Taking Silicosis Personally

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• Personal Author:
  Linch KD ; Parker, John E.
• Description:
  Silicosis is a debilitating, incurable, and potentially fatal lung disease caused by breathing very fine rock or sand dust containing crystalline silica. Since a major portion of the earth's crust contains crystalline silica, there are numerous ways in which construction workers may be exposed to this dust. For example, when rock drilling, sandblasting, or concrete and masonry sawing are performed, controls are necessary to prevent silica dust from being in the air. Since 1974, NIOSH has recommended that silica sand or other abrasives containing more than one percent crystalline silica not be used for abrasive blasting concrete and masonry contain crystalline silica in varying amounts, and therefore, pose a health problem if they are saws, drilled blasted with abrasive or otherwise made into a dust and dispersed into the air. Sanding drywall joint compound is another source of crystalline silica exposure for many construction workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aluminum Silicates Construction Industry Lung Mining Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Construction Construction-workers Lungs Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Silica-dusts Silicates Silicosis
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  10-15
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000170
• Citation:
  Excel 1995 Jan; 7(5-6):10-15
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505
• CAS Registry Number:
  Cristobalite (CAS RN 14464-46-1) ; Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Tridymite (SiO2) (CAS RN 15468-32-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Excel
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a869f61b1ee76b7f0bfeaaad88039787d398dd7f1ebcbb46d20cb45d5d1741e9424c80dfe0ee68766f969611cf8652d9ae7a27e09088e5268e1def4c4edfeafc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198171/cdc_198171_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.34 MB ]