Elimination of risks arising from exposure to chemical substances and reduction of exposure to wood dust and noise in the timber industry

Elimination of risks arising from exposure to chemical substances and reduction of exposure to wood dust and noise in the timber industry

Type of measure: Substitution, Technical

Barlinek S.A. produces domestic and exotic wood flooring products. Roughly 1400 people are employed in this timber company. In 2000, it launched a programme to improve workers safety and health to target the main hazardous factors at the workplace, i.e. exposure to wood dust. Barlinek S.A. aims to protect workers health by:

a) eliminating or reducing the main hazardous factors at the workstations (chemical substances,ย wood dust and noise)
b) applying materials, components and technological processes that meet safety requirements,ย e.g. not creating explosion hazards
c) decreasing the number of materials and components used in manufacturing processes andย reducing the amount of timber waste (pro-ecological investments)

Published June 20, 2018
About this case
Company:
Barlinek Inwestycje Sp. z o.o.
Country:
Poland
For more information please contact:
Marek Konstaล„czak, Production Manager
General facts

Facts about cancer-causing agents:

  • The direct costs of carcinogen exposure at work across Europe are estimated at 2.4 billion Euros per year.
  • Every year, about 120.000 persons get cancer from exposure to carcinogens at work
  • Annually more than 100.000 people die because of work-related cancer.