Parks v WorkPac (U2025/1247, Batchfire mine)
Summary in review
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What happened
Coal mining worker at Batchfire mine used site self-test kits aligned to the superseded 25 ng/mL standard while formal testing used the 2019 standard's 15 ng/mL cut-off — a worker could pass his own test and fail the real one.
What it stands for
Site self-test kits aligned to the superseded 25 ng/mL standard while formal testing used 2019’s 15 ng/mL — a worker could pass his own kit and fail the program’s.
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