Control of Silica Exposure in Construction: Scabbling Concrete

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• Personal Author:
  Echt, Alan S. ; Jones A ; Jones E ; Sieber W
• Description:
  The following is the report of a project to investigate the reduction in respirable dust and crystalline silica exposures to construction workers that resulted from the use of a novel control that was conceived of and built by the site superintendent to suppress the dust generated from the use of a concrete scabbler. Scabbling concrete involves dressing the surface of the concrete to remove surface imperfections or surface coatings. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Dust Occupational Health Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Concretes Construction-industry Construction-workers Control-methods Exposure-levels Respirable-dust Silica-dusts Surface-properties
• 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:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022280
• Citation:
  Appl Occup Environ Hyg 2002 Dec; 17(12):809-813
• Contact Point Address:
  Engineering and Physical Hazards Branch, NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, USA
• Editor(s):
  Tharr D
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment
• 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-512:9a83ae782f303c9aab477edab7d40bc9636eca5eb9a5f93ceab7964a4570221720ac27f66c741ce996b22d5ba576166651a68c18dcf56ffacd581e85864177be
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199104/cdc_199104_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 760.36 KB ]