Kate Cole OAM
@kate-cole.bsky.social
Occupational hygienist working to prevent dust diseases
It’s not just engineered stone that had a silicosis problem.
1 in 10 tunnel workers could develop silicosis also.
Thank you to The Conversation for featuring our study.
1 in 10 tunnel workers could develop silicosis also.
Thank you to The Conversation for featuring our study.
Silicosis is a serious, incurable lung disease caused by inhaling small particles of silica dust.
1 in 10 tunnel workers could develop silicosis, our new research shows
theconversation.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It’s not just engineered stone that had a silicosis problem.
1 in 10 tunnel workers could develop silicosis also.
Thank you to The Conversation for featuring our study.
1 in 10 tunnel workers could develop silicosis also.
Thank you to The Conversation for featuring our study.
Thirteen workers. Thirteen lives forever changed. Another reminder that silica exposure in tunnelling needs urgent action.
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A 32-year-old has a deadly disease. So do a dozen of his colleagues
Thirteen tunnellers on one single roadway project have been diagnosed with silicosis. Their employer is in the crosshairs.
www.smh.com.au
March 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Thirteen workers. Thirteen lives forever changed. Another reminder that silica exposure in tunnelling needs urgent action.
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California regulators voted Thursday to impose a permanent set of workplace rules aimed at protecting countertop cutters from silicosis, an incurable disease that has been killing young workers.
California board backs rules aimed at protecting workers from deadly silicosis
California regulators voted to continue imposing workplace rules to protect countertop cutters from silicosis, an incurable disease that has been killing young workers.
www.latimes.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:05 PM
California regulators voted Thursday to impose a permanent set of workplace rules aimed at protecting countertop cutters from silicosis, an incurable disease that has been killing young workers.
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#Silicosis - tragic but sadly predictable news.
Why I have been pushing two successive - and resisting governments for action
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Why I have been pushing two successive - and resisting governments for action
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Dad dies after being told he had weeks to live from years of cutting worktops
Father-of-three Marek Marzec, 48, has died after an illness caused by lethal dust from cutting quartz kitchen worktops left him 'unable to breathe and in terrible pain'
www.mirror.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 3:49 PM
#Silicosis - tragic but sadly predictable news.
Why I have been pushing two successive - and resisting governments for action
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Why I have been pushing two successive - and resisting governments for action
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Former stonemason Joshua Bucklow has silicosis. His lawyer says his fight for compensation is being dragged out because Israel-based Caesarstone is hiding behind the war in Gaza.
Caesarstone alleged to be hiding behind war in Gaza to delay potential silicosis compensation payout in Australia
Former stonemason Joshua Bucklow has silicosis. His lawyer says his fight for compensation is being dragged out because Israel-based Caesarstone is hiding behind the war in Gaza.
www.abc.net.au
December 2, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Former stonemason Joshua Bucklow has silicosis. His lawyer says his fight for compensation is being dragged out because Israel-based Caesarstone is hiding behind the war in Gaza.