Debby Adhya wearing a mask while working in the rice storage facility in Murrami, New South Wales, 2023

Component identifier:

Item PIC/21244/2

Content Summary:

Workers wear a mask when working 2-hour shifts in the rice silos. Dust is generated in the receiving, cleaning, handling and shipping of grains. The size of grain-storage units and the complexity of their operations make grain-handling facilities a hazardous work environment posing a constant risk of severe or life-threatening injury. Occupational noise, mainly from machinery and equipment, is present at post-harvest operations. Dust is produced by mechanical solid rupture and its composition varies according to the grain type and the methods of harvesting, storage and processing.

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nla.obj-3202902252

Extent information:

1 item,

Subjects:

Society and culture
Agriculture

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