Building on previous campaigns, the following sector inspection activity is planned:

• Manufacturing/fabricated metals – previous inspection campaigns found significant levels of uncontrolled risk, particularly in activities and processes that can cause ill health. Inspections are to focus on the control of carcinogens and asthmagens specifically associated with welding fumes, flame cutting, paint-handling processes and metalworking fluids.
• Food manufacture – there is to be increased focus on the control of asthmagens arising from flour dust in bakeries. Inspections will also focus on the movement, storage and handling of heavy loads and from repetitive tasks which cause MSDs.
• Woodworking – inspections will focus on ill-health risks, particularly occupational asthma and sino-nasal cancer which can result from poor control of exposure to wood dusts.
• Waste and recycling – inspections will focus specifically on the management of transport, maintenance activities and safe machinery isolation practices to prevent fatal and serious incidents within the industry. Selected premises will also be inspected to assess how effectively the health risks associated with exposure to bioaerosols are being managed.

Where appropriate, inspectors are to revisit previously inspected sites to evaluate whether there is evidence of sustained and improved compliance.