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Health and Safety Executive
Health and Safety Executive
Construction Dusts:
Much more than a Nuisance!
Clare Forshaw
Construction Sector
Health Risk Management Unit
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“It’s only dust you know!”
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What is Construction Dust?
• A general term used to describe what is found on a construction site.
• 3 main types– Silica– Wood– Lower toxicity
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Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS)
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Wood Dust
• Hardwood
• Softwood
• MDF
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‘Low Toxicity’ Dust
• Dust with very low silica content e.g:– Gypsum– Marble– Limestone
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How can it harm me?
Construction dust can cause serious lung diseases:
• Lung Cancer
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Pneumoconiosis (including silicosis)
• Asthma:
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How can it harm me?
Silica
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How can it harm me?
Asthma
Normal Bronchiole Obstructed Bronchiole
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How can it harm me?
COPD:
• Lungs and breathing tubes are damaged making it difficult to get air in and out. Common symptoms;
– a persistent chesty cough and phlegm – wheeze – more frequent and troublesome chest infections
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How can it harm me?
• Few develop quickly – acute silicosis
• Most take a long time – years
• Regularly breathing small amounts adds up over the years
• By the time you notice it may be too late to do anything about it
> Important to control every single exposure
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How can it harm me?
Statistics are imprecise:
• 500+ silica related deaths in 2004 – over 10 a week
• Silica is the second most important cause of occupational lung cancer after asbestos
• Construction workers 2-3 times greater risk of COPD
• Other research backs up link between construction work and lung disease
• Reduced quality of life and shorter working life
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How can it harm me?
• Over 50% of new cancer case are in construction workers
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How much dust is a problem?
• Depends upon– Amount of dust– Size of the dust particles– Type of dust
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How much dust is a problem?
• Dust comes in different sizes
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How much dust is a problem?
Small size of respirable dust means often invisible under normal conditions
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How much dust is a problem?
Based on an 8 hour average
Dust Inhalable Respirable
RCS ______ 0.1 mgm3
Wood 5 mgm3 As inhalable
Lower Toxicity
10 mgm3 4 mgm3
• Measured in mg/m3– Bag of sugar = 1kg / 1,000 grams / 1 million mg– Teaspoon of sugar = 5 grams / 5,000 mg
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How much dust is a problem?
• Limit is the legal maximum, the most you can breathe after the right controls have been used.
• No short term limits BUT should not exceed x3 over a 15 min period
• Many construction tasks are short duration with very high exposure peaks
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How much dust is a problem?
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How much dust is a problem?
HSL found significant short term exposures:
• Silica: 0.02 – 0.1 mg/m3 8hrTWA
• BUT task specific exposure 1.7 – 9.9 mg/m3
• Respirable dust: 3.9 – 50 mg/m3
• Inhalable dust would also be very high
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Managing Dust Risks:
Plan
Act
Check
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Plan
Identify your High Risk Tasks:
Think about the:
• Material
• Task
• Work area
• Time
• Frequency
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Plan: Silica Dust
Concrete, Granite etc:
•Some Tasks ALWAYS produce very high levels:
– Cut-off saws
– Grinders
– Chasers
– Grit Blasting
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Plan: Silica Dust
• Some tasks can in right conditions
– Pneumatic drilling / coring with poor ventilation
– Internal structural demolition
– Dry sweeping indoors
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Plan: Wood and MDF
Wood and MDF:
Cutting and Sanding
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Plan: Lower Toxicity Dust
Plasterboard sanding:
• Very dusty
• Tends to be done in smallish rooms with poor ventilations
Grinding / Cutting:
• Marble etc
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Act
COSHH requires:
• Prevent exposure to employees where reasonably practicable:– Overriding duty– Do this by substitution– Eliminates or reduces risk
• Adequately control where not reasonably practicable:– Higher the risk the better the controls needed– Not exceed exposure levels
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Appropriate work system, equipment,
materials
Control at Source
PPE/RPE as well where above inadequate
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RO
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• Safe handling/ storage• Maintenance• Limit people,duration, quantity• Ventilation• Hygiene• Management• Training
MOSTEFFECTIVE
Act
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Act: Elimination
• Design Out
• Alternative grit blasting media
• Work processes
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Act: Control at Source
• Water Suppression
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Act: Water Suppression
• Water Sources
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Act: Water Suppression
Issues associated with water suppression use:
• Marking the cut line
• Slurry generation
• Wet clothing
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Act: On-Tool Extraction
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Act: On-Tool Extraction
Consumables Capture Hood Tubing
On-tool Extraction is a system approach
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Act: On-Tool Extraction
Extraction Unit
Cyclonic Compact
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Act: On-Tool Extraction
• Different classifications:Dust Class Suitable for dusts with WEL Degree of
penetration
L (Light Hazard) Greater than 1mg.m3 Less than 1%
M (Medium Hazard)
Greater / equal to 0.1mg.m3 Less than 0.1%
H (High Hazard) Less than 0.1mg.m3 including carcinogenic dusts
Less than 0.005%
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Act: RPE
Disposable (FFP3)
APF = 20
Orinasal Half Mask
• Controls are not 100% effective • RPE is still needed for high risk tasks
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Act: RPE
Must fit correctly Be worn correctly
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Act: RPE
Face mask Face mask
Wearer’sface
Wearer’sface
Short hairs act like stilts and hold the mask away from the face
Longer hairs tend to layflatter than short hair
One day stubble Few days stubble
stubble
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Act: Other Controls
• Also Consider:– Segregation– Ventilation – long duration power tool tasks,
internal demolition– Limiting people / duration– Training– Involving workers
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Check:
• Have work procedures
• Check controls working
• Maintenance
• Supervision
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Putting it all togetherSome examples:
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Silica Tasks: Cutting
• Eliminate or minimise
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Silica Tasks: Cutting
• Control:– Water (or on-tool extraction)– Mask APF 20
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Silica Tasks: Wall Chasing
• Eliminate or minimise– Design out– Use another method
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Silica Tasks: Wall Chasing
• Control– On-tool extraction (M or H class)– Mask APF 20
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Silica Tasks: Wall Chasing
• Power Assisted RPE for mortar raking?
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Silica Tasks: Sweeping
• Eliminate or minimise:– Control other tasks!
• Control– Remove larger bits– Rake– M or H extraction with vacuum attachments etc– APF 20 mask depending on what else
happening
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Wood Tasks: Cutting
• Eliminate or minimise:– Order pre-cut– Dedicated cutting
areas to minimise spread
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Wood Tasks: Cutting
• Control– On-tool extraction (M
or H class unit)– Mask APF10/20 as
well for longer cutting periods (15-30 minutes) /more enclosed space
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Low Toxicity: Grinding/Cutting
• Eliminate or minimise:– Use other systems
or finishes
• Control– On-tool extraction (L class unit+)– No mask needed
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Planned Action
HSE Action:
• Remain priority topic
• Revision of Guidance and Website
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Questions?