by Zach Greaves | Jun 24, 2024 | Blog, COSHH Air Monitoring, Indoor Air Quality Testing, Workplace Exposure Limits
Controlling Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) Overexposure to RCS can lead to accelerated silicosis. This is a form of lung disease that can develop if a worker has been exposed to large quantities of silica dust. If you work in a high-risk industry such...
by Zach Greaves | Oct 3, 2022 | Blog, COSHH Air Monitoring, Ventilation, Workplace Exposure Limits
Health and Safety in Bakeries The smell of fresh bread in the morning evokes feelings of wellbeing and happy memories, so you would be forgiven for not immediately associating a bakery as a hazardous place to work. However, bakeries can be full of potential risks to...
by Zach Greaves | Apr 21, 2022 | Blog, COSHH Air Monitoring
Mitigating the Risk of Silica Dust in Quarries One of the greatest dangers to workers’ health in quarries is the dust known as respirable crystalline silica (RCS). Anyone operating or managing a quarry is therefore required, under HSE Regulation, to reduce the...
by Zach Greaves | Sep 2, 2021 | Blog, COSHH Air Monitoring
Occupational Contact DermatitisThis article provides guidance to support employers in their efforts to protect workers from occupational contact dermatitis.It offers a general overview of activities and substances that may cause harm and identifies practical steps for...
by Zach Greaves | Feb 20, 2021 | Blog, COSHH Air Monitoring
Nitrous OxideNitrous Oxide (N2O) is a colourless, non-flammable gas that was first discovered in 1772, by English scientist Joseph Priestley. Humphry Davy recognised its analgesic properties in 1799; the euphoric effects of inhaling it led to it being colloquially...
by Zach Greaves | Jul 9, 2020 | COSHH Air Monitoring
What is Silica?Silica is a hard, unreactive and colourless compound found in rocks, sand and clay and in products such as bricks and concrete. It is also used as filler in some plastics. These materials create dust when they are cut, sanded, carved etc.The dust is...