The invisible risks


We worry about everything around us – but what about the risks you can’t see? The Nilfisk-CFM team have some advice that will open your eyes.


Slips and trips are the most common cause of major injuries at work and 90% of those injuries are broken bones.


But, have you ever considered the risks you can’t see? Dust build up on overhead pipes could result in an explosion? Even flour dust can constitute a real risk to health and is a known cause of occupational asthma given prolonged exposure.


These risks often go unnoticed in favour of wet floor signs and trailing cables but the reality is


they could potentially be a lot more serious.


Other dusts like aluminium, fine sugars, starch, whey and chocolate powder etc. are known explosion risks. When mixed with copious quantities of air as a cloud these dusts only require a simple ignition source to produce devastating results. Furthermore, when collected by a conventional vacuum cleaner the machine is also at risk of exploding.


Vacuum cleaners produce static electricity as the dust passes through the machine.


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Conventional vacuum cleaner motors also produce sparks from carbon brushes providing an ignition source to potentially light the touch paper!


The good news is that these risks have been recognised and technical solutions found,


“SLIPS AND TRIPS CAUSE OF MAJO OF THOSE INJUR


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