the same spray system can also be used for silica dust control. To maximize the effectiveness of water spray systems, several alterations may need to be made to optimize the flow, pressure and ...

We aimed to find out: could wet concrete cutting, a favored engineering control, indeed drastically reduce respirable levels of silica dust in the worker’s environment? Since we wanted the ...

Thousands of tunnel workers have been exposed to silica. Confidential documents reveal the regulator has known since at least ...

Safe to Work sat down with the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists to discuss what can be done to protect workers ...

Crystalline silica, also referred to as “quartz”, is a common mineral found in the earth’s crust and is a basic component of the soil, sand, and granite. Cristobalite and tridymite are two other forms ...

California workplace safety regulators agreed to make permanent an emergency silica dust rule covering manufacturers that cut ...

However, quartz — also called engineered stone — contains more than 90% silica and generates fine dust when cut, which can lead to silicosis. Silicosis is a long-term lung disease caused by ...

In a submission to the NSW Standing Committee on Law and Justice in mid-October, the AWU claimed that their request for up-to-date silica dust readings on the state’s tunnelling projects had ...

Paul Gray and Stuart Johnson, who worked for the same stone production companies in Bradford and Leeds, were diagnosed with silicosis caused by silica dust. Law firm Irwin Mitchell, which secured ...

A regional Victorian court has fined global mineral mining company Sibelco $400,000 for exposing four workers to silica dust, resulting in silicosis diagnoses of three men. Sibelco, which has ...

a long-term lung ailment triggered by inhaling large amounts of crystalline silica dust. The petition claimed the unauthorised mining conducted without observing proper extraction mechanisms ...