Villager VLN 2101, Оригинальное руководство пользователя

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Villager VLN 2101 (GB)
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is broken into very fine dust (also known as Respirable Crystalline Silica or RCS) during many
common tasks such as cutting, drilling and grinding.
Breathing in very fine particles of crystalline silica can lead to the development of: Lung cancer,
Silicosis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD)). Breathing in fine particles of wood dust can lead to 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 holes first.
Warning
Some dust created by power sanding, sawing, grinding, drilling, and other construction activities
contains chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.
Some examples of these chemicals are:
- lead from lead-based paints,
- crystalline silica from bricks and cement and other masonry products,
- arsenic and chromium from chemically-treated lumber.
Your risk from these exposures varies, depending on how often you do this type of work. To
reduce your exposure to these chemicals: work in a well-ventilated area, and work with
approved safety equipment, such as those dust masks that are specially designed to filter out
microscopic particles.