Time to clear the air! Using cut-off saws for cutting kerbs and flag paving
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Description
The video provides information on the new UK guidance that water suppression should be used when cutting silica containing materials (e.g. kerbs, blocks, slabs, concrete materials) in construction. The video shows real life work situation concrete cutting without and with water suppression, the film enlists health impairments (silicosis, emphysema, lung cancer) and teaches how to use the saws. Workers and managers tell their opinion too.
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Provider
Provider name (English)
HSE - Health and Safety Executive
Provider name (Original)
HSE - Health and Safety Executive
Type of provider
Tasks covered
Construction
Biological hazard
Not applicable
Hazard - physical state
Dusts
Hazard - health effects
Carcinogens
Other
Exposure route
Inhalation
Substance Description
Crystaline silica
CAS Number
14808-60-7
EC number
238-878-4
Prevention measures
Level 2. Technical measures, e.g. local exhaust ventilation
Purpose of the material
Awareness raising
General information
Guidance
Target group
All (no specific target group)