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Dust diseases
… Dust diseases caused by exposure to airborne contaminants can kill or … require appropriate dust controls, person exposure monitoring and worker health … consists of the most rigorous coal dust exposure standards, including legislated …
Airborne contaminants and dust
… equipment is a last line of defence against exposure. In NSW mines, no person is to be … dust and airborne contaminants that exceed exposure standards and mines must ensure worker exposure is as low as reasonably practicable. …
Position Paper: implementation of an exposure standard for diesel particulate matter
… jurisdiction in Australia to implement an exposure standard of 0.1mg/m 3 for diesel … industry in managing compliance with the new exposure standard, we have published a Position paper: Implementation of an exposure standard for diesel particulate matter …
Health and personal exposure monitoring
… worker may have contracted a disease due to exposure to airborne contaminants, or where a … of the NSW Resources Portal . Personal exposure monitoring Controlling health risks … existence of health hazards and monitor the exposure of workers to those hazards. The …
Diesel Particulate Exposure Standard for NSW mines
… the application of a diesel particulate exposure standard for mines in NSW. The … SWA’s review process. This would mandate the exposure standard through cl 49 of the Work … (PDF, 3.62 MB) Implementation of an exposure standard for diesel particulate matter …
Commencement of new exposure standards for coal dust and diesel particulate matter
… On 1 February 2021 both the new worker exposure standards for respirable coal dust …
Dust disease toolkit
… Silicosis is entirely preventable Long term exposure to dust can generate a number of … to death depending on the duration of exposure and the type and concentration of dust … exposed to dust in excess of the workplace exposure standards that are prescribed in …
Changes to the workplace exposure standard (WES) for welding fumes
… Safe Work Australia has reduced the workplace exposure standard for welding fumes from 5mg/m3 … new standard is published in the Workplace Exposure Standard for Airborne Contaminants and … that the welding fumes workplace exposure standard reduction is significant and …
Cancellation of exemption (notification of detection of crystalline silica)
… new respirable crystalline silica workplace exposure standard of 0.05mg/m 3 is in effect … the Regulator of exceedances of the new exposure standard. In accordance with our Revision to silica exposure standard (PDF, 1.57 MB) position …