It raises some interesting issues for me, as i work in the rail industry and we have a lot of very dirty diesle engines that run in sheds with poor ventilation. This means a much more rigerious RA for when i send guys to sites.

Invictus..yes

http://www.iosh.co.uk/gr...ne_exhaust_emission.aspx

http://www.safesurveys.i...andcancer_JohnCherie.pdf

This is the file I have,saves an email

We had a situation a few years ago in a previous place I worked where 2 diesel FLT's were used in a large warehouse with 2 large shutter doors at the end. We had a Foreman, who's office was a unit within the warehouse, who was absent from work with frequent chest infections. He cited the reason was the dust build up.

After 2 years of pushing managers, I finally had the dust analysed and had air monitors installed and it showed large quantities of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH's) as well as small quantities of "heavy metals" as a result of the burn off from the FLT's. Each time the warehouse doors were opened, the dust was unsettled, making it airborne.

Many years of working in that environment was a contributor to either sensitisation or occupational asthma - still not known which as I moved organisations before it was settled.

Interestingly enough, the Occupational Health provider stated that the best case scenerio would be Occupational Asthma as the person could be removed from the work environment, thus the trigger, without any further complications that any other asthmatic could encounter. However, sensitisation to PAH's could be the start point of many future triggers of non work related health problems.

I quite like the smell of diesel fumes. Why does everything I enjoy have to be bad for me?!