SAFETY PRO: Beware of the Air: Reduce Your Workers’ Risk of Exposure to Silica Dust

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• Personal Author:
  Mulhern, Barbara ; Rice F
• Description:
  Silicosis. It's a disabling and often fatal disease that can strike landscape crew members, even those as young as in their 20s. Yet many landscape company owners are unaware of the hazards of crystalline silica dust and how to protect their workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Dust-exposure Dusts Landscape-services-workers Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Silica-dusts Silicosis
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  25-26
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035933
• Citation:
  PRO Mag 2009 Sep; 21(7):25-26
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing ; Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  PRO Magazine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:67453f26d52b2e91c21c6bb44dd11ab563d4c6b146fe4dfdbb8ab7ccbcdb78dacbcb098025dc6d1dbe0f3cc4673d9d3fd978982711aa077402ff8dd3c397be91
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187591/cdc_187591_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.80 MB ]