Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) is a substance present in many common materials like sandstone, concrete, and brick. Workers who deal with these materials risk developing a dangerous lung disease called silicosis. This condition can lead to severe breathing problems, heart failure, and even death. Here’s how much silica some common materials can contain: Sandstone, Gritstone,...
The escalating issue of workplace stress, anxiety, and depression – now the primary causes for work-related illnesses in the UK – necessitates immediate and informed action from all employers, regardless of their business size. In the 2021/22 period, as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports, of the 1.8 million workers who suffered from a...
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...
