#breathefreely in Manufacturing

Yesterday, BOHS with its partners, launched the second phase of the breathe freely initiative – #breathefreely in manufacturing,  at the EEF headquarters in central London. The campaign will initially be focusing on welding – raising awareness of the risks from respiratory disease and options available to prevent and control welding fume and gases. Welding is

Welding–The Risks

Welding is one of the most common activities carried out in industry. HSE estimate that there are around 190,000 welders in UK. However, this is likely to be an underestimate of the total number of workers who carry out welding as there is likely to be a large number who do a small amount of