Lindapter’s Decking Fixings vs Silica Dust

Posted by Lindapter International

02/06/2023

Category: General

How Lindapter’s innovative engineering solutions can improve workplace safety while maintaining high levels of performance and efficiency.

Silica dust is generated during tasks such as drilling, cutting, and grinding materials like concrete and other construction materials. The dust particles are so small that they can penetrate deep into the lungs, causing serious damage.

According to the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) who commissioned the research, exposure to silica dust can cause serious health problems, including silicosis, lung cancer, and other respiratory diseases. Workers in the construction industry are at the highest risk of exposure to silica dust.

• Shortness of Breath: Silicosis can cause shortness of breath, which can make it difficult to perform everyday activities.

• Chest Pain: Silicosis can also cause chest pain, which can be severe and debilitating.

• Respiratory Failure: In severe cases, silicosis can lead to respiratory failure, which can be life-threatening.

• Silicosis: Silicosis is a lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust. It is a progressive and irreversible disease that can lead to difficulty in breathing and even death.

• Lung Cancer: Exposure to silica dust can increase the risk of lung cancer.

• Tuberculosis: Silica dust can also increase the risk of tuberculosis.

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Exposure to silica dust can also cause COPD, which is a group of lung diseases that includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

More information can be found here https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg463.htm

Decking Fixings from Lindapter offer several advantages over traditional methods for securing building services to composite decking profiles.

Firstly, Lindapter's Decking Fixings are designed to be easy to install, which can save significant time and labour costs during construction. This innovative method offers the contractor real efficiency gains because it can be installed on-site in a matter of seconds without the need for specialised labour, costly equipment, or power.

Additionally, these fixings are fabricated to be strong and durable, ensuring that they provide a secure and long-lasting connection for securing building services to composite decking profiles. In contrast to drilling or shot-firing, Lindapter’s fixing method offers multiple safety benefits including, eliminating silica dust exposure for the operative and preserving the fire integrity and strength of the decking profile, avoiding delamination (separating the steel from the concrete).

Lindapter's high-quality, cost-effective fixings for securing building services are designed to fit inside the dovetail re-entrant channels which is common throughout all the profiles and give a secure point from which building services can be suspended with guaranteed capacities, completely removing the need to drill through the deck into the concrete above which can release a large amount of silica dust into the air, posing a health risk to workers.

With a reassuring safety factor of 3:1, Lindapter's Decking Fixings have a capacity between 1.00 and 2.10 kN depending on the type of fixing, and hold building services securely thanks to Lindapter's independently approved safe working loads and stringent quality procedures.

Lindapter composite Decking Fixings have all been designed in conjunction with the various decking manufacturers to ensure they fulfil the necessary requirements from ease of installation to carrying capacity. This not only eliminates the health risks associated with silica dust exposure but also makes installation quicker and easier, saving time and reducing costs.

With a reputation synonymous with safety and reliability, Lindapter’s products are both CE and UKCA Marked, verifying that the product performance has been independently evaluated and certified to satisfy internationally and domestically recognised standards. This adds another layer of reassurance for Engineers, Specifiers, and Contractors.

Lindapter Decking Fixings are an excellent example of how innovative engineering solutions can improve workplace safety while maintaining high levels of performance and efficiency. By incorporating innovative solutions like Lindapter Decking Fixings, we can create safer and more efficient workplaces for construction workers, ensuring that they can carry out their work safely and effectively.

Key Benefits:

 • Quick and easy to install.

• Adjustable for precise alignment.

• Zero-impact installation.

• No damage to the decking.

• No drilling so no exposure to silica dust.

• No specialist labour or tools required.

• CE and UKCA Marked.

• Independently fire tested to BS EN 1991-1-2.

• Safe working loads with independent approvals for technical submission.

• Batch traceability.

For more information visit our website page and download our PDF Flyer on the dangers of Silica Dust exposure vs Lindapter’s safer Decking Fixings >> https://www.lindapter.com/decking-fixings-by-lindapter-eliminating-exposure-to-harmful-silica-dust

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