Long-term exposure to silica dust can cause severe health problems. These best practices will help protect your crews ...

Airborne silica dust is a byproduct of cutting, sawing, drilling and crushing of concrete, brick, block and other stone products. Yet, as we saw with asbestos, times are changing. In our October ...

Large-scale construction projects involving drilling and demolition generate significant dust, requiring teams to navigate ...

Exposures to silica dust, solvents or heavy metals increase the likelihood of developing various forms of myositis, ...

There are many types of activities that produce crystalline silica dust which could result in worker exposure ... or Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL), for airborne respirable crystalline silica of 50 ...

"Inhalation of crystalline silica has been linked to lung injuries ... However, there are some basic steps you can take to minimize airborne concrete dust on your projects. According to Ward ...

Substances that might otherwise be considered non-hazardous or inert may cause serious harm if the particle size is small enough that the powder or dust is respirable- especially if the process causes ...

A case in point is the South African mining industry’s growing efforts to protect workers from airborne mine dust, such as silica dust, which can result in occupational lung diseases that have a ...