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A work health and safety (WHS) regulator can exempt a type of engineered stone from the ban.

Flowchart explains the exemption from engineered stone ban process.

How and when to prepare and use a crystalline silica hazard control statement (hazard control statement) for high risk crystalline silica work (HRCSW).

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.

Silicosis is preventable by using proper controls to eliminate or minimise expo sure to respirable crystalline silica dust in the workplace.

Provides practical guidance for a person conducting a business or undertaking and workers on managing health and safety risks associated with tunnelling work.

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.

This following checklist can be used by principal contractors and builders to identify and manage silica dust exposure risks on construction sites.

Specifies the criteria for the selection of portable fire extinguishers and the requirements for their application, location and distribution.

Specifies requirements for electrical installations associated with connectable electrical installations used for the purposes of accommodation, habitation or other residential, commercial purposes or recreational uses that are intended for connection to external low voltage a.c. supply systems (i.e. 50 V a.c. to 1000 V a.c.) by either a detachable supply lead or a supply lead directly connected to the connectable electrical installation; includes requirements and provides guidance for the installation of extra-low voltage systems (i.e. less than 50 V a.c. or 120 V d.c. ripple free).