The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) recently committed to addressing silicosis in Australian workplaces through reviewing standards and regulations governing the artificial stone bench-top industry and examining the establishment of a national dust disease register for workers. Silicosis is a lung disease caused by silica dust, and displays itself by shortness of breath, cough, fever,Read more
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From November 1, clause 89 of the Queensland Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017 will be amended to reduce the exposure limit for respirable dust in coal mines from an average of 3mg per cubic metre over eight hours, to 2.5mg. The government also committed to reviewing the system next year with the viewRead more
The Queensland Government has issued an urgent warning to the stone bench-top industry following 22 workers’ compensation claims for silicosis in the last three weeks alone. Silicosis is an aggressive form of pneumoconiosis, a debilitating respiratory disease, which can be fatal. The progressive and irreversible disease is contracted when tiny particles of silica dust are breathedRead more
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