Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Concrete industry
The UK precast concrete industry produces over 35 Million tonnes of products annually for the construction sector, worth an estimated £28 billion, which is roughly equivalent to the turnover of the cement and ready mix concrete industries.
The main causes of injury are:
The main causes of occupational ill health are:
More information relevant to the concrete industry can be found at C3HARGE (ceramics, cement, concrete, heavy clay, refractories and glass manufacturing industries joint health and safety advisory committee)
