WorkSafe Tasmania and the WorkCover Board Tasmania's 2024 safety awareness campaign about silica safety features ads for television, social media, radio and print.
15 second ad:
30 second ad:
Silica dust has no obvious signs flyer (PDF, 1.8 MB)
Silica dust has no obvious signs A3 poster (PDF, 2.9 MB)
The media campaign is supported by online guidance on silica safety, with specific guidance for the construction industry and specific guidance for the mining and quarrying industries.
If you work in the construction, mining and quarry industries we have produced interactive learning modules about silica safety, these will help you understand silica dust hazards in your workplace and help reduce the risks to your health and safety.
WorkSafe Tasmania would like to thank the Batchelor Group of companies for permitting parts of the "No Obvious Signs" campaign to be filmed at their Southern quarry. Their collaboration with WorkSafe Tasmania contributed to raising awareness of the health risks associated with silica dust exposure
2019 silica dust awareness campaign
WorkSafe Tasmania’s 2019 campaign ran for three months and raised awareness of silica dust exposure and the terrible — sometimes fatal — diseases that breathing in silica dust can cause. The ultimate aim of this campaign was to prevent the diseases caused by workplace dust exposure by encouraging employers and workers to take measures and act now.
The campaign was aimed at tradespeople and others who may be exposed to silica dust through their work. This includes those who work with natural, engineered or composite stone (for example making kitchen benchtops) in the construction industry. It also includes home renovators who may be working with these materials.