Prevent Exposure : Silica Dust in Enclosed Cabs

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Silica is in many materials common on construction sites, such as sand, concrete, and rock. When heavy construction equipment disturbs these materials during, for example, demolition and paving, dust containing crystalline silica can be released into the air. Workers who breathe this dust are at risk of developing serious, sometimes fatal lung diseases such as silicosis, lung cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It has also been linked to illnesses such as kidney disease.
  
  TBT-Enclosed_cabs.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Construction Industry Construction Materials Filtration Inhalation Exposure Motor Vehicles Nanoparticles Occupational Exposure Particulate Matter/toxicity
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Toolbox Talk
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  cooperative agreement OH 009762
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062658
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:aaa1682c0a9b5ba62d6407696716eade40c7aae0fcf38791e4c6af693d2c675a50f20600679edbb30211711a5d98b24475fadb7482e8d619dc0514a09ae65dc3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/154568/cdc_154568_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 303.24 KB ]