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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 ...
If you are cutting, grinding, chipping, sanding, drilling, or polishing engineered stone, quartz, or other stone products, you are at risk of silicosis. In December 2023, Cal/OSHA adopted new standards to protect workers from exposure to respirable crystalline silica.
15 Μαΐ 2024 · Increasing awareness to employers and employees of the dangerous effects of inhaling respirable crystalline silica dust from tasks like grinding, drilling and cutting, can help save lives and avoid incurable health conditions like silicosis, lung cancer and kidney diseases.
27 Αυγ 2024 · Increasing awareness to employers and employees of the dangerous effects of inhaling respirable crystalline silica dust from tasks like grinding, drilling and cutting, can help save lives and avoid incurable health conditions like silicosis, lung cancer and kidney diseases.
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.
An Emergency Temporary Standard has been passed in California that will last a year (in effect 12/29/23), with the hopes of a more permanent Standard developed by the time it ends. This initiative serves to protect workers from silicosis by working to decrease their exposure to respirable crystalline silica.
