HSE to target site dust in summer crackdown

Safety inspectors are launching a three-month campaign this summer to tackle the threat of dust on construction sites.
Targeted visits by HSE inspectors will start next month and run through until July.
Each year in the construction industry, there are thousands of preventable cases of irreversible lung disease due to past exposure to dust at work.HSE’s chief inspector of construction, Michael Thomas, said: “Every year we see construction workers die from diseases caused or made wors