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Posted By Kieron Learoyd
Does anyone know, or have experience of, good personal dust monitoring equipment? Obviously, cost is always an issue but I would like something simple without having to scour & research providers.
I have recently taken ownership of a stonemasons yard with all the subsequent saws. We wet cut and have internal extraction but the level this is removing dust from the atmosphere is unknown.
I would appreciate any help.
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Posted By holmezy
Kieron,
I have a similar issue at a couple of my sites re stone dust so from my experience....
try Casella (others are available). They do allsorts of dust monitoring equipment to buy or rent. They now do a static monitoring device that just sits and montors the dust levels apparently. I would suggest that any dust sampling should be done to check that your existing controls are adequate, so install LEV, wash down, hepa filter vacuums, PPE etc etc. Your sampling will tell you if these are providing adequate protection from, in your case, respirable crystalline silica which has a particularly low exposure limit of 0.1mg/m3 (or whatever its measured in). The HSE will expect you to provide annual health surveillance as per COSHH, training and awareness re silicosis and other lung conditions, face fit testing etc.
If you do continual personnal dosimetry then the costs for analysis will become excessive and probably only confirm what you already have established from your first sample. Having the equipment is one thing, paying for the analysis is another.
Holmezy
cider.....?? suns gone in so I'm doubtful now...
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Posted By David Bannister
Kieron, whilst obtaining the equipment and doing your own sampling may seem like a reasonable option, I suggest that you probably need to obtain the underlying knowledge to be able to do the monitoring, choose a suitable analysis lab, interpret the results and devise a suitable control regime if needed (if you have all this then you will probably know what is the best equipment to use).
You may achieve a better result by consulting an Occupational Hygienist, via the BOHS. That is some of what they do and they are quite tame, mostly. Their members are spread across the globe, not just UK.
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Posted By Sean Warburton
Oh brilliant Kieron! I've always wanted that to happen to someone, i was going to say the same David but i suspected he knew what he was talking about so left it, Fridays eh, love em :)
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