Transcript Think About Health and Safety PowerPoint Presentation

Introducing the risks from diesel fumes
– a briefing for managers
SETTING THE SCENE
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Diesel fumes can cause lung and bladder cancer
Cancer caused by diesel fumes has killed thousands of
people worldwide
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650 people in the UK alone will die this year from
cancer caused by diesel fumes they were exposed to at
work
WHY IS THIS OUR PROBLEM?
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We need to consider our workers and their exposure to
diesel fumes
As a responsible business, we want to make sure that
people don’t get harmed at work
In the UK, and many other countries, there is a legal
duty to check the level of risk from diesel fume
exposure
This is often along with a legal duty to cut down
exposure where workers are at risk of getting sick
… Are our competitors or suppliers doing this better
than us?
WHAT’S OUR FIRST STEP?
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Check if:
• diesel fumes in our workplace are at harmful levels
• fumes are building up in closed-in areas
• fumes are making sooty deposits or a smoky haze
where we work
WHAT ACTION DO WE
NEED TO TAKE?
There are things we can do to safeguard our workforce
– for example:
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change to another type of fuel
replace engines with cleaner ones
make sure engines and diesel-fuelled equipment
are regularly serviced
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use filters or ventilation systems
WHAT ACTION DO WE
NEED TO TAKE?
WHAT WILL IT
COST US?
The business case for action:
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