Respirable Crystalline Silica Exposures During Tuck Pointing

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• Personal Author:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Heitbrink, William A.
• Description:
  Silicosis is a deadly lung disease. Construction workers may get sick with silicosis if they breathe in too much respirable crystalline silica, a fine, sandy dust. Silicosis may take 10 or more years to develop when workers are exposed daily to low concentrations of silica dust. However, when exposures to silica are very high, symptoms can occur after only a few weeks to four to five years. To prevent silicosis, researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) urge construction workers to protect themselves from dust exposure when doing construction work, especially tuck pointing. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Case Reports Construction Industry Dust Epidemiology Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Case Studies Construction Industry Construction Workers Dose Response Dust Exposure Industrial Hygiene Job Analysis Occupational Exposure Risk Analysis Silica Dusts
• ISSN:
  1047-322X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20020694
• Citation:
  Appl Occup Environ Hyg 2000 Oct; 15(10):732-733
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:03aa565e3a9c5d6e3b22a93eeacb87284c1cbf24a8434e9befa6b015b449a03a39432c2e795efca15b799970ae21b0989eaa30c5eb89eab1038f1c7dac036b7a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198374/cdc_198374_DS1.pdf
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