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- Killer Kitchens campaign secured a UK quartz-dust ban via the HSE’s first regulatory guidance.
- The HSE inspected 1,000 firms nationwide, finding hundreds of safety breaches.
- A new Kitemark scheme certifies stone cutting that avoids exposing workers to deadly dust.
- Malik Al-Khalil died aged 32 in October 2025 from silicoproteinosis, an acute silicosis.
- Coroner Lydia Brown opened an inquest, notified the HSE and demanded a government timetable.