Important Update: Effective Immediately
Does The New Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) Apply To Me?
Do you engage in high-exposure trigger tasks? (cutting, grinding, polishing, clean up, etc.)
Do you work with or around artificial stone and natural stone containing more than 10% crystalline silica?
If you answered yes to either of the above, the below ETS applies to you.
The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board have approved Cal/OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS).
The ETS modifies the existing RCS General Industry Standard (Section 5204) and adds new requirements for all employers where RCS is present in the workplace
This ETS affects employees working in general industry under California Code of Regulation, Title 8, section 5204.
It includes important revisions to protect workers engaged in high-exposure trigger tasks (cutting, grinding, polishing, clean up, etc.) involving artificial stone and natural stone containing more than 10% crystalline silica.
The ETS goes into effect on December 29, 2023.
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Current Silica Updates
A primary goal of these initiatives are to prioritize OSHA inspection activity in workplaces where workers are typically exposed to high levels of silica, and to identify hazards and ensure prompt abatement. All inspections, programmed and unprogrammed, shall cover the hazards associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS or silica).
Silica Emergency Temporary Standard: What Employers Need to Know
FIND OUT MORERespirable Crystalline Silica Focused Inspection Initiative in the Engineered Stone Fabrication and Installation Industries
FIND OUT MOREOverview of standards to control employee exposures to respirable crystalline silica (RCS), which can cause silicosis, lung cancer, and other serious health effects.
FIND OUT MORERISKS OF SILICA EXPOSURE
Respirable crystalline silica is
a health concern in various occupational settings and construction sites. The
effects are serious and can result in death if proper methods are not followed
when working around silica. Our Environmental Health Professionals have been
trained to operate personal sampling equipment to monitor employee exposures in
these settings.
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Monitors the Exposure of Each Job Task
Ensures Engineering Controls are Effective
Required per Current Regulations
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Written Silica Exposure Control Plan
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