Silica Dust Dangers and Safety Measures Stats and Facts
FACTS Use engineering controls and containment methods such as blast-cleaning [...]
FACTS Use engineering controls and containment methods such as blast-cleaning [...]
WHAT IS SILICA DUST AND WHERE IS IT FOUND? Quartz, [...]
Silica poses a serious respiratory hazard in many construction and [...]
WHAT’S AT STAKE? RESPIRABLE CRYSTALLINE SILICA (SILICA DUST) Millions of [...]
WHAT’S AT STAKE? Many common construction work tasks generate harmful [...]
DID YOU KNOW? Silica is one of the most common [...]
LO QUE LOS EMPLEADORES Y LOS EMPLEADOS PUEDEN HACER PARA [...]
WHAT EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES CAN DO TO PREVENT SILICOSIS INTRODUCTION [...]
INTRODUCCIÓN Trabajar con piedra presenta muchos peligros para los trabajadores. [...]
INTRODUCTION Working with stone poses many dangers for workers. There [...]
INCIDENT Many workers have contracted silicosis. This is the reality [...]
INCIDENT The worst case of acute silicosis occurred in the [...]
About 2.3 million people in the U.S. are exposed to [...]
Silicosis is a disabling, nonreversible, and sometimes fatal lung disease [...]
Key Takeaways: - Learning about silica and its most common [...]
Key Takeaways: - Learning about silica and its most common [...]
Key Takeaways: - Learning about silica and its most common [...]
OSHA is proposing $102,000 in fines against a company for [...]
Silica causes lungs to scar and develop nodules which block extraction of oxygen from air. Each year more than 250 American workers die from silicosis, the disease caused by inhaling tiny silica particles. Silicosis has
January 1 to June 30, 2016: Determined to cut recordables, [...]