Information and advice to help you improve health and safety in your work environment.
Main causes of occupational ill health to stonemasons:
Main cause of injury:
Handling and storing large sheet stone slabs carries a high risk of serious personal injury unless undertaken in a safe manner. Due to their size and configuration, such slabs are potentially unstable when stored on edge.
For guidance during in-situ restoration work and installation risks visit our construction industry website.
Visit our MAC tool to identify high risk manual handling activities.
Worried about risks from exposure to vibration? Visit our Vibration at work website .
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