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Name & Address of the
employer responsible for the plant
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Identification of the LEV
plant
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Location of the LEV plant
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Identification of the Process
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Identification of the
hazardous substance concerned
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Date of the
last thorough examination and test
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Conditions at time of test,
whether normal production or special conditions
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Intended operating
performance of the LEV for adequately controlling the hazardous substance
for the purpose of Regulation 7
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If there is no data available
for the intended operating performance a further assessment is needed to
show compliance with Regulation 7
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Whether the LEV achieves the
designed performance
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If not, the adjustments or
repairs required to achieve that performance
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Methods used to make the
judgements
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Date of thorough examination
and test
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Name of person carrying out
the examination and test
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Job Title of person carrying
out the examination and test
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Employer of person carrying
out the examination and test
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Signature of, or other
acceptable means of identifying the person carrying out the examination
and test
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Details of repairs carried
out
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The details should be
completed by the employers responsible for the LEV plant
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The effectiveness of the
repairs should be proved by a re-test
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Location or position of
enclosures/hoods
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Maximum number of
hoods/enclosures to be in use at any one time
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Static pressure behind each
hood or extraction point
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Face velocity at each hood or
extraction point
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Ducting dimensions
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Ducting transport velocity
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Ducting volume flow
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Filter/Collector –
Specification
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Filter/Collector – Volume
flow
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Filter/Collector – Static
pressure at inlet
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Filter/Collector – Static
pressure at outlet
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Filter/Collector – Static
pressure across filter
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Fan – Specification
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Fan – Volume flow
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Fan – Static pressure at
inlet
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Fan – Direction of rotation
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Does the system return
exhaust air to the workplace
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If exhaust air returned to
workshop – Filter efficiency
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If exhaust air returned to
workshop – Concentration of contaminant in returned air
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Results of Examination and
test compared with Assessment carried out under Regulation 6
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Results of Examination and
test compared with the requirements of Regulation 7
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Section for Employer
responsible for the LEV plant to complete with details of repair
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Section for Employer
responsible for the LEV plant to complete with effectiveness of repair
proved by re-test
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Test undertaking by a
competent person. The test engineer must have adequate knowledge,
training and expertise in examination methods and techniques. He
must also be competent in the assessment of LEV repair requirements to be
able to identify the repairs required.
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HSG54 states that Sketch of
Plant Layout is also required.
