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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 ...
- Silica Safety Resources for Stone Fabricators
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- Silica Safety Resources for Stone Fabricators
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.
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.
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.
Since 2019, over 100 workers in California have developed the deadly disease silicosis from cutting artificial, man-made stone. Artificial stone is commonly used for countertops in new construction projects. Follow the safe work practices identified by Cal/OSHA to protect workers from silicosis.
19 Ιουν 2020 · The particles that workers inhale are called respirable crystalline silica, and they penetrate deep into the lungs of exposed workers. The new Cal/OSHA requirements include medical reviews focused on respiratory exposure, including chest X-rays, tuberculosis tests, pulmonary function tests and more.
24 Σεπ 2023 · A recent study by UCLA and UCSF physicians found that among dozens of California workers who got silicosis from grinding countertops, nearly a fifth had died. Their median age at death was 46.
