PPT-Silica – it’s more than just dust!

Alaska Occupational Safety amp Health AKOSH Purpose of this training Overall the purpose of this training is to provide you with information about the serious health hazards of silica dust. 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 Safety & Health Training Program. Hazard Communication/GHS Training Program. Air Contaminants in the Non-Ferrous Foundry. © . 2015 . All Rights Reserved. Air Contaminants in the . Non-Ferrous Foundry. David Rees. IPT silicosis . Clinical guidelines on IPT for patients with silicosis in South Africa . de Jager et al. Occupational Health Southern Africa, 2014. TST testing recommended. Increase in INH treatment to 36 months in some. for Construction. Outline. What type of silica are we talking about?. Where do we find it and who does it impact?. What are the health effects?. What does the new standard require?. How do we best control the dust?. Rick . Supples. Applied Improvement Technologies. At the end of this . presentation . you will be . able to:. State the difference between silicon, silica, silicates and silicone.. State the difference between crystalline and amorphous forms of silica.. Safety & Health Training Program. Hazard Communication/GHS Training Program. Air Contaminants in the Non-Ferrous Foundry. © . 2015 . All Rights Reserved. Air Contaminants in the . Non-Ferrous Foundry. Western Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society (WMIHS). November 1, 2016. ________________________________________________. Presented by . Matt . Macomber. , MIOSHA Senior Industrial Hygienist, GISHD. and . 1/2Silicosis is a permanent lung diseaseWorkers manufacturing engineered/arti31cial stone kitchen benches have died from silicosisSilicosis is caused by breathing tiny particles of respirable crystall Dr Tom Donnelly. Learning objectives. Historical Occupational Disease from Quarrying and Mines . Understand How Lungs Work.. What is crystalline Silica and its adverse effects. Control Measures. Other Issues in Quarries related to the. 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. What you need to know about dust. 1. What is DUST ?. Dust consists of particles broken up from solid materials. Exposures to dusts are the 2. nd. biggest killer in the construction industry. In construction dusts are typically;. 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?. For stone benchtop fabrication businesses and workers. Reduction in workplace exposure standard for respirable crystalline silica. The national workplace exposure standard for respirable crystalline silica (RCS) has been halved from 0.1 mg/m.