Hon Robin Chapple asks the Minister for Mines and Petroleum to identify 10 mine sites that exceeded accepted diesel fume exposure standards, referencing a previous question and study. The Minister requires more time to provide the information.

AnsweredQoN 1333Legislative Council
Asked
16 November 2016
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Mines and Petroleum

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MINE WORKERS — EXPOSURE TO DIESEL FUMES
1333. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the Attorney General
representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum:
I refer to question on notice 1122
asked in the Legislative Council on 6 May 2014 and the ''Diesel
Particulate Study of Goldfields Mines'' on pages 8 to 11 of Resources Safety Matters , volume 2, No
1, January 2014.
(1) Can the
minister identify the 10 of 29 sites that would have exceeded the accepted
time-weighted average exposure standard?
(2) If not, why not?

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On behalf of the Minister for Mines
and Petroleum, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I
am informed that it is not possible to provide the information in the time
available, but it will be provided tomorrow.

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