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RESPIRABLE CRYSTALLINE SILICA AWARENESS

This awareness-level course identifies the basic health hazards associated with:

• Exposure to silica and respirable crystalline silica dust.
• Some of the common construction tasks that could result in exposure to respirable crystalline.
• Typical control measures employers may implement to protect workers from exposure to silica and respirable crystalline silica, including engineering controls, work practices and respirators.

This course covers the new OSHA regulation concerning silica and respirable crystalline silica. It also explains the role and responsibilities of a competent person and the basic requirements surrounding OSHA’s new Respirable Crystalline Silica standard (for example: exposure limits, housekeeping, written exposure control plan, medical monitoring, training and recordkeeping).

 

This course is principally intended to provide employees with introductory awareness training on limited or potential exposure to silica and respirable crystalline silica dust. This training is applicable to employers and employees in nearly all places of construction employment where employees / workers may be exposed to rock, concrete and similar dusts.

 

Upon successful completion of this course each student will:

• Have a thorough and up-to-date understanding of the magnitude of silica in the construction environment, basic hazards, evaluation and control techniques and OSHA’s new requirements surrounding the new Respirable Crystalline Silica in construction regulation.
• Be able to explain what respirable crystalline silica is and the health hazards associated with it.
• Be able to recognize employer responsibilities and employee rights under the standard on respirable crystalline silica.