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Working With Sewage

Working With Sewage. Introduction Are you at risk? Protecting yourself If you become ill. Sewage. Work activities may bring you into contact with sewage products These products may make you ill Illness is usually mild gastroenteritis There is a risk of developing a more serious disease

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Working With Sewage

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  1. Working With Sewage • Introduction • Are you at risk? • Protecting yourself • If you become ill Jane Hallett 2002

  2. Sewage • Work activities may bring you into contact with sewage products • These products may make you ill • Illness is usually mild gastroenteritis • There is a risk of developing a more serious disease • Most illnesses go unreported Jane Hallett 2002

  3. You could become ill by coming into contact with micro-organisms present in the sewage - Bacteria Viruses Parasites Sewage Jane Hallett 2002

  4. What are the health risks? • Gastroenteritis • Weil’s disease (Leptospirosis) • Hepatitis • Asthma • Skin/Eye infections • inflammation of the lungs Jane Hallett 2002

  5. eating, drinking, smoking, wiping the face with contaminated gloves cuts, scratches or wounds and some organisms enter the body through the eyes either as dust or mist Hand-to-mouth contact Skin contact Breathing How you become infected Jane Hallett 2002

  6. Are you at risk? • On site at a water treatment works • On a site with a high rat population • On a site near portable toilets • On a site near fresh water • Handling sewage equipment in the works Jane Hallett 2002

  7. Animal urine - particularly rats All freshwater courses Dead animals - small rodents & birds Soil where animals have been Most likely in warm weather Are you at risk? Jane Hallett 2002

  8. Protecting yourself • Understand the risks • Understand how you may be infected • Wear protective clothing • Avoid sewage if possible • Apply good personal hygiene • Cleanse all wounds & cover • Change out of contaminated clothing • Clean equipment & boots etc on site Jane Hallett 2002

  9. If you become ill • Report any flu-like illness or fever to your doctor • Report any persistent chest problems to your doctor • Report any illness to your employer • Tell your doctor you have been working with sewage Jane Hallett 2002

  10. Top Risk Occupations & Hobbies • Water Leisure Industry Workers • Agricultural Workers • Fishermen & Water Sports Enthusiasts • Plumbers • Construction Workers • Sewage Workers • Forestry/Countryside Workers Jane Hallett 2002

  11. Sewage - recap • Most illnesses are mild • Most illnesses are caught through hand-to-mouth contact • If in doubt - see your doctor Jane Hallett 2002

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