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Silica – Know Your Exposure

Silica Dust

Stop working in the dust cloud.

OSHA’s PEL: 50 µg/m3

AIR

Air - silica dust

DUST

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TIME

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Silica particles

Silica Synopsis

  • Chemical Formula SiO₂
  • Silica is Quartz, and is found naturally in almost all rock, sand, soil, brick and concrete products
  • Respirable crystalline silica particles penetrate deep into the lungs causing lung disease
  • OSHA, after decades of scientific studies on respirable crystalline silica, adopted its first PEL in 1971
  • Silica exposure remains a serious threat to nearly 2 million U.S. workers, including more than 100,000 workers in high risk jobs such as abrasive blasting, foundry work, stonecutting, rock drilling, quarry work and tunneling

Silica Heath Effects

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Symptoms of Inhaled Silica

Silica can cause
multiple symptoms

Symptoms from silica

shortness of breath
loss of appetite
chest pains
fatigue
severe cough
cyanosis (bluish skin)

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Silicosis

A non-reversible lung disease
with difuse nodular pulmonary fibrosis

Silicosis

Acute silicosis: cough, weight loss, and fatigue presents in a few weeks or years of exposure to inhaled silica
Chronic Silicosis: appears 10 to 30
years after exposure, afects upper
lungs and causes extensive scarring
Accelerated Silicosis: occurs within
10 years of high-level exposure

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COPD

24 million people effected;
3rd leading cause of death in the US

COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow
from the lungs. Airways become thick and inflamed and air sacs lose their elastic quality. Too much mucus is made and blocks airways.

How Does Silica Get Into My Lungs?

Silica Exposure
Watch this video on YouTube.
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WE KNOW SILICA; WE WANT YOU TO KNOW IT TOO.

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