Our Vision

is for all dust related disease to be proactively identified, well-managed and prevented in South Australian workplaces by 2029.

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Funding and or Grant Applications

The Committee supports and accepts applications for funding that meet the following criteria:

  • To promote and support practices, procedures and arrangements designed to protect workers from silicosis;
  • To support education in the field of occupational health or safety in the mining and quarrying industries;
  • To initiate or support research and studies into occupational health or safety that could benefit workers in the mining and quarrying industries;
  • To promote and support persons or organisations working to prevent, alleviate or treat the kinds of disabilities suffered by workers in the mining and quarrying industries;
  • To support any other kind of activity that could directly or indirectly improve occupational health or safety in the mining and quarrying industries or assist in the rehabilitation of disabled workers in those industries.

Contact us if you require further information.

Applications

Funding and/ or Grant applications may be submitted to the Committee at any time.

Contact us if you require further information or submit the attached form.

Members papers are sent out a week prior to meetings and the next scheduled meetings for 2026  are:

23 April

18 June

20 August

15 October

3 December

Reports

Dust Report available to view  ‘Preventing Occupational Dust Related Diseases Report 2017

SDS in Engineered Stone  Understanding the Role of Organic Resins and Metal Ions in Artificial Stone Silicosis

Health Data Analysis of South Australian Mine and Quarry Workers 2001 – 2013 : Research Report 2016

An analysis of health assessment outcome data of 5642 South Australian mine and quarry workers obtained during a twelve year fully funded Committee program

The Committee proudly funded the following research and projects.

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Publications

Accuracy of Real-Time Dust Monitors in Quarry Settings: A Pilot Field and Laboratory Evaluation Yonatal Tefera 1, 2, * ,   Chandnee Ramkissoon  1,   Ryan Jurkowski  1,   Hridita Ahmed 3,   Shelley Rowett  3,   Sharyn Gaskin 1 (external site) (external site) (external site)https://www.sciltp.com/journals/wah/articles/2508001077 (external site) (external site) (external site)

The 2024–2025 MAQOHSC Final Report, “Engineered stone is now banned. How safe are new-generation low and no-silica stone materials?” on the University of Adelaide’s Figshare (external site) (external site) (external site)platform.

health research

A Long Way From Home : Investigation of Work Stress and Remoteness in the Mining Industry

Wesley P. McTernan conducted research to explore the stressors of remote mining work.

Full thesis available here.

Silicosis Research

Silica_Advisory_Committee_Communique_ Meeting_3_March_2026.pdf

"Finally, Safe Work Australia (SWA) briefed the committee on progress toward a national silica related diseases research strategy. This strategy is intended to establish a nationally coordinated framework for addressing silica-related diseases by identifying research gaps, establishing priority research areas, and supporting evidence-based policy outcomes, aligned with the Silica National Strategic Plan. Lung Foundation Australia (LFA) member noted that the research priorities for silicosis developed and published by LFA can be used as a basis for SWA’s research strategy."

Clinical Research - Lung Foundation Australia