Healthcare Training 2021 - OSHA's Final Rule: Worker Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica

Overview:
Exposure to silica has been linked to lung cancer, silicosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and kidney disease in workers.
Exposures to crystalline silica dust occur in common workplace operations involving cutting, sawing, drilling, and crushing of concrete, brick, block, rock, and stone products (such as construction tasks), and operations using sand products (such as in glass manufacturing, foundries, sand blasting, and hydraulic fracturing).
Why you should Attend: The final rule lowers the permissible exposure limit for respirable crystalline silica for all industries to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air averaged during an 8-hour shift. OSHA has spelled out exactly how to best protect workers. If employers follow those specifications, they can be sure that they are providing their workers with the required level of protection. That means that employers will have to implement controls and work practices that reduce workers exposure to silica dust.
Understand the health hazards of crystalline silica
Recognize materials which may contain silica
Be informed of the key provisions of the new ruling
Understand the compliance guidance for medical surveillance
Understand what's required to implement the key provisions of the standard
Get an actionable guide to protecting workers from silica hazards
Areas Covered in the Session: The webinar highlights steps employers are required to take to protect employees, including assessing workplace exposures, establishing written exposure control plans and providing worker training.
Identify the health hazards of silicosis by recognizing silica materials and knowing their health hazards
OSHA final rule regarding crystalline silica exposure and OSHA Worker Safety
Key provisions of the new ruling
Compliance guidance for the medical surveillance
Categories of exposure limits
The new permissible exposure limits (PELs) and SELs
Industries that are impacted
Requirement for engineering controls, administrative controls, and proper personal protective equipment
Alternative exposure control methods - exposure assessment
Performance option and scheduling monitoring option details
Specified exposure control methods, and fully & properly implementing controls
Employer assistance programs for small businesses to be compliant with the new ruling
New medical screening and surveillance requirements
Deadline
Who Will Benefit:
Skilled trades
Builders
Maintenance Technicians
Formulators
Demolition crews
Contractors
Process Technicians
Warehouse Managers
General Employees
Concrete Workers, Finishers
Gypsum Drywallers
Painters, Compound Sanders
EH&S Managers and Individuals with responsibilities in:
Regulatory Affairs/Compliance
Product Safety / Liability / Stewardship
Risk Management / Risk Assessment
OSHA Compliance / HAZCOM
GHS Labelling
Industrial Hygiene
Speaker Profile
Deidre Tate is a Certified John Maxwell Trainer, Speaker and Business Coach. Deidre's journey has included 25 years of industry experience where she’s enjoyed both domestic and international leadership roles at corporate, divisional and facility levels.
Specifically, Deidre has orchestrated business process safety improvements, environmental engineering services, Auditing and regulatory affairs for Allied-Signal (Honeywell), AstraZeneca, Syngenta (Novartis), Johnson-Matthey, PGI, Materia and Oil & Gas indutry. She also has served 3 consecutive terms on the US Coast Guard, Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC).