319BWhat is a crystalline silica process?

319B What is a crystalline silica process?

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a crystalline silica process consists of one or more of the following processes carried out at a workplace—

(a) the use of a power tool or other form of mechanical plant to—

(i) cut, grind, polish or crush material containing crystalline silica; or

(ii) carry out any other activity involving material containing crystalline silica that generates crystalline silica dust;

(b) the use of a roadheader on an excavated face if the material in the face contains crystalline silica;

(c) a process that exposes a person to crystalline silica dust arising from the manufacture or handling of material that contains crystalline silica;

(d) the mechanical screening of crushed material containing crystalline silica;

(e) a quarrying process involving material containing crystalline silica;

(f) a tunnelling process involving material containing crystalline silica;

(g) a process determined by the Authority under regulation 6(1)(oa) to be a crystalline silica process.

Reg. 319B(2) inserted by S.R. No. 63/2024 reg. 7(2).

(2) A process that is an engineered stone process is not a crystalline silica process.

Reg. 319C substituted by S.R. Nos 137/2021 reg. 7, 63/2024 reg. 8.