Course Details

This online awareness program was developed to inform the Mineral Mining and Quarrying sector both in Queensland and more broadly across Australia and assist organisations such as independent industry representative bodies to providing information on:

• Safety and health obligations under relevant legislation with respect to managing dust exposure,
• The hazard presented by exposure to respirable dust and crystalline silica during mining and quarrying operations and associated activities.   This includes:
  • Normal day-to-day operations,
  • Intermittent operations such as drilling and campaign crushing,
  • Maintenance and cleaning,
  • Breakdown / unplanned processes,
  • Contractor activities.
• The identification of actual or potential dust emission sources in those operations and activities,
• The evaluation of the potential respiratory health risk including exposure monitoring,
• Methods, based on the Hierarchy of Controls, for eliminating exposure or reducing exposure to an acceptable level,
• Processes for ensuring that control measures are continually effective,
• Respiratory health surveillance,
• Support processes for workers with adverse respiratory health outcomes.