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Please register your potential asbestos exposure with the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency’s database.
Are you registering a potential asbestos exposure on behalf of yourself or someone else?
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Your details
Your full name
Your email address
Your phone number
Include any international or local area code, no spaces
I have the permission of the person for whom I am registering
Please provide below the information about the person exposed to asbestos
Personal Details
Title
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Date of birth
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Please enter the date in dd/mm/yyyy format. For example 20/07/1969.
Street address
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Email address
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If you don’t remember the exact year, please put the year to the best of your recollection.
Duration/Frequency of exposure
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6 months to 2 years
2 years to 5 years
> 5 years
How were you exposed?
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How were you exposed?
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Other, please specify
Please describe how you were exposed...
Select which best suits your situation or where the greatest exposure/potential exposure occurred.
Residential
Residential status when exposed
Owner or tenant
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If the exposure/potential exposure relates to loose-fill asbestos (Mr Fluffy) in residential housing which best describes your situation?
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Owner having done DIY on house
Owner having had work done on house (eg building alterations)
Owner – no work done on house
Tenant
Visitor to residence of family/friends
Tradesperson/worker
Not exposed to loose fill asbestos
Work
Was the exposure/potential exposure directly related to your work?
Yes
No
What was the nature of your job when exposed?
What was the nature of your job when exposed?
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Electrician
Plumber
Fitter and machinist
Boilermaker
Building/construction
Asbestos removal/disposal
Mining/resources occupation
Other, please provide detail
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Please provide detail of type of work at time of exposure. For example if you were an office worker incidentally exposed at your workplace.
If exposed at work, name of your employer
If exposed at work, has the relevant workplace regulator been informed?
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No
Not sure
If you were exposed in the past 12 months it is recommended you report the exposure to your workplace regulator. You can find the workplace regulator for your state or territory at
https://asbestossafety.gov.au/organisation-links#regulators
. The following are workplace regulators: Comcare; WorkSafe ACT, WorkCover NSW, SafeWork SA, WorkSafe TAS, NT WorkSafe; WorkSafe WA; WorkSafe QLD (WorkCover Qld); WorkSafe VIC (Victorian WorkCover Authority).
School/educational institution
Nature of your attendance when exposed
Teacher
Pupil/student
Parent or other visitor
Type of school/educational institution
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Pre-school/childcare
Primary public
Primary independent
Primary Catholic education
Secondary public
Secondary independent
Secondary Catholic education
Tertiary
Please provide name of school/institution
Environmental/domestic
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Select the option which best suits your situation
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Live or work close to building site
Live or work close to contaminated area
Regularly walk past building site or contaminated area
Lived or worked in vicinity of asbestos product manufacturing facility
Lived or worked in vicinity of asbestos mine
Possible exposure to release of fibres due to incident such as fire, accident or to natural disaster
Spouse, child or other family member living with asbestos worker
Other, please specify
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In relation to the exposure questions you answered from the selections above, please describe how you were exposed.
Please give details of exposure, including any multiple exposures in different situations. For example, if you have been exposed at both work and at home.
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In which state/territory did the exposure occur?
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ACT
NSW
NT
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Are you/have you been a smoker?
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Do you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander?
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Have you been diagnosed with an asbestos related disease?
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Which disease?
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Pleural Plaques
Asbestosis
Lung Cancer
Mesothelioma
Year of diagnosis
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How did you first find out about this register?
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How did you first find out about this register?
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Declaration and Privacy Statement
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By submitting this application form I declare that all the information contained within is true and correct.
I understand the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency is collecting my personal information for the purposes of registering information provided by me of my potential exposure to asbestos. I understand this information may also be used in de-identified form for research purposes.
I understand the information will be stored in a secure Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency database.
I understand the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency may give some or all of this information to the Department of Health or Safe Work Australia.
I understand that if a different Commonwealth agency deals with asbestos safety in the future, the Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency may give information from this register to the new agency.
I confirm I am at least 18 years of age or have obtained parental or guardian permission to provide this information.
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How do I apply for a NEW permit to import or export asbestos?
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What obligations do permit holders have?
Where can I check the laws?
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Who we are
Audit Committee
Australian Public Service Employee Census
Contract listing (Murray Motion)
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