Silicosis resources

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey. Department of Health. Public Health Services Branch. Consumer, Environmental and Occupational Health Service. Environmental & Occupational Health Surveillance Program
• Description:
  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services: -- Silicosis and Your Health, 4pgs. -- Silicosis y Su Salud, 4 pgs. -- Stop Silicosis in Sandblasters: Use Silica Substitutes, 4 pgs. -- What Physicians Need to Know About Occupational Silicosis and Silica Exposure Sources, 6 pgs. -- To My Doctor: What Physicians Need to Know About Silicosis in Construction, Demolition, and Renovation Workers, 6 pgs. -- Silicosis Resources (pocket-size) -- Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets: - Mica (#1659) - Silica, Amorphous - Diatomaceous Earth (#0616) - Silica, Cristobalite (#1657) - Silica, Fused (#1656) - Silica, Graphite (#1658) - Silica, Quartz (#1660) - Silica, Tripoli (#1664) -- What Dental Technicians Need to Know About Silicosis New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services Occupational Health Service PO Box 360 Trenton NJ 08625-0360 Phone: (609) 984-1863 Fax: (609) 292-5677 Internet: www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/survweb/ Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) : -- Crystalline Silica Exposure - Health Hazard Information for General Industry Employees (also in Spanish) -- Crystalline Silica Exposure - Health Hazard Information for Construction Employees (also in Spanish) U.S. Department of Labor OSHA Publications PO Box 37535 Washington DC 20013-7535 Phone: (202) 693-1888 Fax: (202) 693-2498 Internet: https://www.osha.gov/Publications/3177-2002-English.html Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA): -- Dust - What You Can't See CAN Hurt You!, 24 pgs. -- Silica Exposure of Metal and Nonmetal Miners -- Tips for Dusty Jobs - Baggers -- Tips for Dusty Jobs - Crusher Operators -- Tips for Dusty Jobs - Drillers -- Tips for Dusty Jobs - Mobile Equipment Operators -- Tips for Dusty Jobs - Stone Cutters -- Two Minutes on Silicosis for Metal and Nonmetal Miners -- Ten Minutes on Silicosis for Metal and Nonmetal Miners Most of the above MSHA publications are pocket-size. Phone: Call your local MSHA office or the national office: - Metal and nonmetal mining: (202) 693-9630 - Coal mining: (202) 693-9510 Internet: www.msha.gov National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): -- A Guide to Working Safely with Silica, 20 pgs. -- ALERT - Request for Assistance in Preventing Silicosis and Deaths in Construction Workers, 18 pgs., (96-112) -- ALERT - Request for Assistance in Preventing Silicosis and Deaths in Rock Drillers, 14 pgs., (92-107) -- ALERT - Request for Assistance in Preventing Silicosis and Deaths from Sandblasting, 16 pgs., (96-102) V Construction Workers: It's Not Just Dust! ... Prevent Silicosis (pocket-size) --Tips for Preventing Silicosis (pocket-size) -- What Rock Drillers Can Do to Protect their Lungs from Silica Dust (pocket-size), ( 97-118) NIOSH Publications Dissemination 4676 Columbia Parkway Cincinnati OH 45226-1998 Phone: 1-800-356-4674 Hours: 9am-4pm Fax: (513) 533-8573 e-mail: pubstaft@cdc.gov Internet: www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/silica/default.html American Lung Association: v Smoking v Tuberculosis Phone: 1-800-LUNG-USA Internet: www.lungusa.org [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aluminum Silicates Hazardous Substances Hypersensitivity Lung Men Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Public Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Silicon Compounds Women

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• Keywords:
  Diseases Employee-exposure Employee-health Employees Exposure-levels Hazards Health-hazards Humans Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Public-health Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-system Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiration Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-factors Sensitization Silicates Silicon-compounds Silicosis

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• Publisher:
  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043743
• Citation:
  Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS), 2003 Oct; :2
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19920930
• Source Full Name:
  Silicosis resources
• End Date:
  20060929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b28b29dd9057ddced4e30337236c4c9d71c782a579427045c28d88c99a882d3f803b8dac70ec8e8ec7ed9bb822dc01b1b4c0c4edd39d892d678281cf35dd5e28
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195564/cdc_195564_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 49.37 KB ]