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Dust disease toolkit

… The Take Action to Prevent Dust Disease toolkit is designed to provide … advice and guidance related to managing dust. … The member organisations of the Mine … have combined resources to create this dust toolkit. The toolkit is designed to …

Dust diseases

… Dust diseases caused by exposure to airborne … and silicosis are just 2 preventable dust diseases that require appropriate dust controls, person exposure monitoring and …

Airborne contaminants and dust

… contaminant is a fume, mist, gas, vapour, dust or other microorganism that is a … managed. Individuals can be exposed to dust on a mine site, with activities such as … having the potential to create unacceptable dust exposures if not controlled properly. …

Have your say about the NSW MSAC Dust Safety Awareness campaign

… The NSW Mine Safety Advisory Council ran a  Dust Safety Awareness campaign  throughout July … 2020 to increase knowledge and awareness of dust exposure and dust disease in NSW quarries and mines. The NSW …

Take action to prevent dust disease

… and strong regulatory scheme for managing dust risks, with specific mining health and … safety legislation and the most stringent dust exposure standards in Australia. The … However, there has been a recurrence of dust diseases in the mining industry in the …

Evaluation of MSAC dust safety awareness campaign released

… Council and NSW Resources Regulator ran a Dust Safety Awareness campaign 'Take action to prevent dust disease'. This report presents the results … of such campaigns to increase awareness of dust-related risks in mine workers and …

Commencement of new exposure standards for coal dust and diesel particulate matter

… exposure standards for respirable coal dust (1.5mg/m3 of air) and diesel particulate …

New campaign to tackle dust at mines and quarries

… 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 particles generated during mining can be … smaller than a grain of sand and exposure to dust can lead to a range of dust-related …

Roadway dust sampler training course

… The roadway dust sampler training course has been developed … for delivery to prospective roadway dust samplers nominated at underground coal … approved by us can deliver the roadway dust sampler training course. Successful …

… Fact sheet – air quality or dust or other contaminants – exposure to dust and airborne contaminants in excess of OEL … ity-or-dust-or-other-contaminants-exposure-to-dust-and-airborne-contaminants.pdf (160.76 KB) …