Face Fit Testing can help to ensure that your operatives/employees can work effectively in their issued masks, without taking any unnecessary health risks. It also means that employers or site management avoid the possibility of enforcement action by the HSE if it is found their masks are ill-fitted or inadequate.
Face Fit Testing is an important part of protecting employees who wear tight fitting masks including, but not limited to:
If Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) is used as a control measure under you risk assessment or Safe Systems of Work then it is vital that your RPE is adequate and suitable. To ensure that the selected RPE has the potential to provide adequate protection for individual wearers, HSE ACoPs stipulate that tight-fitting RPE must be fit tested as part of the selection process.
Each fit test includes: