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Safe Work Australia: New Workplace Exposure Standard for Respirable Dust

Background of the new Workplace Exposure Standard for Respirable Dust On the 18 February 2019, Safe Work Australia (SWA) released two recommended workplace exposure standard…

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Tech in Occupational Hygiene – Finding the Source of Exposure

GCG’s Senior Consultant in NSW Peter Knott will be contributing to the NSW Regional Safety Conference & Expo. Peter will be a providing insight…

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Managing Respirable Crystalline Silica in Mineral Mines and Quarries

The Department of Natural Resources and Mines released a guideline in August 2017 for the management of Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) in Queensland Mineral…

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QLD Coal Recognised Standard on Respirable Coal Dust

Since May 2015 when the first re-appearance of coal workers pneumoconiosis (CWP) was detected, the Regulator, Industry and Unions have all taken up the challenge to reduce worker exposures to Respirable Coal Dust.

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Explaining the Upper Confidence Limit

The goal of a risk based exposure monitoring program is to obtain an estimate of a workers actual exposure to a health hazard, such as respirable dust.

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