The HSE has published new guidance and launched a nationwide inspection programme as it clamps down on dangerous stone working practices.

A toolkit raising awareness of the dangers of silica dust has won the Chartered Institute of Building’s first Paul Dockerill Award.

Oliver Collett explains how three stonemasons brought a successful claim against their former employer for negligent exposure to silica dust.

HSE has launched a targeted inspection operation focusing on manufacturing businesses that use materials containing silica.

MPs want to see silica dust monitoring introduced and reclassification of chronic occupational lung disease silicosis as a notifiable disease.

A real-time silica dust detection system for workers operating in hazardous environments is the first of its kind, its manufacturers claim.