At Anderson Acoustics, we provide robust, defensible occupational exposure monitoring that helps organisations understand what people are actually exposed to at work — not what is assumed on paper. Our services support compliance, strengthen risk management, and enable informed decisions that genuinely protect health.
We deliver occupational dust, respirable crystalline silica (RCS), gaseous pollutant, and occupational noise monitoring across construction, infrastructure, manufacturing, utilities, and high-risk industrial environments.
Why Occupational Exposure Monitoring Matters
Many occupational health risks are invisible, cumulative, and slow to manifest. Unlike safety hazards, their impacts often emerge years after exposure has occurred. Monitoring provides the evidence base needed to:
- Demonstrate compliance with UK legislation and guidance;
- Validate whether control measures are effective in practice;
- Identify high-risk tasks, activities, and roles;
- Reduce long-term health risk, liability, and uncertainty;
- Move from generic assumptions to task-specific insight
Our approach focuses on outcomes, not just measurements.
Our Monitoring Services
Occupational Dust & Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS)
We undertake targeted monitoring of inhalable and respirable dust, including respirable crystalline silica, in line with COSHH and HSE guidance.
Our services support:
- Assessment against Workplace Exposure Limits (WELs);
- Evaluation of engineering controls, suppression methods, and RPE;
- Task-based exposure profiling;
- Review and refinement of risk assessments and method statements
We design monitoring strategies around real work activities, recognising that exposure varies significantly with task duration, technique, environment, and behaviour.
Gaseous Pollutant Monitoring
We provide monitoring for a wide range of occupational gases and vapours, including but not limited to:
- Carbon monoxide (CO);
- Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂);
- Volatile organic compounds (VOCs);
- Solvents and process-related gases
Our monitoring supports both short-term and long-term exposure assessment, helping organisations understand peak exposures, background levels, and cumulative risk — particularly in enclosed or poorly ventilated environments.
Occupational Noise Monitoring
Noise-induced hearing loss remains one of the most common occupational diseases in the UK. We deliver occupational noise exposure assessments in accordance with the Control of Noise at Work Regulations.
Our noise services include:
- Personal noise exposure monitoring (LEP,d);
- Task-based noise assessments;
- Evaluation of hearing protection effectiveness;
- Identification of priority noise reduction opportunities;
Where appropriate, monitoring data is used to inform engineering and organisational controls, not just PPE selection.
How We Work
Our monitoring projects are designed to be proportionate, practical, and defensible.
- Scoping & task understanding
We work with you to understand processes, work patterns, and risk priorities; - Targeted monitoring strategy
Monitoring is focused where it adds value not blanket sampling for its own sake; - High-quality measurement & analysis
Using appropriate methods, equipment, and standards; - Clear, usable reporting
Results are explained in plain language, with clear context and implications. - Action-focused recommendations
Practical steps to reduce exposure and improve control effectiveness.
Regulatory Context
Our services support compliance with relevant UK legislation and guidance, including:
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH)
- Control of Noise at Work Regulations
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act
- HSE EH and MDHS guidance
More importantly, they support the intent of the regulations: preventing harm rather than reacting to it.
Why Anderson Acoustics
Clients choose us because we:
- Take an evidence-led, technically rigorous approach
- Understand the realities of live working environments
- Communicate risk clearly and credibly
- Focus on improving control effectiveness, not just producing data
- Treat occupational health with the same seriousness as safety
We don’t just measure exposure – we help you understand and manage it.
Talk To Us
If you need support with occupational dust, silica, gaseous pollutant, or noise monitoring – or want to review whether your current controls are genuinely effective – we’d be happy to help.
Get in touch to discuss a monitoring strategy that is proportionate, practical, and built around real work.
