A couple of weeks ago I travelled down to Birmngham to give a talk on behalf of the BOHS Breathe Freely initiative at the Health and Wellbeing event at the NEC. The Title of the talk was Managing Health in Construction – What Good Looks Like. An annotated version of the slides I used duringContinue reading “Health in Construction”
Tag Archives: Construction
Silica exposure in the construction industry
One of the most important health risks encountered by construction workers is exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust. Crystalline silica, mainly in the form of quartz, is the main component of most rocks, sands and clays. In the construction industry it can be found in stone, concrete, aggregates, mortars and other materials. Respirable particles (smallerContinue reading “Silica exposure in the construction industry”
Breathe Freely
On the evening of 28 April, Workers’ Memorial Day, the Breathe Freely initiative, which aims to raise awareness of respiratory disease in the construction industry, was launched at a reception at the Merchant Taylor’s Hall in London. The room was packed with 140 people, mainly representatives from the Construction industry. Breathe Freely is a collaborativeContinue reading “Breathe Freely”
Health and Construction
On Monday this week a worker on a construction site in central London, a former US naval building in Grosvenor Square, died after the building he was working on partially collapsed. At least one other person had to be treated treated for minor injuries. Accidents on construction sites are all too common. In the periodContinue reading “Health and Construction”
Recognition, Evaluation, Control 