April 6, 2022
From April, health and safety inspectors across Great Britain will be visiting business within woodworking industries such as sawmilling, manufacture of composite boards, and carpentry, as well as other industries where wood dust exposure can occur. Read More
October 13, 2021
Visits are being undertaken to wood working premises to reduce the incidence of serious health effects from exposure to wood dust. Read More
June 27, 2012
A migrant worker lost part of a finger when his hand was drawn into an unguarded woodworking machine at a factory in Aldershot. Read More
December 22, 2011
The European social partners in the wood sector have called on the European Commission to verify whether machinery and equipment marketed in the EU has been designed and manufactured to reduce wood dust to a minimum. Read More
June 14, 2011
The HSE is to begin work this month on new research that will explore the relationship between wood dust and nasal cancer. Read More
August 4, 2010
The European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) and the European Confederation of Woodworking Industries have joined forces to help minimise workers' exposure to wood dust. Read More