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Managing Silica Hazards

Dates: May 24, 2019

Meets: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Location: Rutgers School of Public Health

Contract: $0.00

Benefits:
“Safety first” is a common slogan throughout the construction industry, with less attention paid to health issues. This workshop is an opportunity to identify how silica can affect worker health and provide template-models and guidance for a control program. It’s common for different employers to work in close proximity. The controlling employer (controlling contractor) exerts the most influence and has the ability to set a general tone for work and create general conditions that guard again “fugitive dust” including silica. This training will address employer responsibilities pertaining to silica for worker safety and health.

Audience:
Learning Objectives Upon completing of this training, participants should be better able to: • Design an effective awareness-level respirable silica training program to help workers identify the source, pathology and the hazardous nature of crystalline silica. • Develop written exposure control plans for respirable crystalline silica. • Identify controlling employer (controlling contractor) responsibilities for developing site-wide “fugitive” respirable crystalline dust program for multi-employer worksites to control cross-employer exposures.

Features:
Topics Covered: 1. What is silica? - Science behind the pathology and the harm it can cause. 2. Where is it? - History of occupational illnesses related to silica exposure Controls. 3. Responsibilities of employers related to silica hazards. - Table I: Exposure control methods when working with crystalline silica. 4. Customizing silica control plan template. 5. Employer responsibilities and worker rights for silica exposed employees.

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Rutgers School of Public Health

300 Atrium Drive
Somerset, NJ 08873

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