How Can I Protect My Health when Cutting Stone?
Worker exposure to RCS must be controlled by the use of good control practices, as given in Schedule 2A of COSHH. Control measures should reduce exposure to airborne RCS to below the workplace exposure limit (WEL) of 0.1mg/m3 and be proportionate to the health risk. In most cases simply achieving the WEL would not be deemed ‘adequate’ control.
You will find information on how to control exposure to stone dust at the following links:
Safety Management When Working StoneControlling Exposure To Stonemasonry Dust
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