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A timely reminder.

Queensland mineral mine and quarry workers’ exposure to respiratory hazards such as dusts (e.g. silica), welding fumes and diesel particulates can lead to lung diseases.

These include pneumoconioses (e.g. silicosis and siderosis), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (e.g. chronic bronchitis and emphysema) and lung cancer.

By 1 September 2022, mineral mine and quarry workers must have a lung health check completed. This is the site senior executive’s responsibility and paid for by the employer. Penalties may apply for failure to meet these requirements.

The medical examination includes:
- a chest examination
- a dual-read chest X-ray
- spirometry
- other examinations deemed necessary by the doctor (e.g. CT scan).

A list of doctors is available online.

https://bit.ly/3NgLGA4

The 5 Sticks Consulting Warriors U11 team cheering on the Warriors U6 team at the Ciallan Deegan memorial carnival on the weekend. The U11 boys went on to win their division, congratulations!

5 Sticks are proud to be gold sponsors of this event, hope to see you there!

Many of our North Queensland colleagues will be attending – and presenting – at the forthcoming North Queensland 2022 Safety & Health Conference, set to be held in Townsville on Friday 17 June.

The event will be co-hosted by RSHQ and the Institute of Quarrying Australia and will deliver a forum to focus on safety and health issues affecting the quarrying and mining sectors and best practice around workplace procedures and policy.

As well as welcoming a number of valuable speakers – including Commissioner for Resources Safety and Health, Kate Du Preez, - Heart of Australia's mobile health unit will be open for inspection to showcase its revolutionary technology.

Woohoo, the boys went undefeated at their home carnival yesterday and were team of the carnival for their age group!
Well done boys, very proud of you!

Congratulations to all the junior teams that won Team of the Carnival at this years Bobby Hagger Junior Carnival, we hope everyone had a great time and we look forward to seeing everyone next year.

Our first thank you must go to Bob Hagger, we love you and love everything you do for the club. Thank you for having the fields perfect for everyone, you're one of kind😀

We would also like to thank the clubs that supported the carnival along with our hard working committee members and volunteers who made the day a special event for so many children. A special thank you to a few people that have no association with football but volunteered their time - Mitchell Francisco Mary Leech Allyson Buchanan and Nikita Ball.

One last thank you to Audi Centre Townsville for their sponsorship this year along with Three Loaves Bakehouse for their kind donation.

Photos from the day will be posted soon.....

Some useful information on Occupational lung diseases and their causes.

Occupational lung diseases | Safe Work Australia Occupational lung diseases are work-related lung conditions of the respiratory system. Lung diseases can develop rapidly or develop many years after the first exposure to a particular hazard. Some can also lead to cancer.

Another win for the mighty Warriors U11!

U11 Warriors 5 Sticks Consulting 💪🏼

Important changes coming in QLD mineral mine and quarrying sector.

Queensland mineral mine and quarry workers may be exposed to a broad spectrum of respiratory hazards such as dusts (e.g. silica), welding fumes and diesel particulates.

Occupational exposure to respiratory hazards can lead to a range of lung diseases. These include forms of pneumoconioses (e.g. silicosis and siderosis), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (e.g. chronic bronchitis and emphysema) and lung cancer.

Lung health checks are to be arranged by the senior site executive and paid for by the employer.

The medical examination includes:
- a chest examination
- a dual-read chest X-ray
- spirometry
- other examinations deemed necessary by the doctor (e.g. high-resolution computed tomography scan).

A list of doctors is available online.

https://bit.ly/3NgLGA4

Hahaha, had to check the date!

All mine sites?! Fines apply?! 😮 🤦‍♂️

Proud to be sponsoring the Townsville Warriors Football Club for another season!

📣 SPONSORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT

5 Sticks Consulting renew with Townsville Warriors.

Townsville Warriors FC is excited to announce that 5 Sticks Consulting has renewed their sponsorship for the 2022 season.
⚽️⚽️They are sponsoring our U11 Team ⚽️⚽️

Check it out - http://5sticks.com.au

5 Sticks Consulting’s highly qualified occupational hygienists can help you:
* assess your worker health risks and develop proactive monitoring programs to meet your compliance needs
* monitor your employees’ exposure to workplace hazards
* sample and analyse occupational hygiene hazards associated with your industry
* control the workplace hazards present in your business.
They provide occupational hygiene assessment and control solutions for a wide range of workplace hazards, including:
* vibration
* indoor air quality
* mould
* heat stress
* lighting
* water quality
* biological hazards
* respirable dust and silica
* inhalable dust
* noise
* diesel particulate matter (DPM)
* asbestos
* welding fumes

The risk of silicosis exists in many industries. This is an interesting piece on the tunneling sector.

The Project on Twitter “In recent years silicosis has been synonymous with engineered stone in kitchens. But in other industries like tunnelling, thousands more workers are in danger of developing this deadly dust disease. https://t.co/wGE3bY9Cbw”

The QGL04 Guideline for Respiratory Health Surveillance in Queensland Mineral, Mines and Quarries is now available to download: https://buff.ly/3wdSKE2

This guideline sets out key requirements for respiratory health surveillance including when respiratory health surveillance is required; the standards for each examination; and the qualifications and experience for providers undertaking the medical examinations.

Today we remember the thousands of Australians who have been killed from work-related diseases. Working with occupational hygienists we can reduce these numbers and keep ourselves and our colleagues healthy and safe at work.