Long-term exposure to silica dust can cause severe health problems. These best practices will help protect your crews ...
and mortar contain crystalline silica. It is also used to make products such as glass, pottery, ceramics, bricks, and artificial stone. Respirable crystalline silica – very small particles at least ...
Introduction Previous studies suggest respirable crystalline silica (RCS) is an important driver of resurgent pneumoconiosis ...
More information: Report: Respirable crystalline silica Provided by Karolinska Institutet A new report from the Nordic Expert ...
Crystalline silica is also used to make products such as glass, pottery, ceramics, bricks and artificial stone. Respirable crystalline silica consists of very small particles of silica (less than 10 ...
The goal of the rule was to prevent and eliminate lung cancer and various lung and kidney diseases in U.S. workers by limiting their exposure to respirable crystalline silica. Respirable ...
Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden says the consultation on working with engineered stone closes ...
The Minnesota Pollution Control agency will host an informational meeting Thursday, Aug. 2 on the draft state air permit for Great Plains Sands, a proposed frac sand in rural Shakopee. The meeting ...
When stonemasons are cutting and grinding materials, the carcinogen respirable crystalline silica dust (RCS) is created. Silica is naturally occurring in stones such as granite, porcelain and ...
The company was initially served with seven improvement notices, but when the HSE conducted a follow-up inspection in ...
Due to this, RIT has developed a Respirable Crystalline Silica program to ensure worker safety while working with respirable crystalline silica products. Hazard assessment of RIT operations that use ...