But the National Wood Flooring Association still urges crews to wear respirators while they are sanding, Peotter said, because it is inevitable that some dust will get into the air. Thus ...

“Exposure to wood dust can cause serious ongoing health problems and businesses must do all that they can to protect their workers. “This outcome should underline to those in the woodworking industry ...

Campaigners walked from Mossley to the Plevin plant to raise awareness of the "long term effects on health" of dust. Donna Liley of Mossley Environmental Action Group said there was concern wood ...

A wood supplier has been fined £40,000 for failing to protect its workers from exposure to wood dust. Fakenham-based Nat Pal Limited was visited by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in April 2023.

HSE alleges that dust from the wood pellets burned at Drax's power station, the UK's largest biomass facility, could have threatened employee health, Sky News has learned.