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Trainers’ Awareness of the Silica Standard and Cab Filtration Requirements for Enclosed Cabs
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2024
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Series: CPWR KEY FINDINGS FROM RESEARCH
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Description:Operating Engineers and the OSHA Silica Standard: A Survey of Union Trainers
Grace Barlet, Rosemary K. Sokas, and Eileen Betit.
NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 2020.
New Solut. 2020 Feb;29(4):530-535. doi: 10.1177/1048291119889006.
Operating engineers use heavy equipment for tasks such as excavation and demolition, which can generate respirable crystalline silica dust (RCS). Breathing in this dust can cause serious illnesses such as silicosis and lung cancer. Table 1 of OSHA’s silica standard matches construction tasks with engineering controls, work practices, and, in select circumstances, respiratory protection to protect workers from exposure to hazardous levels of RCS. Employers who “fully and properly” implement a Table 1 equipment and control method for a particular task do not need to conduct employee air monitoring. One of the Table 1 entries is the use of heavy equipment with an enclosed cab and filtration system. In this study, researchers collaborated with the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) to survey trainers on their familiarity with the silica standard, related training provided, and experience with and perceptions of cab filtration systems, as well as to identify related topics of concern.
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