Safeguarding workers against silica dust exposure has become paramount in Australia’s industrial landscape. With increasing awareness of its health hazards, industry experts are turning to innovative solutions for effective mitigation. Among these, the utilisation of advanced vacuum systems stands out as a cornerstone approach. In industrial operations across Sydney and New South Wales, where stringent […]
Category: Silica Dust Industrial Vacuum
Clear the Air: How Silica Vacuums Help Protect Against Silica Dust Exposure
Introduction In the bustling world of construction and heavy-duty industries, dust is more than just a cleanliness issue; it’s a significant health hazard. The problem intensifies when the dust we’re talking about is silica, a common mineral found in materials like concrete, sand, stone, and mortar. When these materials are manipulated, they produce silica dust, […]
Silica Dust Control Made Easy with HEPA-Filtered Industrial Vacuums
Silica Dust Control Made Easy with HEPA-Filtered Industrial Vacuums Silica dust is a hazardous substance commonly found in construction, mining, and manufacturing industries. Exposure to silica dust can cause serious health issues, including lung cancer, silicosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). To ensure the safety of workers and comply with industry regulations, it is […]
Effective Tips on How to Handle Huge Amounts of Silica Dust at Construction Site
Silica Dust: The Dangers and How You Can Mitigate Them in Construction Site Construction workers handling large amounts of silica dust on a construction site should be able to effectively manage it to reduce the risk of contracting an occupational disease. There are several preventive measures that you can take to protect the health and safety […]
What rock drillers can do to protect their lungs from silica dust?
What can rock drillers do to protect their lungs from silica dust? When workers are working on a rock cutting/drilling site, many such activities can cause exposure to hazardous crystalline Silica Dust and long-term exposure can cause fatal lung diseases such as acute lung infection and Silicosis. Below are the activities where workers are at […]
How To Reduced Dust Containing Crystalline Silica in Construction Work
How To Reduced Dust Containing Crystalline Silica in Construction Work Crystalline Silica has been a major concern across the globe and workers from Construction Industry are the ones that are at maximum risk due to various activities that they carry out. When workers carry out construction and demolition tasks with concrete, bricks, mortar, tiles, stone or […]
A Guide to Developing a Silica Dust Control Plan
How to Create a Safe Silica Dust Control Plan? Silica is a mineral that is present in many things such as sand, concrete, stone, limestone, and other such common things and usually, it is of no harm. But, when there are certain activities performed such as cutting, grinding, explosions, and other such activities that can […]
How to Properly Handle Concrete Slurry?
How to Properly Handle Concrete Slurry? With the worldwide recognition of the effects of Silica Dust and increasing incidents of Silicosis, disposal and workspace norms of all the materials that can spread silica dust have become a stringent regime. Not only are there specific exposure standards introduced that industries have to manage, but there are […]
Effective removal of Silica dust from Earth moving equipment and Quarry workshop
Crystalline silica is a mineral that occurs naturally at most industrial plants, construction sites, and quarry workshops. Silica is an essential natural ingredient in sand, concrete, stone, and mortar contain crystalline silica and is essential to the production of glass, stoneware, ceramics, slabs, concrete, and artificial stone. Earthmoving equipment tends to contain silica as industrial […]
What is a HEPA filter? Do you need one in your vacuum?
HEPA is not material. HEPA (High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting) is a standard of filtration. Specifically, the standard requires that (99.97% of all particulate as large as .3 microns is trapped within the filter. The designation of HEPA is awarded by certified testing laboratories. There is nothing however in the rules that define how long the filter […]
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