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Safety
Still confused about silica rules? These new OSHA videos, tools should help clear the air
Videos on the OSHA website demonstrate how to comply with Table 1 standards while using certain devices. Check them out here on Equipment World.
August 23, 2018
Safety
OSHAâs 5 most popular construction safety videos: trenches, silicosis, falls and heat illness
The videos focus on such topics as trench safety; silicosis; construction-related falls; and preventing heat illness. Watch these videos and more here.
June 27, 2018
Safety
OSHA silica rules boost dust vac sales as contractors âtool upâ to comply
Tool manufacturers have seen a big boost in sales on products designed to meet recent federal regulations to reduce workersâ exposure to crystalline silica dust. And solutions that involve a vacuum attached to the tool to extract dust appear to be leading the charge. âDemand in the market has skyrocketed,â Eric Hollister, Hilti senior director [âŚ]
March 6, 2018
Construction Equipment
Chemtekâs new NeSilex mixes with spray systems to reduce silica dust
Chemtek has introduced NeSilex, a surfactant to be added to water spray systems during milling and other dust-producing operations to reduce worker exposure to airborne crystalline silica. The surfactant is a highly concentrated wetting agent that lowers the surface tension of water so it can better saturate dust particles and cause them to drop to [âŚ]
February 26, 2018
Safety
Challenges continue as new dust-control rules take effect for construction industry
Construction companies are now required to reduce respirable crystalline silica dust on work sites by 80 percent, on average during an eight-hour shift, following new federal regulations that took effect Sept. 23. While less than a week in effect, the rules face a challenge before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as attorneys for the [âŚ]
September 27, 2017
Safety
3M offers online toolkit on upcoming silica regulations
With new federal rules on reducing crystalline silica dust on construction sites just one day away, 3M has launched a web page to help safety managers prepare their jobsites. The page offers tips on how to get ready for the regulations, including an infographic displaying the types of respiratory protection needed for each level of [âŚ]
September 22, 2017
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ARTBA and AGC file suit to block OSHAâs revised crystalline silica rule
Two major industry associations, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and the Louisiana chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on April 4th, challenging the Occupational Safety and Health Administrationâs (OSHA) revised crystalline silica rule. âOSHAâs silica regulation is based on flawed [âŚ]
April 6, 2016
Roadbuilding
Silica/Asphalt Milling Machine Partnership officials release 2 new silica exposure control guides
Members of the Silica/Asphalt Milling Machine Partnership recognized the culmination of the groupâs 10-year effort to improve worker safety with a ceremony during the World of Asphalt in Baltimore and releases of a best practices guide and a field guide. The partnership is made up of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA), the National Institute [âŚ]
March 26, 2015
Roadbuilding
Building a better highway construction jobsite
The brave men and women who don their steel-toed boots and neon green safety T-shirts to build the nationâs highways and byways put their lives on the line every day to create the road systems that motorists may take for granted. Itâs not easy work when all of the variables of working in such a [âŚ]
October 9, 2014
Workforce
Aim is admirable, but OSHAâs proposed silica rule has 3 fatal flaws
Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) began its public hearings on a proposed update to its 40-year-old rule on crystalline silica exposure. Those hearings will conclude Friday, April 4 and a final rule could follow in short order, possibly providing the basis for a future rulemaking from the Mine Safety and Health [âŚ]
March 24, 2014
Safety
1938 Labor Dept. film warns of deadly silica dust, explains how Silicosis can be prevented
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced plans to update 40-year-old standards for lowering worker exposure to crystalline silica. Workers involved in the cutting, sawing, drilling and crushing of concrete, brick, block and other stone products are exposed to the dust. Exposure can cause the condition silicosis, an inflammation and scarring of the lungs, as well as lung cancer, chronic [âŚ]
September 5, 2013
Safety
OSHA proposes rule to replace âoutdatedâ limits on worker inhalation of deadly silica dust
In order to update 40-year-old standards, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced a rule with the goal of lowering worker exposure to crystalline silica. Exposure to the substance, composed of small particles about 100 times smaller than grains of sand, kills hundreds of workers each year and sickens thousands more. Exposure can cause the condition [âŚ]
August 28, 2013
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