MinEx Respirable Crystalline Silica podcast
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This ticket will give you access to the podcasts and presentations from the Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) workshop held on Wednesday 5 March 2025 in Wellington.
This workshop discussed the hazards associated with worker exposure to RCS, what needs to change in New Zealand to address these hazards, and controls for reducing worker exposure and will be beneficial to:
- health and safety professionals
- mining, quarrying and tunnelling managers and supervisors
- construction industry representatives
- civil construction representatives
- occupational hygienists
- suppliers of PPE and exposure monitoring
- anyone else with an interest in managing worker health, particularly in relation to air quality.
Once you’ve purchased a ticket, please allow three business days to receive a link to download the recordings. Please note that the link will expire after three days.
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The presentations include:
| Keynote address | Joanna McNeill – Advocate for silica dust awareness |
| To ban or not to ban – Silicosis and engineered stone | Dr Mary Obele – Specialist Occupational and Environmental Physician, Pinkkiwi Ltd |
| Silica, what is the risk and what is the value in monitoring when exposure standards keep dropping? | Levi Mines – Head of Occupational Hygiene, LM Safety Ltd |
| Burden of disease in NZ | Dr Adrienne Edwards – Respiratory Physician, Christchurch Hospital Wards and Departments (Please note to protect patient privacy, we have removed content of the case studies presented by Dr Adrienne Edwards and consequently, there may be some jumps in the recording.) |
| WorkSafe | Kristi Palmer – Manager Design and Implementation, WorkSafe New Zealand |
| Environmental forecasting |
Justin Courtney – Managing Director, Dawn Chorus Consulting Mark Bart – CEO/Scientist at Newton Group and Metris Limited |
| Cabin overpressure and filtration technologies | Bill Hackshaw – Director, AC Filter |
| A Case Study: An Operational Approach to Silica Management in NZ Extractive Sites | Fiona Bartier – General Manager, Health, Safety, Environment and Community, Bathurst Resources |
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Workshop/Interactive: Where to from here, consultation doc, support for industry, advocacy |
MC – Wayne Scott – CEO, MinEx and AQA |
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