Dust, fumes and other gaseous contaminants can be extremely dangerous to both the health of your employees and your business. Exposure can lead to a wide variety of illness and poor health in the longer term, as well as significantly affect productivity and workforce performance.
Anyone working in the food industry knows that the workplace must be safe, efficient and hygienic. For instance, flour dust and other powder ingredients are classed as a substance hazardous to health being the second highest asthma causing agent, a cause of short term respiratory, nasal and eye symptoms, and being potentially explosive.
Exposure to dust, fume and gaseous contaminants can lead to many illnesses including industrial dermatitis, skin rashes and irritations, and breathing problems. Other examples of the effects of hazardous substances include losing consciousness from toxic fumes, infection from bacteria or other micro-organisms, and long-term cancer.
The exposure to contaminants within servicing workshops and body shops is extensive, such as dust generated from sanding and grinding, welding fumes and exhaust fumes. Spillages and other waste also need to be cleared up quickly and efficiently, to avoid potential accidents.
The welfare and safety of students and staff in the educational sector is of prime concern and so the effective control and management of dust and fume contaminants is vitally important. School and college workshops, laboratories, studios and kitchens are all subject to legislation, and health and safety regulations state that you must do everything possible to ensure that students and staff are protected from workplace hazards.
Dust, fumes and other gaseous contaminants can be extremely dangerous to both the health of your employees and your business. Exposure can lead to a wide variety of illness and poor health in the longer term, as well as significantly affect productivity and workforce performance.
Anyone working in the food industry knows that the workplace must be safe, efficient and hygienic. For instance, flour dust and other powder ingredients are classed as a substance hazardous to health being the second highest asthma causing agent, a cause of short term respiratory, nasal and eye symptoms, and being potentially explosive.
Exposure to dust, fume and gaseous contaminants can lead to many illnesses including industrial dermatitis, skin rashes and irritations, and breathing problems. Other examples of the effects of hazardous substances include losing consciousness from toxic fumes, infection from bacteria or other micro-organisms, and long-term cancer.
The exposure to contaminants within servicing workshops and body shops is extensive, such as dust generated from sanding and grinding, welding fumes and exhaust fumes. Spillages and other waste also need to be cleared up quickly and efficiently, to avoid potential accidents.
The welfare and safety of students and staff in the educational sector is of prime concern and so the effective control and management of dust and fume contaminants is vitally important. School and college workshops, laboratories, studios and kitchens are all subject to legislation, and health and safety regulations state that you must do everything possible to ensure that students and staff are protected from workplace hazards.