“It’s Only Occasional Welding”… Until It Isn’t Making Defensible Decisions on Welding Fume Control Using the BOHS Selector Tool For many businesses, welding is not a core activity.It happens occasionally — maintenance, repairs, minor fabrication — and because of that, welding fume control is often treated as a secondary issue. That is exactly where risk...
Introduction Managing exposure to silica dust is an important part of protecting construction workers’ health and meeting UK health and safety requirements. Activities such as cutting, drilling, grinding, chasing and working with concrete, bricks, mortar, stone and similar materials can release very fine dust into the air. Where that dust contains respirable crystalline silica (RCS),...
PROTECTING WOODWORKERS’ HEALTH – Your Key to Safer Woodworking Environments Every day, woodworkers can be exposed to a hazard that is easy to underestimate: wood dust. Cutting, sanding, machining and handling timber and wood-based products can release fine airborne particles capable of causing serious and sometimes irreversible health problems. Wood dust is associated with occupational...
