Crystalline Silica

Browse BIG's collection of documents related to Crystalline Silica and the engineered stone ban.

Name	Publisher
Changes to the regulation of work with crystalline silica substances	Current Safe Work Australia	From 1 September 2024, stronger work health and safety regulations will apply to work with materials containing 1% or more crystalline silica, known as crystalline silica substances.
Guidance on the interpretation of workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants	Current Safe Work Australia	Provides advice on the application of workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants (exposure standards) in the workplace.
Guide for tunnelling work	Current Safe Work Australia	Provides practical guidance for a person conducting a business or undertaking and workers on managing health and safety risks associated with tunnelling work.
Reduction in workplace exposure standard for respirable crystalline silica: For businesses and workers to minimise risks when working with silica	Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland	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.
Preparing a crystalline silica hazard control statement for high risk crystalline silica work	Current WorkSafe Victoria	How and when to prepare and use a crystalline silica hazard control statement (hazard control statement) for high risk crystalline silica work (HRCSW).
How to manage the hazards that can cause occupational lung diseases in engineered stone workers: information sheet	Current Safe Work Australia	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.
How to identify the hazards that can cause occupational lung diseases in engineered stone workers: checklist	Current Safe Work Australia	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 identify the hazards that can cause occupational lung diseases in engineered stone workers: information sheet	Current Safe Work Australia	As a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), you must protect your workers from breathing in silica dust.
Occupational lung disease; silicosis: infomation sheet	Current Safe Work Australia	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 the risks of respirable crystalline silica from engineered stone in the workplace	Current Safe Work Australia	Provides guidance through the lifecycle of an engineered stone product including fabrication, installation, maintenance, removal and disposal.
Code of Practice Managing The Risks Of Respirable Crystalline Silica From Engineered Stone In The Workplace	Current SafeWork NSW	Provides guidance through the lifecycle of an engineered stone product including fabrication, installation, maintenance, removal and disposal.
Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in construction and manufacturing of construction elements	Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland	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.
Managing the risks of respirable crystalline silica from engineered stone in the workplace	Current WorkSafe Western Australia	Provides guidance through the lifecycle of an engineered stone product including fabrication, installation, maintenance, removal and disposal.
Respirable Crystalline Silica Campaign Report 2020-2021	Current SafeWork SA	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).
Strategy For Respirable Crystalline Silica Exposure Awareness & Reduction 2020	Current South Australian Government	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.
Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in the stone benchtop industry: Code of practice 2019	Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland	Silicosis is preventable by using proper controls to eliminate or minimise expo sure to respirable crystalline silica dust in the workplace.
Managing exposure to crystalline silica: Engineered stone	Current WorkSafe Victoria	Provides practical guidance for those who have duties or obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations), in relation to exposure to crystalline silica dust as a result of working with engineered stone.
Exemption from the engineered stone ban	Current Safe Work Australia	Flowchart explains the exemption from engineered stone ban process.
Exemptions from the engineered stone ban	Current Safe Work Australia	A work health and safety (WHS) regulator can exempt a type of engineered stone from the ban.
Engineered stone prohibition: Guidance for PCBUs	Current Safe Work Australia	From 1 July 2024, a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) must not carry out, or direct or allow a worker to carry out, work that involves the manufacture, supply, processing, or installation of engineered stone benchtops, panels, and slabs.
Need more information on the engineered stone ban?	Current Safe Work Australia	Handy information sheet grouping Safe Work Australia documents and state-specific WHS regulators.
Notification of permitted work with legacy engineered stone	Current Safe Work Australia	This form must be completed by a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) and sent to [insert WHS Regulator] before carrying out, or directing or allowing a worker to carry out, any work that involves processing of legacy engineered stone.
Key terms used in the Engineered stone prohibition: Guidance for PCBUs	Current Safe Work Australia	Key terms used in Engineered stone prohibition.
Definition of engineered stone	Current Safe Work Australia	The ban only applies to engineered stone: benchtops AND panels AND slabs.
What is controlled processing of engineered stone?	Current Safe Work Australia	A PCBU must implement control measures to eliminate or minimise risks arising from the processing of engineered stone, as far as is reasonably practicable.
Summary of Engineered stone prohibition: Guidance for PCBUs	Current Safe Work Australia	From 1 July 2024, persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) must not carry out, or direct or allow a worker to carry out, work that involves the manufacture, supply, processing, or installation of engineered stone benchtops, panels and slabs.
When does a PCBU need to notify the WHS regulator of their plan to process legacy engineered stone?	Current Safe Work Australia	Explains when a PCBU has to notify the WHS regulator.
Working with crystalline silica and crystalline silica containing products: Guidance material	Current Safe Work Australia	Use this guide if you are a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) who has workers (including yourself) that work with materials or products containing crystalline silica, including any permitted work with engineered stone.