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On December 14, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board approved Cal/OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS). This ETS affects employees working in general industry under California Code of Regulation, Title 8, section 5204.
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.
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.
Workers who breathe in silica particles can develop silicosis—an incurable, progressive disease that causes serious and fatal health effects. The workers most at risk are those who cut artificial stone countertops.
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.
19 Ιουν 2020 · California workers who contract occupational diseases such as silicosis will be eligible for benefits through the state-regulated workers’ compensation insurance system. It is crucial to keep the initial and follow-up medical reports elated to silica dust exposure because this is a progressive illness without a specific start date.
