Guarda was interviewed on Money News on 2GB, 3AW 693 and 4BC to discuss the deadly issue of silica dust in construction, along with Guarda’s revenue momentum and capital raising plans.
Guarda was profiled by Master Builders WA examining Guarda’s role in minimising the risks posed by silica dust in masonry cutting.
In a recent event, the company showcased the system’s capabilities when dealing with a variety of masonry-cutting tools.
When Steve Terpstra did a safety inspection of concrete and stone cutting industry, the results terrified him and he had to act….
A Perth-based company has developed a new device it says cuts tradies’ exposure to silica dust…
A Perth-based company is looking to make an international impact in the concrete cutting industry. Just five years ago, EnviroChasing Services founder Steve Terpstra was thinking of closing down his business…
The patented Tri-Vac technology on the Guarda Edge Power Cutter is an industry-first. An extraction hose is connected to the blade guard via a shroud and a wet-vacuum is connected to the other end. During cutting, water is delivered inside the blade guard, mixing with dust to create slurry…
I had my own concrete cutting business when I first discovered the threat of silicosis.
Thousands of Aussies are at risk of developing silicosis, but despite the warnings, nothing is being done to keep them safe…
A Gold Coast stonemason, who died from the lung disease silicosis, is being remembered for publicly exposing the dangers of silica dust, amid what’s being described as a “nationwide epidemic”…
The Egyptian pyramids and the Great Wall of China would not have been built without stonemasons, but finding a tradesman to simply cut a hole in a kitchen benchtop is getting harder in Queensland as the silicosis epidemic takes hold…
Imagine you’re in your 20s and a doctor tells you your work is literally killing you. Silicosis is an incurable lung disease caused by breathing in dust found in manufactured stone-style benchtops…
Karl Hansen loved working with his hands but he never thought the job he was so passionate about would send him towards an early grave. For 13 years, the father of five created beautiful benchtops from manufactured stone, until he received the devastating news that he needed to pack up his tools, stop work immediately and never step foot in a stone factory again…
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Shane Parata was a proud stonemason but he can no longer bear the thought of cutting through another piece of stone or marble. The Queensland-based tradie has been diagnosed with silicosis, the same incurable lung disease that killed his brother last month…
Law firm Slater and Gordon has launched a class action on behalf of hundreds of stonemasons who have contracted a potentially fatal lung disease while cutting up kitchen benchtops….
The Morrison Government will invest $5 million to establish a National Dust Diseases Taskforce to develop a national approach for the prevention, early identification, control and management of dust diseases in Australia…
A national dust diseases taskforce will be created under a $5 million plan by the Morrison government to address the worsening occupational lung disease crisis. Ahead of the federal election, the government has promised to spend $5 million to establish a dedicated taskforce…
A new federal taskforce to tackle the growing lung disease crisis does not go far enough, a leading legal advocate argues. The federal Coalition has promised $5 million to set up a dedicated taskforce to deal with the fallout of potentially thousands of workers across the country being diagnosed with the deadly lung disease silicosis…
