The UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning about the dangers of engineered stone, particularly to young workers, following a number of deaths from silicosis.
The UK's health and safety watchdog has issued guidance on engineered stone after the deaths of workmen from an aggressive form of silicosis. Trendy engineered stone slabs, primarily quartz, have soared in popularity among homeowners having kitchen refurbishments in recent years. It the first official guidance related to the man-made stone, the Health and Safety Executive(HSE) warns employers they must prevent workers breathing in toxic silica dust.
The HSE has previously only issued guidance on working with stone in general – rather than engineered stone, which has been linked to the new rapid form of silicosis among young stonemasons. It is an incurable and deadly lung disease, with at least 18 UK cases so far identified, the youngest in a man aged just 24.in May while waiting for a lung transplant in what is believed to be the first confirmed death from silicosis in a UK engineered stone worker. Marek Marzec, a father-of-three, died in December from silicosis weeks after speaking to The i Paper – and just seven months after he was initially diagnosed The new HSE guidance warns that engineered stone must be installed by competent staff following effective processes, along with releasing pre, on-site and post-installation requirements. It also highlights the dangers of practices such as dry-cutting without water suppression tools to dampen respirable crystalline silica (RCS) dust.revealed the UK’s first cases of silicosis in young stonemasons who inhaled toxic dust from cutting high-silica engineered stone last year. The material has already been banned in Australia after hundreds of cases of silicosis were diagnosed in stonemasons, most of whom were under the age of 3
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