Calls have risen in the UK to consider a ban on quartz based work top, which when cut, produces large amounts of silica dust
Marek Marzec, a father-of-three originally from Poland, but living in London, was diagnosed with silicosis in April this year
His death comes amid growing calls for the Government to act to protect workers after a 28-year-old tradesman died from the same condition in the UK earlier this year. His solicitor, Leigh Day partner Ewan Tant, said he hopes Mr Marzec’s legacy will be a “wake-up call” for the engineered stone industry and the workplace regulator, the Health and Safety Executive .
“Marek was a lovely man and incredibly brave, both in how he stood up to his illness also in deciding to tell his story to try to help other engineered stone workers who might end up in the same position as him,” Tant said. revealed the first cases of silicosis had been diagnosed in engineered stone tradesmen in the UK, most of them young migrants working in poor conditions, echoing a trend seen in other countries.The first confirmed death prompted a coroner to demand the Government and HSE take “urgent action” to protect workers.
In her Prevention of Future Death report, she demanded a “timetable for action” to tackle the dangers of cutting engineered stone.
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