Leading medic calls for urgent action to protect those who cut the material after rise in cases of the incurable disease
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UK urged to consider ban on artificial stone worktops over silicosis risk
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ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Stop breathing the dust while cutting it ya dummies, wear PPE, wet the surface down.
Same risk exists for sandstone and other building materials. WEAR A MASK
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
It might be more than that but I am willing to bet that the conditions that they work in are controlled by people who count every shilling. The pressure to keep the job is probably such that the workers are caught in a situation that needs the government to step in… But that’s communism!
ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 months ago
In Australia it’s pretty much just idiots taking off or not wearing compony provided PPE
RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Companies are scared by losing their insurance. Insurance companies are scared of lawsuits…
… and 60 Minutes
50MYT@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Aus put this rule in place because work places were not complying with the safety side.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Yep, pretty silly imo