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Recognizing potential hazards is key in preventing and
minimizing the effects of silica exposure. Silicosis is a disabling, nonreversible and sometimes
fatal lung disease caused by overexposure to respirable crystalline silica.
The following references
aid in recognizing crystalline silica hazards and health effects.
General Resources
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"Crystalline Silica Exposure" Health Hazard Information for General Industry Employees.
OSHA Publication 3176, (2002). A
Spanish
version is also available.
Discusses what silica is, what are its
hazards, and what employers and employees
can do to protect against exposures to
silica.
- Crystalline Silica Exposure Health Hazard Information. OSHA
Fact Sheet, (2002), 52 KB
PDF, 2 pages.
A 75 KB
PDF (Spanish version) is also
available. Provides information regarding silicosis disease and exposures.
- Silica. National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) Safety and Health Topic. Provides
information about silica as well as links to
related publications and references.
- Occupational Health Guideline for Crystalline Silica.
US Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 81-123, (1981, January), 231 KB
PDF,
5 pages. Provides evaluation information for employers, industrial hygienists, and physicians.
- Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica.
US Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 75-120, (1974).
Contains information on health effects, environmental data, work practices, and development of the
crystalline silica standard.
- Crystalline Silica Primer.
US Department of the Interior, US Bureau
of Mines, Branch of Industrial Minerals,
(1992), 99 KB
PDF, 54 pages.
Provides a good starting point for anyone wanting to learn about crystalline silica.
Includes information on silica
and other pertinent regulatory information.
Health Effects
- Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica.
US Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Publication No. 2002-129, (2002, April).
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Surveillance for Silicosis, 1993 – Illinois,
Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio,
Texas and Wisconsin. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 46(SS1);13-28, (1997, January 31). Describes surveillance information on
silicosis disease.
- Preventing Silicosis.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),
US Department of Labor
(DOL), (1996, October 31). Provides a general information sheet about silicosis.
- Silicosis Mortality and Silica Exposure.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), (1996, October), 2 MB PDF,
22 pages. Provides a report from NIOSH's Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report and contains information on
the mortality rates from silicosis.
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Current Trends Occupational Silicosis –
Ohio, 1989-1994. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 44(04);61-64,
(1995, February 3). Describes the investigation of a report of
occupational silicosis in Ohio and
summarizes the impact of hospital-based
reporting on surveillance for silicosis in
Ohio during 1989-1994.
- Report
on Carcinogens (RoC). US Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS), National
Toxicology Program (NTP). Identifies and
discusses agents, substances, mixtures, or
exposure circumstances that may pose a
hazard to human health by virtue of their
carcinogenicity.
- Silica, Crystalline (Respirable Size).
186 KB PDF,
2 pages. Discusses the carcinogenicity, properties, use, production, exposure, and
regulations of crystalline silica.
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Are Other Health Effects of Silica Exposure
Being Overlooked? Public Health
Institute (David F. Goldsmith), (1997,
July 8). Discusses other health effects
of silica that are commonly overlooked.
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Pitfalls in Diagnosing Occupational Lung
Disease (OLD) for Purposes of Compensation.
(Lawrence Martin),
(1995). Lists and summarizes several pitfalls that
can occur when physicians diagnose
occupational lung diseases.
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Lung, silicosis, polarized light microscopic.
The University of Utah, Department of Pathology.
Shows a micrograph of a silicosis
diseased lung.
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