Respirable crystalline silica (RCS) is found in stone, rocks, sands and clays. Exposure to RCS over a long period can cause fibrosis (hardening or scarring) of the lung tissue with a consequent loss of lung function.
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Self-report is an efficient and accepted means of assessing population characteristics, risk factors, and diseases and is frequently used in occupational health studies.
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Frequently asked questions and information on domestic gas safety for home owners.
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A plastics firm which manufactures cases for computer games has been fined after an employee severed his finger in machinery at a factory in Corby.
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The Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR) is now open to the public. OSHCR is a register of consultants who can offer general advice to UK businesses to help them manage health and safety risks.
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A Tenby landlord has been fined for failing to maintain a gas fire safely within one of his properties.
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From 6 April 2012, subject to Parliamentary approval, RIDDOR’s over three day injury reporting requirement will change, from then the trigger point will increase from over three days’ to over seven days’.
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A Liverpool businessman has been fined £112,000 after a labourer died following a fall from the roof of an industrial unit, just months after another worker was injured in a fall at the same site.
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A specialist crane supplier has been fined £180,000 after a worker was killed when a large steel beam fell on him at an incinerator in Slough, Berkshire.
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