ATEX Installations and Inspections

ATEX certified services

Electrical installations in areas where potentially explosive atmospheres may be present, such as gases, vapours, or combustible dusts, must be done in accordance with strict safety guidelines.
Installations that are recognised as hazardous areas, such as petrol stations, Battery rooms, chemical plants, or distilleries, are required by law to undertake routine electrical safety checks.
Our fully qualified electrical specialists, experienced in these areas, will audit, and advise on any electrical maintenance work that needs to be carried out.

ATEX inspections are graded in three ways: Visual, Close or Detailed.
To maintain the necessary ATEX protection, EN60079-17 2014 states that all ATEX installations must be inspected regularly.
Within 18 months of installation, a minimum Visual inspection must be carried out and remedial work completed. After 18 months, a Close inspection is necessary, and a detailed inspection no later than 4½ years after the initial installation.
The frequency of inspections may increase, depending on a site’s environment and specific equipment installed.

You can find additional information about ATEX on the European Commission website ec.europa.eu
There are minimum requirements in place in the directive of requirements when it comes to ATEX safety including:

• Compliance with the minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive. atmospheres is essential if workers' safety and health protection is to be ensured.
• Prevention of explosions requires that organisational measures complement the technical measures taken at the workplace. Directive 89/391/EEC requires the employer to be in possession of an assessment of the risks to workers' health and safety at work; this requirement is to be regarded as being specified by this Directive in that it provides that the employer is to draw up an explosion protection document, or set of documents, which satisfies the minimum requirements laid down in this Directive and is to keep it up to date. The explosion protection document includes the identification of the hazards, the evaluation of risks and the definition of the specific measures to be taken to safeguard the health and safety of workers at risk from explosive atmospheres.
• Prevention of and protection against explosions.

Here at Industrial Control Ireland we provide both ATEX installations and inspections in line with the directive.