In this episode of the IHSA Safety Podcast, Jasmine Kalsi, IHSA’s Occupational Hygienist, and Shirly Yan, Occupational Hygienist at the Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW), discuss the hazards posed by silica in construction, addressing topics such as:
- How a worker can be exposed to silica
- Legal limits of silica exposure
- Responsibilities of workplace parties to ensure the health and safety of workers
- The Silica Control Tool™ (SCT), a new tool from Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety System that collects details about a company, the jobsite, and planned work activity, estimating and analyzing the risk of silica dust exposure
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