Exposure assessment for roofers exposed to silica during installation of roof tiles

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• Personal Author:
  Achutan, Chandran ; Hall, Ronald M. ; McCleery, Robert E. ; Rodriguez M ; Sollberger, Ronald
• Description:
  Occupational exposure to silica in the construction industry has been well documented, and respirable crystalline silica (quartz and cristobalite) has been associated with silicosis, lung cancer, pulmonary tuberculosis, and airway diseases. These concerns prompted a local construction union to request assistance from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for health hazard evaluations concerning exposures to dust and silica among roofers in Phoenix, Arizona. In response to these requests, NIOSH performed field studies to evaluate roofers' exposures to silica. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Case Reports Construction Industry Construction Materials Dust Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Quartz Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide

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• Keywords:
  Case-studies Construction Construction-industry Construction-materials Construction-workers Exposure-assessment Hazardous-materials Quartz-dust Respiratory-system-disorders Roofers Roofing-industry Silica-dusts Silicosis

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• ISSN:
  1545-9624
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Nebraska ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041821
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Hyg 2013 Jan; 10(1):D6-D10
• Contact Point Address:
  Ronald M. Hall, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  RMHall@cdc.gov
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:934f5a9c795b5a019f68d6461b917bf5114883e1ad3c3fd5b1dbe9f7930ba4f5a2807c628856076295a208b38881150e54c8e1e3059842cac93468a2172f6181
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194274/cdc_194274_DS1.pdf
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