Mine employees stand a greater chance of developing an occupational disease if they regularly come into contact with quartz particles, researchers found...
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Dust suppression specialists GRT welcome the news that the Queensland government will invest $5 million in research to protect workers from occupational dust...
The Queensland Government will invest $5 million in research to protect workers from, and improve treatment for, occupational dust lung diseases, including...
Workplace exposure standard for respirable crystalline silica halved to 0.05 milligrams per cubic metre effective 27 October, 2020 and respirable coal dust...
Occupational exposure limits for respirable coal dust are based on exposure during working hours, but coal miners may experience additional community-based...
The NSW Resources Regulator has confirmed that a 61-year-old mineworker with about 41 years’ coal mining experience has been diagnosed with coal workers’...
A mining safety conference hosted by the CFMEU Mining and Energy Queensland District has called for global safety standards to protect mineworkers from dust...
An investigation by the Queensland opposition has revealed that only one occupational hygiene inspector has been checking dust levels in Queensland coal mines...
An independent assessment of the Queensland Government’s implementation of dust disease control measures has found that the Queensland Department of Natural...
Last week a large group of Queensland mineworkers protested outside BHP’s Brisbane offices to seek more support and assistance for a dust diseases...
