Silica

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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 at construction sites, such as sand, concrete, rock, mortar, and brick. During tasks that disturb these materials (cutting, grinding, blasting, and jackhammering, for example), dust containing crystalline silica can be released into the air. Workers who inhale this dust are at risk of developing serious, sometimes fatal illnesses such as a lung disease called silicosis, lung cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It has also been linked to illnesses such as kidney disease.
  
  TT-Silica.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Dust Occupational Exposure Silicon Dioxide/adverse Effects
• 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:na
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c29b182777248da43d0138a1dcbe010fa82e42d6aab5145897f1d146df596fa11e6b5faf0346f2862e2484e94ca51b52badfc6d399135a974ea933466824dc91
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/156277/cdc_156277_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 245.88 KB ]