End-of-Shift Respirable Crystalline Silica Monitoring in Construction: Application of End-of-Shift Respirable Crystalline Silica Monitoring to Construction Projects

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  OSHA estimates that approximately two million construction workers are exposed to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) each year. Silica, especially quartz, is common in construction materials -- including concrete, cement, bricks, aggregates, granite, slate and limestone - and exposure by inhalation can cause silicosis, lung cancer, other respiratory diseases, and kidney diseases. Current tests to assess RCS exposure and the effectiveness of controls require off-site, sophisticated laboratory analysis, which often means results only return after several weeks. Such lags can lead to unacceptable conditions persisting without being recognized or addressed. A method to quickly determine exposure, even if not accurate enough for compliance purposes, can be vitally important. Because miners are also exposed to silica, the NIOSH Mining Division has developed a method for on-site, end-of-shift analysis. This project studied the value of the NIOSH procedure for construction, examining how common construction dusts may interfere with determining silica exposure. Read the report: https://bit.ly/2Xo8iGs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Dust Occupational Health Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Analytical Processes Construction Industry Respirable Dust Sampling Methods Silica Dusts
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067606
• Citation:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2020 Nov; :1
• Email:
  mharper@zefon.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7023bcf22debba14447c203bb394c153f8154292a522d4e8f28145e21ad771ba90ba164269a64dcdba14d3b4898ab2f1d734562f29f9e87cb2ea09e449346d08
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/146267/cdc_146267_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 39.77 KB ]