Compliance code for Managing exposure to crystalline silica: Engineered stone

What it contains

The code builds on the 2020 code, but has been updated to include:;

• Specific controls that must be used by employers and self-employed persons when undertaking a process involving engineered stone at a workplace that generates crystalline silica dust, including cutting, grinding or abrasive polishing of engineered stone.
• Duties on manufacturers and suppliers to provide information to persons to whom crystalline silica substances are supplied.
• Who is required to obtain an engineered stone licence.
• Duties applying to engineered stone licence holders, and
• Duties on suppliers.

The code also contains revised information regarding risk controls where necessary.

While the guidance provided in the code is not mandatory, a duty holder who complies with the code will – to the extent it deals with their duties or obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 – be considered to have complied with those duties or obligations.