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Toolbox Talk: Different Types of Dust

This 4-minute toolbox talk focuses on some of the most common dusts construction teams come into contact with.

Different types of dust toolbox talks

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What's Covered

Available in PDF and Video format, this Toolbox Talk covers the following topics:

  • Common dusts construction teams come into contact with
  • What Respirable Crystalline Silica Dust (RCS)?
  • The different types of wood dust
  • What hazards arise from wood dusts
  • Plaster and Plasterboard dust
  • Health effect created from Machine Made Mineral Fibres (MMMFs)
  • Different types of metals construction teams cut
  • Dusts created from cutting metals
  • Health effects created from metal dust
  • Work Exposure limits and statistics from HSE
  • Different solutions for different dusts on site

Once you have requested your download, you will instantly receive a PDF, which is ideal to hand out to your site team.

In addition to this, on the PDF, there is a video link. You could watch this video as a team on a large screen, or individuals can scan the QR code to watch it on their phone - making this toolbox talk accessible to everyone!

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