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Exemptions from the engineered stone ban 2024 cover

Safe Work Australia

Version:  2024.  (Current)
A work health and safety (WHS) regulator can exempt a type of engineered stone from the ban.
Exemption from the engineered stone ban 2024 cover

Safe Work Australia

Version:  2024.  (Current)
Flowchart explains the exemption from engineered stone ban process.
Reduction in workplace exposure standard for respirable crystalline silica: For businesses and workers to minimise risks when working with silica 2020 cover

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland

Version:  2020.  (Current)
The national workplace exposure standard for respirable crystalline silica has been halved from an eight hour time-weighted average airborne concentration of 0.1 milligrams per cubic metre (mg/m3) to 0.05 mg/m3; this new workplace exposure standard takes effect in Queensland from 1 July 2020.
Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in the stone benchtop industry: Code of practice 2019 2019 cover

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland

Version:  2019.  (Current)
Silicosis is preventable by using proper controls to eliminate or minimise expo sure to respirable crystalline silica dust in the workplace.
Guide for tunnelling work 2013 cover

Safe Work Australia

Version:  2013.  (Current)
Provides practical guidance for a person conducting a business or undertaking and workers on managing health and safety risks associated with tunnelling work.
How to identify the hazards that can cause occupational lung diseases in engineered stone workers: information sheet 2023 cover

Safe Work Australia

Version:  2023.  (Current)
As a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), you must protect your workers from breathing in silica dust.
How to identify the hazards that can cause occupational lung diseases in engineered stone workers: checklist 2023 cover

Safe Work Australia

Version:  2023.  (Current)
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.
How to manage the hazards that can cause occupational lung diseases in engineered stone workers: information sheet 2023 cover

Safe Work Australia

Version:  2023.  (Current)
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.
Occupational lung disease; silicosis: infomation sheet 2023

Safe Work Australia

Version:  2023.  (Current)
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.
Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in construction and manufacturing of construction elements 2022 cover

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland

Version:  2022.  (Current)
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.