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Category
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Description
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Hazard
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Standard
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Corrective Action
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VIEW
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Silica |
Employee overexposed to silica during foundry work.
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inhalation |
1910.1000 and 1910.134
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Employer established a respirator program and trained employees on silica
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VIEW
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Silica |
Employee exposd to silica during forklift operations. No training information provided to operators |
inhalation |
1910.1200(h)
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Employer established a training program
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VIEW
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Silica |
Employee dry cutting granite counter tops. The exposure was compounded by the employer's standing fan blowing the dust back into the employee's breathing zone. |
Employee exposed to crystalline silica above the PEL |
1910.1000 |
Emploer implemented wet methods |
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VIEW
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Silica |
Employee removing the top surface of a patio using a grinding machine. Wet methods were not feasible during the process. |
Employee exposed to crystalline silica above the PEL |
1926.55 |
Implemented administrative controls to reduce employee exposure. |
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VIEW
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Silica |
The photo shows two employees (wearing respirators) working from a man-lift. One of the employees is using a side-grinder saw to cut reglets (slits) in the exterior of a concrete building, while the other one is spraying water on the saw blade to reduce the level of airborne dust. Both employees were overexposed to silica. |
Overexposure to silica |
1919.134(d)(1)(iii)
1926.55(a)
1926.55(b)
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Air sampling pumps and pump calibration equipment was purchased and personnel air monitoring for silica was performed. Employer engineered and implemented a local exhaust system for the portable saws used by employees to cut reglets in the exterior walls of the concrete building and limited cutting time to 4 hours/day. |
