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NTTL avoid breathing in the dirty
air
Tim BriggsCourse Director
Leeds Beckett University
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No Time to Lose – working together to beat
occupational cancer
Spotlight on diesel fumes
Tim Briggs, Chair of the Professional Standards Committee IOSH
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Top 10 causes of cancer registrations attributable to
occupational carcinogens (Rushton/HSE)
Rank Agent/activity Number of Registrations/year
1 Asbestos 4216
2 Shiftwork 1957
3 Mineral oils 1730
4 Solar radiation 1541
5 Silica 907
6 Diesel engine exhaust 801
7 Coal tars and pitches 545
8 Painters 359
9 Tertachlorodibenzodioxin 316
10 Tobacco 284
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What are diesel engine exhaust emissions?
• Mixture of gases, vapours, liquid aerosols and particles created by burning diesel fuels
• May contain over 10 times the amount of soot particles than in petrol exhaust fumes, and includes several carcinogenic substances
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How does it cause cancer?
• Risk of cancer is linked with the particulate emissions in the fumes – the soot, rather than the gases or vapours
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Who is affected?
People working with:
• diesel-powered equipment
• enclosed spaces like garages
or workshops
• forklifts
• lorries
• buses
• trains
• tractors
• compressors
• generators
• power plants
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What should employers do to control exposure?
• Assess the risks
• Control exposure by:
• Switching to other forms of fuel
• Replacing old engines
• Maintaining engines
• Making sure diesel engine exhausts have filters
• Using ‘local exhaust ventilation’
• Turn off engines when they’re not needed
• Rotating jobs
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What should employers do to control exposure?
• Re-assess the risk after new controls are in place
• Monitor levels of diesel exhaust fumes (monitoring should be done by a qualified professional)
• Health surveillance
• Give information to employees
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What can employees do to protect themselves?
• Ask if you want more information
• If you need to wear protective kit,
make sure it fits properly and you use
it the right way – and use it every time
you need to
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What can employees do to protect themselves?
• Make sure your work mates
do the same
• Report any problems to your
employer, e.g. faulty or missing
equipment
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Signs to look out for
• Walls or surfaces covered in soot
• A smoky haze when diesel engines are used
• Blue or black smoke from diesel exhaust fumes
And if you’ve had a cough for more than
three weeks or have blood in your urine,
contact your doctor
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No Time to Lose: campaign on
occupational cancer
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The No Time to Lose campaign aims to:
• raise awareness of a significant health issue facing
employees
• offer businesses free practical, original materials to help
them deliver effective prevention programmes
• suggest solutions to tackle the problem
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The three phases so far…
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Free practical materials to help develop
prevention strategies www.notimetolose.org.uk
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More than 100 businesses have
pledged to take action
1. Assess the risks
2. Develop and deliver a prevention strategy
3. Brief managers
4. Engage employees
5. Demand the same standards from their supply chain
6. Report progress
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Over 200 organisations are supporting the campaign
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Good practice case studies from
pledge signatories and supporters
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Campaign highlights
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www.notimetolose.org.uk