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Stricter Crystalline Silica laws are being continually rolled out in each state with additional requirements for all industries. all fully aware awareness around health and safety legislation, responsibilities and practices to help with managing, eliminating and minimising exposure. Dust exposure, safety and accountability is very much front of mind these days, since Australian media program 60 Minutes reported on the construction & renovation boom and the associated risks of silica exposure in those industries.
The new Code is Australia’s first silica dust code of practice for the construction industry and will commence in Queensland on 1 May 2023. It applies to all construction work as well as the manufacturing of materials such as bricks, blocks, tiles, mortar and concrete.
The Code outlines how duty holders can meet the requirements of Queensland’s work health and safety legislation, including eliminating or minimising exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) at work by:
Excerpt from the Worksafe Qld website. Excerpt from the Worksafe Qld website >>
The recent 60 Minutes report on Silicosis in Australia showed the wider public just how dangerous silicosis is, and raised many questions around workers health & safety, accountability and which industries are most at risk. These codes are being enforced more diligently, as Worksafe, EPA & regulators now becoming more vigilant around worksite safety and having correct dust suppression systems in place.
Misting systems seem to be a bit more progressive but the results speak for themselves. Despite the changes it’s pretty much business as usual for many of OZmist’s customers in core industries such as Waste & Recycling, Construction Companies, Manufacturing, Mining / Quarries, Civil Projects and Demolition. We love getting feedback and data on how OZmist’s high pressure misting has been able to help provide safer worksites by reducing respirable crystaline silica and harmful dust overall.
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