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Safety information
Safety warnings
• Lung cancer
• Silicosis
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (Chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD))
the development of Asthma. The risk of lung disease is
linked to people who regularly breathe construction dust
over a period of time, not on the odd occasion.
To protect the lung, the COSHH Regulations sets a limit
on the amount of these dusts that you can breathe (called
a Workplace Exposure Limit or WEL) when averaged over
a normal working day. These limits are not a large amount
of dust: when compared to a penny it is tiny – like a small
pinch of salt:
This limit is the legal maximum; the most you can breathe
after the right controls have been used.
How to reduce the amount of dust?
1. Reduce the amount of cutting by using the best sizes of
building products.
2. Use a less powerful tool e.g. a block cutter instead of
angle grinder.
3. Using a different method of work altogether – e.g. using
a nail gun to direct fasten cable trays instead of drilling
Please always work with approved safety equipment, such
microscopic particles and use the dust extraction facility
at all time.
For more information, please see the HSE website:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction or http://www.hse.gov.
uk/pubns/cis69.pdf
