WorkSafe Queensland is reminding operators that an engineered stone ban come into effect from 1 July 2024.

Builders, renovators, fabricators, and those working in the construction industry are being reminded of the upcoming national ban on the use, supply, manufacture, and installation of engineered stone which will come into effect in Queensland on 1 July 2024.

Ahead of 1 July 2024, workers and businesses in Queensland can continue to work with engineered stone in a controlled way. 

Queensland’s approved codes of practice establish legally enforceable safety standards for working with materials containing crystalline silica, including engineered stone.

All businesses are strongly encouraged not to enter any new contracts for the use of engineered stone that may not be fulfilled before the prohibition comes into effect on 1 July 2024.

Details of the ban will be finalised by Work Health and Safety Ministers in the coming weeks. This will include providing limited transitional arrangements for contracted work agreed to before the ban was announced in December 2023.