Silica dust is a serious, invisible threat across the construction, tunnelling, mining, and stone fabrication industries.
Silica dust is a serious, invisible threat across the construction, tunnelling, mining, and stone fabrication industries. This dust is over 100 times smaller than a grain of sand and can lodge deep in the lungs — leading to fatal illnesses like silicosis, lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Safe Work Australia classifies respirable crystalline silica (RCS) as a Group 1 carcinogen, placing it in the same category as asbestos. With 600,000 Australian workers exposed and a strict workplace exposure limit of just 0.05 mg/m³, understanding and controlling silica dust is critical.
This essential whitepaper outlines:
What silica dust is, how it's created, and why it’s so dangerous
The legal responsibilities for employers under WHS law
Practical engineering control methods like dust extraction, containment and filtration
How RVT Group’s solutions, including the DUSTEX® Clearblast and Wandafilta, help mitigate risk
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