such as dry sweeping of dust and the use of compressed air to clear surfaces, employees were not face fit tested for their respiratory protective equipment (RPE) and were not wearing RPE when cleaning. Compliance Date: 2025-05-29 Result: Complied With Acts or Regulations Breached: Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, 7 / 1
- Offence address
- Unit H, Hirwaun Industrial Estate, Aberdare, CF44 9UP, Wales
- Recipient postcode
- CF37 5YR
- Region
- Wales
- Local authority
- Rhondda, Cynon, Taff UA
- Industry
- Construction
- Main activity
- 43320 - Joinery installation
- Type of location
- Fixed
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