Workplace Solutions: Reducing Hazardous Dust Exposure When Rock Drilling During Construction

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Organiscak, John A. ; Cecala, Andrew B. ; Page, Steven J. ; Whalen, John J.
• Description:
  Construction workers may be exposed to hazardous dust containing crystalline silica during site preparation when drilling systems are used. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) found that drill dust could be decreased by using wet or dry dust reduction engineering controls, enclosed cabs, and implementing a dust control program. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  "The principal contributors to this publication were John Organiscak, Andrew Cecala, and Steven Page of the Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. John Whalen under a contract with the U.S. Public Health Service, Division of Federal Occupational Health served as writer/editor." - acknowledgements
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Dust Engineering Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Personal Protective Equipment Quartz Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Silicon Dioxide Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Construction-industry; Construction-equipment; Construction-workers; Respirable-dust; Dust-control; Dust-control-equipment; Dust-exposure; Dust-particles; Dusts; Ventilation-systems; Ventilation; Ventilation-equipment; Control-technology; Engineering-controls; Silica-dusts; Quartz-dust; Particulate-dust; Particulates; Work-practices; Respiratory-protective-equipment; Respirators; Respiratory-protection
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: 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. 2009-124, 2009 Apr; :1-4
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Solutions
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory ; DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035194
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2009-108934
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining ; Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7b429c50e16ceef0af7e74a5bd86c20b63d0829adcb599cf39418ea3eceb368d68a7060185164f71b5533c2a8bf8bafe4be7673ca2f0f2d235ca6eb7ad262ffc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5521/cdc_5521_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 263.90 KB ]