A major construction company and SafeWork discussed strategies to protect tunnel workers from deadly airborne hazards five years ago. Cost was the primary barrier.
Beneath our city,a maze of tunnels is under construction. More must be done to keep Sydney’s tunnelling workers safe.
Thirteen tunnellers on one single roadway project have been diagnosed with silicosis. Their employer is in the crosshairs.
Thousands of tunnel workers have been exposed to silica. Confidential documents reveal the regulator has known since at least April 2018.
“All you see is clouds of dust”:Thousands of tunnel workers are being exposed to potentially deadly levels of silica.
In just two months,23 new cases of the deadly disease silicosis have been reported in NSW.
New laws give workers exposed to respiratory crystalline silica dust the right to demand multiple safety control measures.
A national ban on the use,supply and manufacture of engineered stone,commonly used in shiny kitchen benchtops,will begin next month.
Safe Work Australia will draw up the regulations to be adopted after a national meeting in March.
Australia’s states and territories agreed earlier this month to roll out the world’s first ban on engineered stone,which causes silicosis.