Protecting workers from hazardous dust is firmly on the agenda for mining and civil services firm Global Road Technology (GRT), as occupational respiratory disease continues to impact people and...
Tag - Dust disease
In 2020 air pollution resulting from mining operations became a major mining industry discussion point across Australia. State Government’s reacted by implementing a raft of legislative reforms...
The NSW Resources Regulator stated, on 1 February 2021 both the new worker exposure standards for respirable coal dust (1.5mg/m3 of air) and diesel particulate matter (0.1mg/m3 measured as sub-micron...
Safe Work Australia has today published a new report detailing Occupational lung diseases in Australia for the period between 2006-2019. The report provides an overview of occupational disease of the...
The NSW Mine Safety Advisory Council has launched a new awareness campaign to tackle the risk from dust in the workplace, called “Just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it is not there”. Dust...
New exposure standards for controlling toxic respirable dust to protect workers’ health are being met by Australian companies who are stepping up with help from a fine particle specialist and dust...
A mining safety conference hosted by the CFMEU Mining and Energy Queensland District has called for global safety standards to protect mineworkers from dust diseases. Mining is a multinational...
An investigation by the Queensland opposition has revealed that only one occupational hygiene inspector has been checking dust levels in Queensland coal mines despite the Queensland Government claims...
An independent assessment of the Queensland Government’s implementation of dust disease control measures has found that the Queensland Department of Natural Resources & Mines Safety Regulator...
The NSW mining regulator (Resources Regulator) is investigating three new cases of possible mining dust diseases. NSW Resources Regulator Chief Inspector Garvin Burns said all three workers were...
