Edstein Creative, a Taree-based stone provider, was fined $375,000 for six-year silica dust exposure failure under the Work Health and Safety Act.

Taree-based engineered stone provider, Edstein Creative, was fined $375,000 for failing to protect a worker from silica dust exposure over a six-year and 10-month period. SafeWork NSW found the company did not take reasonable steps to minimize the exposure to airborne respirable crystalline silica. This marks the first case in NSW relating to silica dust exposure under the Work Health and Safety Act.

May 17, 2024
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