15. 0 1000 2000 3000 4000
Other agents
Working as painter
Shift work
Mineral oils
Diesel exhaust emissions
Silica
Asbestos
Occupational cancer deaths by cause in Great Britain, 2005
Source: HSE Research Report rr800
16. 0 1000 2000 3000 4000
Other agents
Working as painter
Shift work
Mineral oils
Diesel exhaust emissions
Silica
Asbestos
Occupational cancer deaths by cause in Great Britain, 2005
Source: HSE Research Report rr800
About 800 deaths every year
20. Risk of silicosis
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 0.04 0.08 0.12 0.16 0.2 0.24 0.28
Exposure to Air Concentration of RCS for 15 Years
mg.m-3
PercentageRiskofSilicosis
After15YearsWork
Source: HSE
21. Risk of silicosis
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 0.04 0.08 0.12 0.16 0.2 0.24 0.28
Exposure to Air Concentration of RCS for 15 Years
mg.m-3
PercentageRiskofSilicosis
After15YearsWork
Source: HSE
22. Risk of silicosis
0
5
10
15
20
25
0 0.04 0.08 0.12 0.16 0.2 0.24 0.28
Exposure to Air Concentration of RCS for 15 Years
mg.m-3
PercentageRiskofSilicosis
After15YearsWork
Source: HSE
2.5% risk of silicosis
after exposure to 0.1
mg/m3 respirable dust
for only 15 years
23. Silicosis
30 years exposure at
0.1 mg/m3 might lead
to a lifetime silicosis
risk of about 25%,
whereas reduction of
the exposure to 0.05
mg/m3 might reduce
the risk to fewer than
5% (Hnizdo and Sluis-
Cremer 1993).
24. What are the levels of exposure
experienced by construction
workers ?
55. Mike Slater, Diamond Environmental Ltd.
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