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Maintenance worker found to have high silica levels

DURING site-based sampling by New South Wales inspectors for respirable dust and silica – which was completed in addition to Coal Services Order 42 – a maintenance worker at a coal mine was found to have exceeded the occupational exposure limit for respirable silica.

Lou Caruana
The worker was wearing powered air purifying respirators while conducting the blow outs.

The worker was wearing powered air purifying respirators while conducting the blow outs.

The worker recorded a respirable silica reading of 0.1509 milligrams per cubic metre. The worker's tasks included conducting a service on a Komatsu truck including electrical cabinet blow outs using...

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