
Type
Publisher
Standards Australia
Publisher
Standards Australia
Version:
First Edition 2006.
(Superseded)

Type
Publisher
SafeWork SA
Publisher
SafeWork SA
Version:
2021.
(Current)
Short Description
From 1 October 2020 to 1 April 2021, SafeWork SA undertook a compliance campaign (the campaign) focused on respirable crystalline silica (RCS) in the fabrication, construction, and mining industries; The fabrication industry included persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) using engineered and natural stone (i.e. monumental masons).

Type
Publisher
South Australian Government
Publisher
South Australian Government
Version:
2020.
(Current)
Short Description
This Strategy represents a long-term government commitment to support businesses, industry, workers, and the wider community, and provide a guide to inform agency and departmental activities and compliance systems towards achieving a future free from silica- related diseases.

Type
Publisher
Safe Work Australia
Publisher
Safe Work Australia
Version:
2023.
(Current)
Short Description
As a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), you must protect your workers from breathing in silica dust.

Type
Publisher
Safe Work Australia
Publisher
Safe Work Australia
Version:
2023.
(Current)
Short Description
This checklist will help persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) in the engineered stone industry to identify the hazards that can cause occupational lung diseases, including silicosis, in their workers.

Type
Publisher
Safe Work Australia
Publisher
Safe Work Australia
Version:
2023.
(Current)
Short Description
Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws require you, as the person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), to eliminate and minimise risks to the health and safety of your workers as much as you reasonably can.

Type
Publisher
Safe Work Australia
Publisher
Safe Work Australia
Version:
2023.
(Current)
Short Description
Silicosis is a lung disease caused by breathing in respirable crystalline silica which is a common mineral found in sand, concrete, quartz and other types of rock.

Type
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Version:
2022.
(Current)
Short Description
Provides practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to manage risks associated with respirable crystalline silica (RCS) exposure in construction work; manufacturing of construction elements.

Type
Publisher
Standards Australia
Publisher
Standards Australia
Version:
First Edition 1999.
(Withdrawn)

Type
Publisher
Standards Australia
Publisher
Standards Australia
Version:
Second Edition 2000.
(Superseded)