Building stone firm ignores silica dust safety warnings

A building stone products manufacturer and its director have been fined £19,000 after repeatedly failing to protect workers from exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS).
The HSE carried out several inspections on Warmsworth Stone Limited, which produces carved stone masonry products using limestone, sandstone, granite and marble, at the company’s site at Thurnscoe, South Yorkshire starting in May 2023.
Following these visits the company was served with seven improvement notic