Construction dust: Worker's stories

Construction dust is not just a nuisance. It can seriously damage your health and cause life changing lung diseases. Below are some examples of the impact that dust has had on peoples lives.

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  1. Bricklayer dies from silicosis and lung cancer – the daughter's storyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/lung-disease/roy-gamble.htm
  2. Stone workers lives' changed by silicosishttps://www.hse.gov.uk/lung-disease/kevin-tony-winter.htm
  3. Brick worker's life changed by silicosishttps://www.hse.gov.uk/lung-disease/graham-higgins.htm
  4. Carpenter dies from cancer of the nosehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/woodworking/wood-dust-cancer.htm
  5. Woodworker's life changed by occupational asthmahttps://www.hse.gov.uk/asthma/wooddust.htm
  6. Woodworker quickly develops occupational asthma from western red cedarhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/asthma/woodworkerasthma.htm
  7. Construction Dust Information Sheethttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/cis36.htm
  8. Controlling Construction Dust with On-Tool Extractionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/cis69.htm
  9. Respiratory Protective Equipment at Workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg53.htm
  10. Construction Dust Partnershiphttps://www.citb.co.uk/
  11. COSHHhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/index.htm
  12. COSHH Essentialshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/cnseries.htm
  13. Respiratory Protective Equipmenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/respiratory-protective-equipment/index.htm
  14. Local Exhaust Ventilationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/lev/index.htm

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Updated 2024-11-21