INDUSTRY RISKS
· QUARRYING + AGGREGATES

World Green Building Council reports every year about 100 billion tonnes of hard rock and other raw materials are extracted in quarrying for use across industrial sectors globally. When demolished, drilled into or blasted, these fine materials can become respirable and airborne, posing serious health risks to workers.

• World Green Building Council reports that every year about 100 billion tonnes of hard rock and other raw materials are extracted for use across the buildings and construction sector globally
• UK Green Building Council reports that in the UK, construction, demolition and excavation account for 60% of material use
  
• 1/5 (21%) people in the mining and quarrying sectors have been harmed at work in the past 2 years according to Lloyd’s Register Foundation

• Construction dust
• Diesel Engine Exhaust Emissions
• Quarry + aggregate dust
• Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS)
• Hard rock

• Carbon Monoxide
• Hydrogen Sulphide
• Formaldehyde
• Flammable gases
• Methane

• Cutting into hard rocks
• Drilling into hard rocks
• Demolition of hard rocks
• Use of certain machinery
• Transportation of hard rocks

• Blasting rock + other raw materials
• Handling hard rocks
• Processing rocks + raw materials
• Transportation of materials
• Use of explosives
• Use of diesel vehicles