Silica Dust Exposure Avoidance and How To Comply With the Revised OSHA Standard 2018

Silica Dust Exposure Avoidance and How To Comply With the Revised OSHA Standard 2018 is an event dedicated to engineering, administrative and PPE measures aimed at eliminating and reducing occupational airborne silica dust.

Topics

• Use of ‘Table 1’ in the OSHA Standard
• PPE and work practices for trades
• What your Written Exposure Control Plan should look like
• Use of vacuum recovery – tips on how to do this most efficiently
• Use of water as a dust control agent
• Best Industrial Hygiene Practices for construction and industrial trades
• Respiratory protection against breathing dust particles; voluntary respirator use

Who should Attend

• Cement kiln and plant operators
• Oncrete and Masonry trades
• Bridge and tunnel building
• Rock crushers and quarries
• Street sweeping
• Tunnel boring machines
• Rock drillers
• Industrial vacuum operations
• Mining haul truck drivers
• Heavy equipment operators
• Truckers, dump truck drivers
• Heavy equipment operators
• Highway paving, concrete and asphalt
• Brick layers and Laborers
• Cement kiln and plant operators
• Concrete and Masonry trades
• Bridge and tunnel building
• Rock crushers and quarries
• Street sweeping
• Tunnel boring machines
• Rock drillers
• Industrial vacuum operations
• Mining haul truck drivers
• Heavy equipment operators
• Truckers, dump truck drivers
• Heavy equipment operators
• Highway paving, concrete and asphalt
• Brick layers and Laborers
• Saw Cutting, walk-behind
• Roto-Milling
• Pneumatic jack hammer operators
• Sidewalk, curb and gutter contractors
• Safety directors. Managers
• Masons, stone cutters
• EIT’s (engineers in training)
• Construction Inspectors
• Architectural stone installers
• Architects and Engineers
• Masonry supply stores
• Marble, tile, granite installers and dealers
• Foundry workers
• Industrial hygienists
• Roofers
• Dental laboratories
• Clay and ceramic products
• Surveyors
• Shipyards
• Oil and gas drilling
• Lapidary jewelers
• Granite quarries
• Dry ice blasting
• Sand and media blasters
• Shipyards
• Building maintenance and restoration
• Cement transporters
• Boat builders
• Housekeeping / janitorial
• Landscapers