Jaytreeman@kbin.social to Antiwork@lemmy.ml · edit-211 months agoRemember, they'd rather kill you than lose out on profitNSFWmessage-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1155arrow-down1message-squareRemember, they'd rather kill you than lose out on profitNSFWJaytreeman@kbin.social to Antiwork@lemmy.ml · edit-211 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
Remember, they’d rather kill you than lose out on profit (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/14/australia-will-become-the-first-county-to-ban-engineered-stone-bench-tops-will-others-follow)
minus-squarekamills@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoCan’t the stone be cut and handled without generating airborn dust?
minus-squareSpecal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoAirfed masks with the correct filter is perfectly fine. Combined with water suppression on the Stone cutting machine. Decent ones can be pricey at about £700 each but that’s cheaper than someone getting silicosis.
minus-squarekamills@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThat’s what I figured. Sounds like they have a hard time enforcing and checking people get the correct PPE.
minus-squareSpecal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoYeah my company offers “Wear your PPE or hand in your notice” mentality
Can’t the stone be cut and handled without generating airborn dust?
Airfed masks with the correct filter is perfectly fine. Combined with water suppression on the Stone cutting machine.
Decent ones can be pricey at about £700 each but that’s cheaper than someone getting silicosis.
That’s what I figured. Sounds like they have a hard time enforcing and checking people get the correct PPE.
Yeah my company offers “Wear your PPE or hand in your notice” mentality