Corporate Training By Zack Academy - Silica Exposure

Comply with OSHA's new final rule on silica to protect workers from exposure to respirable crystalline silica. In this Silica Exposure course, students will learn the industry standard methods for protecting themselves against respirable silica by using dust control or vacuum systems. 

The OSHA reduced the permissible exposure limit (PEL) to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air, and now requires employers to use engineering controls to limit worker exposure, or provide respirators; develop a written exposure control plan, offer medical exams to highly exposed workers, and train workers on silica risks and how to limit exposures.

Approximately 2.3 million workers are exposed to respirable crystalline silica in their workplaces, including 2 million construction workers and and 300,000 workers in general industry operations such as brick manufacturing, foundries, and hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking.