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Jun 25, 2020
Hazard Alert - Protect Workers from Silica Dust: Working in an Enclosed Cab
CPWR
This short document describes the risk of exposure to silica while working in an enclosed cab and steps to work safely. English and Spanish are available here https://www.cpwr.com/publications/hazard-alert-cards
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Jun 25, 2020
Dealer/Rental Fact Sheet - Heavy Equipment with Enclosed Cabs: Do Your Customers Need to Comply with OSHA's Silica or MSHA's Dust Standards?
CPWR
A new product designed to help those renting or selling equipment understand the requirements in the OSHA and MSHA standards so they can best advise their customers.
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Feb 05, 2020
U.S. Department of Labor Revises National Emphasis Program to Reduce or Eliminate Worker Exposure to Silica
OSHA,
Department of Labor
"The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has established a revised National Emphasis Program (NEP) to identify and reduce or eliminate worker exposures to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) in..."
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Aug 14, 2019
Construction Worker Silica Risks Are Focus of OSHA Request
Bruce Rolfsen,
Bloomberg Environment Occupational Safety & Health Reporter
"If you have a better way to protect construction workers from toxic, breathable silica dust, OSHA wants to hear from you. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration Aug. 14 released its request for information for how it could revise..."
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Jun 19, 2019
Spotlight on silica in proactive inspection program
Mirage News
"WorkSafe has been conducting a proactive inspection program to look at safety and health issues in stone benchtop fabricators. The program will be conducted for the remainder of this financial year, and will continue throughout the 2019/20 financial..."
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Jan 30, 2019
OSHA Releases New Silica FAQs for General Industry
Manesh K. Rath & Javaneh Nekoomaram,
The National Law Review
"On January 23, 2019, the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) released a new set of 64 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for its Respirable Crystalline Silica for General Industry (silica standard) to provide further guidance..."
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Jan 15, 2019
A New Year's Resolution: Better Worker Safety and Health in the Building Industry
CPWR Update
"CPWR's Exposure Control Database can help you anticipate and control worker exposures to silica, welding fumes, lead, and noise. This free online tool..."
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Nov 06, 2018
NIOSH-Funded Studies Show Ways to Reduce Silica Exposure in Concrete Cutting
OH&S Magazine
"The pneumatic drill generated 444 times the OSHA permissible exposure level of silica dust, while the electric drill generated 11 times the OSHA level. The pneumatic drill's noise level was also greater..."
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Sep 24, 2018
Understanding Silica Dust and OSHA’s 50-Microgram PEL
Kenny Koehler,
Pro Tool Reviews
"There are a couple of reasons I love the team over at IQ Power Tools. One is for their dry cut tile saw – you should check it out if you haven’t seen one in action yet. The other is that they seem to love numbers as much as I do. Data-driven geeks of..."
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Apr 24, 2018
Silica Safety Enforcement Ramps Up at Construction Sites
Bruce Rolfsen,
BNA Occupational Safety & Health Reporter
"Six months into federal safety regulators enforcing a rule that protects construction workers from breathable silica, compliance is a work in progress, building industry safety professionals said..."
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Dec 22, 2017
Silica Court Victory Is Lifesaving for Working People
AFL-CIO
"Working people won a huge victory today with the court’s decision fully upholding OSHA’s 2016 final silica standard. This will protect millions of workers from disabling disease and save thousands of lives..."
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Oct 01, 2017
Preventing Worker Exposure to Silica Dust
Tim Turney,
OH&S Magazine
"OSHA has provided three different methods for employers to ensure employees are protected..."
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