Fine Particle Specialist RST Helps Australian Companies Reduce Respirable Dust Emissions Ahead of Impending Changes to Occupational Exposure Limit Laws

While workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants are being reviewed by Safe Work Australia, leading fine particle...

Safe Work to Halve Exposure Limits for Respirable Dust

Safe Work Australia is expected to recommend that the regulated occupational exposure limits for respirable dust be slashed.

Exposure limits for toxic silica dust are currently sitting on 0.1 milligram per cubic metre over an...

RST Helps Reduce Respirable Dust Emissions Ahead of OEL Law Changes

While workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants are being reviewed by Safe Work Australia, leading fine particle specialists Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST) is assisting companies to comply with current and...

Occupational Exposure Limit Changes for Respirable Dusts

Safe Work Australia, the Australian policy body responsible for workplace health and safety, is expected to recommend to state-based regulators that the regulated occupational exposure limits (OEL) for respirable dust is halved in the near...

A Serious Matter of Suppressing Dust

Dust suppression in Australia is a serious matter. By law, all construction site operators and owner builders are required to minimise the level of dust emissions created from their site. Part of the development consent when given the site operators and/or...

How to Fix a Dust Problem?

Construction site workers and neighbours surrounding those sites can have their health affected by the dust created during the construction process. Common health problems associated with dust include: onset of asthma attacks, hayfever, coughing, sneezing and irritation...