Transcription of Portland Cement Dust
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Portland Cement dust Hazard assessment document EH75/7 FOREWORD This Hazard Assessment Document has been published by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE). It is aimed at a technical audience and reports on the scientific information which underpins the hazard assessment of a specific substance. In Great Britain, substances which cause harm to health are subject to the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002 (as amended). The Regulations require employers to prevent or, if that is not reasonably practicable, adequately control employees exposure to hazardous substances. Hazard Assessment Documents are produced to facilitate the development of HSE s regulatory position on a specific health-related issue, which may relate to an individual hazardous substance, or may involve consideration of more general issues related to chemicals and ill health.
1. SUMMARY This hazard assessment updates the health effects sections of an earlier HSE review of Portland cement (HSE 1994). The latter is taken to represent an
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