Respirable Silica: Health Hazard for Coatings Pros

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• Personal Author:
  Eisenberg, Judith S. ; Sollberger, Ronald
• Description:
  Employees in the coatings industry can be exposed to respirable silica while stripping old coatings off cement or other silica-containing surfaces before applying a new coating. This exposure may be high enough to cause lung damage. Both employees and their employers should know about the possible health problems breathing in silica can cause. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aluminum Silicates Dust Lung Diseases Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide Workplace
• Keywords:
  Coatings Diseases Employee-exposure Employee-health Employees Lung-disorders Occupational-diseases Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Pulmonary-system-disorders Respirable-dust Respiratory-system-disorders Silica-dusts Silicates Work-environment Worker-health Workers

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029511
• Citation:
  CoatingsPro Magazine 2006 Jan; :16-17, 105
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  CoatingsPro Magazine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190468/cdc_190468_DS1.pdf
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