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Glass and glazing

The main causes of injury are:

  • Injured while handling, lifting or carrying
  • Hit by moving, flying or falling object
  • Contact with moving machinery
  • Slipping, tripping or falling on the same level

The main causes of occupational ill health are:

  • Musculoskeletal disorders
  • Skin disease, eg Dermatitis

Industry specific guidance

Strategy and targets

The GLASS Charter (Goal: Lower Accidents, Safe Sites) was launched in 2001 to help all organisations within the Glass Industry reduce accidents by 30%. The Charter was launched in response to the Revitalising health and safety strategy.

Link URLs in this page

  1. Non-metallic mineralshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/index.htm
  2. Overview - Heath and safety topicshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/topics.htm
  3. Manual handlinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/manual-handling.htm
  4. Slips and trips https://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/slips-and-trips.htm
  5. Contact with moving machineryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/moving-machinery.htm
  6. Falls from a heighthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/falls.htm
  7. Respiratory disease, e.g. silicosishttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/respiratory.htm
  8. Skin disease, e.g. dermatitishttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/skin.htm
  9. Overview - Industry specific informationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/industries.htm
  10. Cementhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/cement.htm
  11. Ceramicshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/ceramics.htm
  12. Concrete including cast stonehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/concrete.htm
  13. Pre-stressed concretehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/pre-stressed-concrete.htm
  14. Glass and glazinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/glass.htm
  15. Heavy clay and brickshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/heavy-clay.htm
  16. Refractorieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/refractories.htm
  17. Overview - Resourceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/resources.htm
  18. Publicationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/publications.htm
  19. Linkshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/non-metallic-minerals/links.htm
  20. Health and safety basics for your business https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/index.htm
  21. British Glass 'Code of practice for Glass forming IS machineshttps://www.britglass.org.uk/
  22. Health and safety basics for your business https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/assets/docs/simplehealthsafety.pdf
  23. British Glasshttp://www.britglass.org.uk/
  24. Glass and Glazing Federationhttp://www.ggf.org.uk/

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Updated: 2024-06-05