Expanding control banding for workplace silica exposures throughout the Americas

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• Personal Author:
  Beaucham, Catherine C. ; Lentz, Thomas J. ; Rice, Faye L.
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: Silicosis, a lung disease caused by inhaling respirable crystalline silica dust, is an occupational illness affecting millions of workers worldwide. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has partnered with the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, and multiple agencies in the Americas to implement the program "The Elimination of Silicosis in the Americas". OBJECTIVES: One component of this program is control banding, a qualitative risk assessment and management strategy that allows non-experts to use task-based hazard data and potential exposure information to determine appropriate controls. RESULTS: From 2005 to the present, NIOSH occupational health researchers have worked with experts in Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Brazil to assess, implement, and provide tools to evaluate the use of control banding methodology. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Engineering Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Lung Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Control Banding Control-methods Control-technology Engineering-controls Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Hazardous-materials International Collaboration Lung-disorders Management-personnel Permissible-concentration-limits Pulmonary-system-disorders Qualitative-analysis Respirable-dust Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-analysis Silcosis Silica Silica-dusts Silicosis

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• ISSN:
  1077-3525
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  344-347
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041892
• Citation:
  Int J Occup Environ Health 2012 Dec; 18(4):344-347
• Contact Point Address:
  Catherine C. Beaucham, CDC/NIOSH, Cincinnati, OH, USA
• Email:
  htn9@cdc.gov
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f34e7795701be9e188d419459759ee9df96554779000c299fd77f1452a81b4f6cb93e38a4dc72eb3339e0d07559feac95b1f5241dd47ac9c08880d0af706b6a3
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194318/cdc_194318_DS1.pdf
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