{"id":324507,"date":"2022-10-03T15:48:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T05:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=324507"},"modified":"2022-10-03T15:48:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T05:48:29","slug":"coal-dust-exposure-level-halved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/10\/03\/coal-dust-exposure-level-halved\/","title":{"rendered":"Coal Dust Exposure Level Halved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>October 3, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A new standard for workplace exposure to coal dust came into force in Queensland on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>From October 1, the workplace exposure standard for respirable coal dust has been halved, from an average of 3 milligrams per cubic metre to 1.5 mg\/m3.<\/p>\n<p>According to Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, coal dust which can be inhaled can be generated during a number of work processes, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Breaking, crushing or milling of coal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Coal combustion processes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Handling and transport of coal and fly ash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Storage or stockpiling of coal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Shutdown maintenance activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cleaning of workplaces where coal is used<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new standard for workplace exposure to coal dust came into force in Queensland on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":23401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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