‘Ontario mines currently cap exposure at 400 mcg/mg — an amount that far exceeds the legal exposure level mandated by other provinces and by jurisdictions in the United States, Europe and Australia’
Miners in Ontario are allowed to be exposed to far more diesel particulate than they are in other provinces and jurisdictions and now the Ontario NDP is joining the United Steelworkers union in calling on the province to take action."No worker should ever be forced to jeopardize their health and safety simply by doing their job,” West said. “But our miners’ health is in danger.
At the Dec. 8 Local 6500 press conference, Sean Staddon, the WSIB representative for Local 6500, said the key concern is that the safety threshold for diesel particulates in Ontario is simply too high to be safe. Local miners also shared their experiences working in drifts made blue by diesel exhaust in a recent story by Sudbury.com’s sister publication NorthernOntarioBusiness.com.
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