Fortunately, the dangers of respirable crystalline silica are beginning to be better understood within industries such as construction, quarrying and aggregates and roadbuilding, as well as trades like stonemasonry, thanks to education and awareness-raising campaigns. Organisations such as the Construction Dust Partnership and awareness-raising through campaigns like No Time to Lose from IOSH have supported this. However, now is not a time to be complacent.
In this webinar, 3M’s respiratory protection specialist, George Elliott, reinforces the deadly risks of respirable crystalline silica before providing guidance on the hierarchy of controls, prevention and how to combat and control workplace exposures. With an array of respiratory protection available, George outlines the considerations to make when it comes to product selection, training and maintenance.
