Silica: It’s Not Just Dust – Protect Your Lungs from Deadly Silicosis

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Each year 250 or more families will lose a loved one to silicosis. Workers in construction, agriculture, foundries, rock drilling, sandblasting, and mining are at risk. Protect your lungs if you work near or produce dust from silica-containing materials, rock, concrete, sand, and other masonry products. Tiny silica particles can become trapped in your lungs and cause a disease called silicosis. You and your employer can control silica dust by using dust control equipment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Occupational Health Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Control-equipment Respirable-dust Respirators Silica-dusts Silicosis
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB97112
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• 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:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000336
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 97-112, 1997 Jan; :1
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209801/cdc_209801_DS1.pdf
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