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For all covered industries, requirements in subsection 5204(i)(1)(A) for medical surveillance go into effect on June 23, 2020, for employees who will be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level for 30 or more days per year.
The Occupational Health Branch at the California Department of Public Health has developed resources for employers to help keep their workers safe and reduce exposure to silica dust. The Workplace Air Monitoring for Silica employer guide (PDF) contains a step-by-step guide to silica air monitoring, to ensure that worker exposures to silica dust ...
In December 2023, Cal/OSHA adopted new standards to protect workers from exposure to respirable crystalline silica. Visit the links below to find out what your employer must do for you under the new standards.
temporary standard (ETS) on respirable crystalline silica (RCS). This ETS includes important revisions to protect workers engaged in high-exposure trigger tasks (cutting, grinding, polishing, clean up, etc.) involving artificial stone and natural stone containing more than 10% crystalline silica.
This document is meant to inform you, the employer, of Cal/OSHA’s requirements under section 5204 to protect workers who cut, grind, polish or otherwise create dust from artificial or natural stone. To ensure compliance with section 5204, employers should consult the full standard.
Silicosis is a disabling, nonreversible lung disease from exposure to silica dust, from cutting or grinding stone. A July 2023 paper showed a serious outbreak of young male Spanish-speaking countertop workers with severe silicosis in California.
Employers must: Promptly (within 24 hours) report any confirmed RCS exposure-related silicosis or cancer case to the California Department of Health and Cal/OSHA. Communicate RCS exposure hazards to employees in a language they understand and appropriate for their level education and literacy. This includes:
