Global Safety Principles: Silica in Construction

  • 7 topics | 25m 48s
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  • Transcripts
Silica exposure can cause damage to a worker’s health and wellbeing. Crystalline silica is classified as a human lung carcinogen and is known to cause respiratory diseases, including an especially damaging one – silicosis. Effective measures are available to protect workers from exposure and to reduce and prevent its potentially devastating health effects. It's important that employees recognize the potential hazards of silica exposure so they can protect themselves. This course covers hazard recognition, potential health threats, exposure prevention, and control measures and focuses on construction-specific requirements.This course was developed with subject matter support provided by New Level Safety Limited, a professional services company specializing in corporate health and safety management. Please note, the course materials and content were current with the laws and regulations at the time of the last expert review, however, they may not reflect the most current legal developments. Nothing herein, or in the course materials, shall be construed as professional advice as to any particular situation with respect to compliance with legal statutes or requirements.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • Global Safety Principles: Silica in Construction
  • recognize crystalline silica in the workplace
  • Knowledge Check: Identifying Silica at Work
  • identify symptoms of exposure to crystalline silica
  • Knowledge Check: Understanding the Health Threats
  • identify how to use engineering and administrative controls and RPE to control exposure to crystalline silica
  • Knowledge Check: Monitoring and Controlling Exposure

IN THIS COURSE

  • Global Safety Principles: Silica in Construction
    1m
  • Identifying Silica at Work
    3m
  • Knowledge Check: Identifying Silica at Work
    1m
  • Understanding the Health Threats
    5m
  • Knowledge Check: Understanding the Health Threats
    1m
  • Monitoring and Controlling Exposure
    13m
  • Knowledge Check: Monitoring and Controlling Exposure
    1m

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