On the 18th of January 2024, Work Health & Safety Ministers approved the immediate reduction of the 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) Workplace Exposure Standard (WES) for welding fume (not otherwise specified) from 5 mg/m3 to 1 mg/m3. The WES becomes mandatory once the changes to...
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On 1st October Safe Work Australia published an update to its Workplace Exposure Standards for Airborne Contaminants guideline (https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/doc/workplace-exposure-standards-airborne-contaminants-2022). Key changes include halving the TWA for respirable coal dust (containing <5% quartz) from 3 mg/m3 to 1.5 mg/m3. This reduction is reflective of other recent changes to the...
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