WorkSafe Victoria has charged Boral resources with six separate offences under the Occupational Health and Safety Act for exposing workers to crystalline silica at its Montrose quarry site. As per
Six separate charges filed against business for failure to control crystalline silica risks
WorkSafe Victoria has charged stonemasonry business, Hilton Stone Pty Ltd, with a total of six charges relating to a failure to control the risks associated with exposure to crystalline silica.
Compensation for silicosis-affected miners in South Africa labelled as ‘insufficient progress’
A South African organisation that represents silicosis-affected gold miners has said that compensation for them should be expedited for successful applicants. It emerged last month that only R9 million (approximately
WHS Queensland reveals 99 enforcement actions after stone bench top industry safety blitz
A number of Gold Coast stone benchtop fabricators have raised the ire of the safety watchdog after it was revealed that they’re still exposing workers to “unacceptable” levels of crystalline
Leading dust disease lawyers call for greater regulation of artificial stone industry
Lawyers working with sufferers of silicosis are concerned that the National Dust Diseases Taskforce final report doesn’t go far enough to protect workers. Dust diseases principal from Maurice Blackburn Lawyers,