Health in construction is a big issue and HSE are pushing hard to get the message out to clients of all sizes that health in construction is a very high risk. The latest figures show that as many as 100 staff per week die from ill health causes through their job – and that’s just the construction sector!
With this in mind we are working with our clients to address these risks, educate their staff through training courses and toolbox talks and also running free sessions on the risks associated with construction dusts and how to manage them – the next of which is running in November 2016 at our offices in Stroud. Check out this link for the talk which we gave to WWT (an HSE and Construction industry partnership organisation)
Dusts in construction (RCS), their risks and how to manage them
These talks won’t just give you an understanding of the risk present, they’ll give you clear and workable advice on how to manage them through changes in working practices and tool selection, we’ll also have expert advice from Dust Control UK on what equipment you can use to clean up dusts without exposing your staff and your clients to cancer causing Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS).
We’ll update you on the free course and also put a booking link here as soon as its live on our Eventbrite page, in the meantime feel free to look at these Workers Stories from HSE to give you some useful resources to raise the issue of construction dusts with your staff and click here to see HSE’s latest Health in Construction – The Facts poster HSE;
- Bricklayer dies from silicosis and lung cancer – the daughter’s story
- Stone workers lives’ changed by silicosis
- Brick worker’s life changed by silicosis
- Carpenter dies from cancer of the nose
- Woodworker’s life changed by occupational asthma
- Woodworker quickly develops occupational asthma from western red cedar
