Silica Dust (Exposure) Bill

The Silica Dust (Exposure) Bill aims to strengthen protections for workers exposed to crystalline silica dust, a hazardous substance that causes serious lung diseases including silicosis and lung cancer. The bill likely introduces stricter exposure limits, enhanced monitoring requirements, and improved safety standards across industries where silica dust is present, such as construction, stoneworking, foundries, and ceramics manufacturing. It may also mandate better training, equipment provision, and medical surveillance for atrisk workers. The legislation seeks to reduce occupational disease and death by enforcing tighter controls on this known carcinogen.