New Model Code: how to manage the risks of respirable crystalline silica from engineered stone

Safe Work Australia has released a new model Code of Practice on how to manage the risks of respirable crystalline silica from engineered stone in the workplace.

This model Code of Practice provides information to help persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) understand their specific WHS duties for working with engineered stone and protect their workers from exposure to silica dust.

To learn more about silica, visit our crystalline silica and silicosis web page.

Working with engineered stone carries a range of risks beyond those covered in this Code, such as manual handling. Safe Work Australia has published other relevant model Codes of Practice to help manage these risks including:

• Managing the work environment and facilities 
• Construction work, and
• Hazardous manual tasks.

To have legal effect in a jurisdiction, the model Code of Practice must be approved as a code of practice in that jurisdiction. To determine if this model Code of Practice has been approved as a code of practice in a particular jurisdiction, check with the relevant regulator.

Further information

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