Good practice Archive - Roadmap on Carcinogens

Stofvrijwerken team, TNO

TNO dust-free tool and systems solutions for wood

TNO have created a database for dust-free tools and system solutions for a range of materials. Here we link their listed selection for wood. For…

Netherlands

Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Manufacturing, Construction

Stofvrijwerken team, TNO

TNO dust-free tool and systems solutions for parquet

TNO have created a database for dust-free tools and system solutions for a range of materials. Here we link their listed selection for parquet. For…

Netherlands

Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Manufacturing, Construction

Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie (BG RCI) and Institut für Arbeitsschutz der DGUV (IFA)

GDA Hazardous Substance Check (GDA Gefahrstoff-Check)

The GDA Hazardous Substance Check is a service available to all parties involved in occupational health and safety within a company. Its aim is to…

Germany

Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Mining and quarrying, Manufacturing, Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities, Construction, Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, Transportation and storage, Professional, scientific and technical activities, Education, Other service activities, Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use

Marek Konstańczak, Production Manager, Barlinek Inwestycje Sp. z o.o.

Elimination of risks arising from exposure to chemical substances and reduction of exposure to wood dust and noise in the timber industry

Barlinek S.A. produces domestic and exotic wood flooring products. Roughly 1400 people are employed in this timber company. In 2000, it launched a programme to…

Poland

Manufacturing

The British Occupational Hygiene Society

Breathe freely – British Occupational Hygiene Society

BOHS is the British Occupational Hygiene Society, an organisation whose aim is to achieve a healthy working environment for everyone in the UK. Breathe Freely…

United Kingdom

Construction

Wouter Fransman, TNO

Dust-free working

Fine particulate matter is harmful to health, particularly when it contains carcinogens like respirable crystalline silica (RCS), hardwood, chromium and nickel. Workers coming into contact…

The Netherlands

Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Manufacturing, Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities, Construction

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TNO dust-free tool and systems solutions for wood

TNO dust-free tool and systems solutions for parquet

GDA Hazardous Substance Check (GDA Gefahrstoff-Check)

Elimination of risks arising from exposure to chemical substances and reduction of exposure to wood dust and noise in the timber industry

Breathe freely – British Occupational Hygiene Society

Dust-free working

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