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Name: Boral fined over silica exposure
Uploaded: 2023-05-08T11:00:25.122Z
Duration: 2 min 5 s
Description: Building construction supplier, Boral has been fined almost $200,000 after breaching the occupational health and safety act in Victoria. A court heard the company failed to enforce mask-wearing at a quarry, exposing some employees to silica dust which causes an incurable lung disease, and in some cases, lung cancer.

Boral fined over silica exposure

Published 8 May 2023, 9:54 am

Building construction supplier, Boral has been fined almost $200,000 after breaching the occupational health and safety act in Victoria. A court heard the company failed to enforce mask-wearing at a quarry, exposing some employees to silica dust which causes an incurable lung disease, and in some cases, lung cancer.

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