
Type
Publisher
Safe Work Australia
Publisher
Safe Work Australia
Version:
2024.
(Current)
Short Description
A work health and safety (WHS) regulator can exempt a type of engineered stone from the ban.

Type
Publisher
Safe Work Australia
Publisher
Safe Work Australia
Version:
2024.
(Current)
Short Description
Flowchart explains the exemption from engineered stone ban process.

Type
Publisher
WorkSafe Victoria
Publisher
WorkSafe Victoria
Version:
2022.
(Current)
Short Description
How and when to prepare and use a crystalline silica hazard control statement (hazard control statement) for high risk crystalline silica work (HRCSW).

Type
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Version:
2020.
(Current)
Short Description
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.

Type
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Version:
2019.
(Current)
Short Description
Silicosis is preventable by using proper controls to eliminate or minimise expo sure to respirable crystalline silica dust in the workplace.

Type
Publisher
Safe Work Australia
Publisher
Safe Work Australia
Version:
2013.
(Current)
Short Description
Provides practical guidance for a person conducting a business or undertaking and workers on managing health and safety risks associated with tunnelling work.

Type
Publisher
WorkSafe Victoria
Publisher
WorkSafe Victoria
Version:
2nd edition, 2022.
(Current)
Short Description
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.

Type
Publisher
WorkSafe Western Australia
Publisher
WorkSafe Western Australia
Version:
2022.
(Current)
Short Description
Provides guidance through the lifecycle of an engineered stone product including fabrication, installation, maintenance, removal and disposal.

Type
Publisher
SafeWork SA
Publisher
SafeWork SA
Version:
2021.
(Current)
Short Description
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).

Type
Publisher
South Australian Government
Publisher
South Australian Government
Version:
2020.
(Current)
Short Description
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.