Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica [1974]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Recommendations are made for standards for occupational exposure to crystalline silica, based on a review of the literature regarding the health effects of exposure. Recommendations are made for the following items: levels of silica in the work place air; medical examinations; labeling; personal protective equipment and work clothing; informing employees of hazards from free silica; work practices and control procedures; monitoring and recordkeeping requirements. Topics reviewed are: biologic effects of silica exposure, including epidemiologic and toxicity data; and environmental data, including dust measurement and engineering control. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Safety Management Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Silica-dusts; Dust-inhalation; Preventive-medicine; Health-standards; Respiratory-disorders; Control-measures; Air-quality-control; Dust-control; Exposure-limits; Safety-equipment; Safety-measures
• Source:
  Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 75-120, 1974 Jan; :1-130
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Criteria Document
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB75120
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Standards
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  ORSD - Office of Research and Standards Development ; DLCD - Divion of Laboratories and Criteria Development
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  130 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Ayer, Howard E. ; Mackison, Frank W.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00036563
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-246697
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ca254ab4266603a35003dd35b96af3a470acc3080b607d1523f29f98c41f0c62a6a7772be573617e80452ac8d7cbcb19a42ac9c5b16dc59e4c105ce35450945b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19342/cdc_19342_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.85 MB ]