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Silica Protection Training for Roadway Construction

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) in partnership with the Pacific Northwest OSHA Education Center at the University of Washington offers this free comprehensive training on OSHA’s Silica standard for the construction industry.

This course covers the development and implementation of controls and strategies to prevent or mitigate silica exposures in construction industries. Course topics include:

  • Describing employer responsibilities and employee rights under the OSH Act
  • Describing OSHA inspection process
  • Describing the requirements of OSHA’s Respirable Crystalline Silica standard
  • Review of the construction materials that commonly contain silica
  • Recognizing the health hazards and risks
  • Recognizing how workers are exposed to silica
  • Describing the training requirements
  • Describing the employer compliance and assessment options through implementation of engineering controls, work practice controls and PPE
  • How to development an effect exposure control plan
  • Describing the respiratory protection requirements
  • Review of State plan silica standards will be addressed
  • A comprehensive list of resources available from various agencies and associations will be provided
Provider: American Road & Transportation Builders Association; University of Washington
Locations: ONLINE
Website: Link to URL
Record Types: Courses and Programs
Topics: Personal Protective Equipment; Standards; Worker Health
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