PDF-Health and Safety Executive Control of exposure to silica dust A guide for employees Page

What is silica Silica is a natural substance found in most rocks sand and clay and in products such as bricks and concrete Silica is also used as filler in some plastics In the workplace these materials create dust when they are cut sanded carved et. This leaflet explains what you as an employer need to do under the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 to protect your employees from noise It will also be useful to employees and their representatives This leaflet tells you about the harm tha It will also be useful to employees and their representatives The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 as amended in 2002 the Regulations apply to a wide range of manual handling activities including lifting lowering pushing pulling or carryi It will also be useful to employees and their safety representatives It tells you about the risks to the body from overheating when working in hot conditions such as bakeries compressed air tunnels foundries and smelting operations and gives practic This leaflet is aimed at employers and discusses what they need to do to ensure they are complying with the law The law sets out how employees must be consulted in different situations and the different choices employers have to make There are two d Examples: Cotton, flax and soft hemp dusts Byssinosis. Sugar cane dusts Bagassosis. Hay moulds Farmer’s lung. Feathers, wool, furs :. Occupational asthma. Wheat grains, gum :. Acacia, red cedar : . Stephanie Sayler, Industrial Hygiene Masters Candidate. University of Michigan School of Public Health. Environmental Health Sciences Department. Background. Silica is ubiquitous in nature. One of the most prominent occupational exposure. LUNGS AT WORK . www.lungsatwork.org.uk . What causes silicosis?. silicon. silica. silicone. rcs. What causes silicosis?. silicon = Si, the element. silica . silicone. rcs. What causes silicosis?. silicon = Si, the element. OSHA . Crystalline Silica Standard . 29 CFR 1926.1153 . Construction Standards . Rule . adopted by Virginia in December . 2016. Lowered the Permissible Exposure Limit from 250 . ug. /m3 to 50 . ug. /m3). Marion J. Fedoruk MD, CIH, DABT, FACMT, FACOEM. December 8, 2014, University of California , Irvine Medical Center. O. bjectives. Identify major types of occupational lung disease in US. Describe clinical characteristics of work related asthma . Sample Employee Training Presentation. Developed by . OSHA, 2019. Photo on the . title . slide is courtesy of . D. e. WALT. . . Industrial Tool Co.. • . This presentation contains copyrighted content. You may use, copy, distribute, and display the presentation as a whole. However, any copying, distribution, display, or modification of an individual copyrighted image or photo separate and apart from the presentation is not . Guidelines and Approaches . Luvuyo Dzingwa . 21 April 2018. Introduction. 01. Effects of Occupational Lung Exposures. 02. Clinical Approach. 03. Social dimension. 04. Summary . 05. Outline. Introduction. Define occupational safety and health. Provide background on what silica is and where it is present. Discuss where and how exposure to silica occurs. Describe the health effects related to silica. Discuss how you measure it. Management and Control of Dust Exposure in Quarries. Welcome and . Introduction. John Evans. Health and Safety Advisor. Northstone. Materials. Agenda. Management and Control of Dust Exposure in Quarries. Presented by : Mat M. Matsumune, CSP. Safety Managers / Coordinators / Directors, etc.?. HR-related?. Other? (What?). 2. 3. 4. Agenda. 5. Confined Space – What is it?. Silica. Do they affect you?.