Gold room exposure risk

MINERS have been warned to minimise workers’ exposure to hazardous gold room contaminants after testing showed some gold room workers were repeatedly being exposed to arsenic, lead and mercury.

Gold smelting at a Barrick mine.

29 January 2018
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A Western Australia Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety bulletin said a recent review of biological monitoring results showed some gold room workers had been put in danger.

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