On the back of calls for stone worktops to be banned, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has issued new guidance.
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Kitchen manufacturer and retailer Wren has Europe’s largest quartz worktop processing centre in Scunthorpe. Full precautions are clearly evident hereWhile Australia introduced a prohibition on the use and supply of engineered stone in July 2024 to protect workers from silicosis and silica-related diseases, the British workplace safety authority says that sufficient laws already exist here to keep workers safe.
But in response to concerns, the HSE has published new guidance to remind dutyholders and workers about the need to ensure that suitable procedures and controls are in place to help protect against exposure to stone dust and prevent workers breathing in respirable crystalline silica (RCS).
