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Create-A-Plan Overview. The Create-A-Plan section of this website is a tool designed to help contractors and others responsible for job-site safety develop a written exposure control plan to protect workers engaged in work that produces respirable silica dust.
This program covers University employees who work with silica, establishes the minimum requirements for working with silica, and applies to employees who are exposed over the action level.
13 Φεβ 2024 · February 13, 2024. Silica and Worker Health. Key points. Millions of U.S. workers are exposed to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) in a variety of industries. Silica dust can be released in the air when working. Workers exposed to RCS can develop serious lung disease. Overview.
This guidance document is intended to assist employers to development an exposure control plan (ECP) that meets the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation and protects workers from overexposure to silica dust.
Create-A-Plan to Control the Dust. You do not need to register to use the planning tool, however, registering will allow you to confidentially save, retrieve, edit, rename or delete saved plans. Only you have access to your saved plans. Register. Returning users login below.
13 Φεβ 2024 · Under the OSHA Respirable Crystalline Silica Rule, employers are responsible for ensuring workers are protected from silica. This includes controlling dust levels below the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 50 µg/m 3 (micrograms of silica per cubic meter of air) as an 8-hour time weighted average.
disturbed, moved, or handled, airborne dust can be generated and silica exposure can occur. Worker exposure is primarily from inhalation, but dust on skin, hair, clothing and PPE can also become airborne and inhaled by the worker or other workers. Airborne dust containing silica may