Controlling Exposures to
Prevent occupational lung disease
in the construction industry
Mike Slater
Diamond Environmental Ltd
BOHS Immediate Past President
2015/16
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Controlling Exposures to
Prevent occupational lung disease
in the construction industry
42 fatal injuries
to workers in
Construction in
2013/14
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Prevent occupational lung disease
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Controlling Exposures to
Prevent occupational lung disease
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Over 500 workers
believed to die
from exposure to
silica dust every
year
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Controlling Exposures to
Prevent occupational lung disease
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About 5 500 new
occupational
cancer cases in
construction every
year
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Controlling Exposures to
Prevent occupational lung disease
in the construction industry
76 000 cases of
work-related ill
health
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Stick Welding
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Prevent occupational lung disease
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What can we do to
reduce the risks to
health?
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Wellbeing
Risk Prevention
& Control
Health
Surveillance
Wellbeing
Risk Prevention
& Control
Health
Surveillance
Prevention
Engineering
Work practices
PPE
Prevention
Engineering
Work practices
PPE
Prevention
Engineering
Work practices
PPE
Source: http://www.hse.gov.uk/copd/casestudies/wetcut.htm
Controlling Exposures to
Prevent occupational lung disease
in the construction industry
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A secondary water flow provided a fan-shaped water curtain sprayed normal to the path of the
ejected stone dust.
Jared H. Cooper et al. Ann Occup Hyg 2015;59:122-126
© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Occupational
Hygiene Society.
Prevention
Engineering
Work practices
PPE
Controlling Exposures to
Prevent occupational lung disease
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Prevention
Engineering
Work practices
PPE
Supervision
Prevention
Maintenance
Auditing
Engineering
Work practices
Testing
Health surveillance
Monitoring
PPE
Information
Training
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Prevent occupational lung disease
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Partners
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Prevent occupational lung disease
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Web based
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Controlling Exposures to
Prevent occupational lung disease
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Construction Managers Toolkit
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What can YOU do?
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What can you do?
Sign-up to and implement the
Management Standard
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What can you do?
Use the self assessment guide
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What can you do?
Use breathefreely fact
sheets, case studies etc to
help identify issues and
solutions
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What can you do?
Use resources from the
breathefreely toolkit
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What can you do?
Get competent help
where needed
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Support the campaign
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Become an official
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What can you do?
Help us develop materials
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Spread the word
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