Tunnel workers exposed to toxic silica dust levels far beyond safe limits | ABC NEWS
Tunnel workers on some of Australia’s multi-billion-dollar infrastructure projects were repeatedly exposed to levels of silica dust far beyond the workplace standard, according to previously secret reports and data sets.
The exposure level breaches are detailed in air sampling records from Brisbane’s Cross River Rail, the largest study of NSW tunnel projects’ exposure levels, and leaked WorkSafe notices from the Melbourne Metro Tunnel.
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