Caring against Dust, Noise, Vibration and Heat

As an employer you will want to protect your employees and others accessing your facilities against harmful conditions, whether they take the form of excessive dust, heat or poor air quality.

If you have employees working on equipment which is noisy or vibrates, you will also want to control their environment.

Shawcity monitoring and warning equipment does just that.

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Legislation Highlights for Occupational Hygiene

Types of Dust
Heavy Dust The layer of dust on furniture and floors. Settling Dust Particulate’s in the air floating around before it turns into heavy dust. Suspended Atmospheric Dust Minute particles slowly settling or suspended by slight currents and existing in varying amounts in all air.
Heat Stress In The Workplace
Examples of workplaces where people might suffer from heat stress because of the hot environment created by the process, or restricted spaces are: ● glass and rubber manufacturing plants; ● mines; ● compressed air tunnels; ● conventional and nuclear power plants; ● foundries and smelting operations; ● brick-firing and ceramics plants; ● boiler rooms; ● bakeries and catering kitchens; ● laundries
Vibbration Legislation
Hand-arm vibration comes from the use of hand-held power tools and is the cause of significant ill health (painful and disabling disorders of the blood vessels, nerves and joints). By law, as an employer, you must assess and identify measures to eliminate or reduce risks from exposure to hand-arm vibration so that you can protect your employees from risks to their health.
Confined Space
A confined space is a place which is substantially enclosed (though not always entirely), and where serious injury can occur from hazardous substances or conditions within the space or nearby (e.g. lack of oxygen)
Mining
Within the Policy Group of the Health and Safety Executive the Mines, Quarries and Explosives Policy Section oversees and administers legislation relating to the mining industry.
Noise At Work
The maximum daily or weekly exposure is 87 db and the maximum peak sound pressure is 140 db. If the daily noise reaches 85db(A) the law states that ear protection must not only be provided, it must be worn! The regulations state that "the employer shall ensure that risk from the exposure of employees to noise is either eliminated at source or, where this is not reasonably practicable, reduced to as low a level as reasonably practicable" Are your emloyees exposed to high noise levels??