Dealing with Dust
A huge range of products from bricks to blocks, mortar to roof tiles, masonry to concrete, contain silica. It’s perfectly safe, but as soon as you start cutting, drilling or grinding , it forms a fine dust.
No matter what you do, if you work in construction, you’ll come into contact with silica dust. Regular exposure, even of small amounts, increases the risk of developing diseases that can disable or even kill you - up to 500 people a year die because of the effects of silica dust.
However, there are lots of ways of protecting yourself, by using dust extraction equipment, respirators or by using a different tool to do the job. We can help you with a whole range of dust extraction, dust suppression, and dust screening systems.
If you’re an employer, you’ll need to abide by COSHH regulations. You’ll need to -
- Check the risks to your workers and decide what controls to use
- Make sure that you and your workers use the controls properly
- Tell your workers about the risks to their health
- Train them on how to handle dust And we can use all our experience, expertise and equipment to make working with dust easier for you and your employees -
- Dust extraction vacuums and semi-mobile systems
- ATEX Zone 22-approved dust extraction
- Air cleaners
- Extraction guards and boots
- Atomised water suppression
- Fogging cannons
- Extractor fans
- Dust monitoring
- Temporary screening
To find out more about HAV talk to your regional HAV Specialist by contacting your local Brandon Hire. Call Target Risk on 0117 971 8527 or email: targetrisk@brandonhire.co.uk
