Silicosis is an incurable but entirely preventable lung disease. It has only one cause: breathing in too much silica dust.

“In the road construction, paving and asphalt production industries, the primary source of airborne crystalline silica exposure occurs from fracturing aggregate or rock,” Kat Murray, marketing ...

A major construction company and SafeWork discussed strategies to protect tunnel workers from deadly airborne hazards five ...

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

OSHA has issued two respirable crystalline silica standards: one for construction (29 CFR 1926.1153), and the other for general industry (29 CFR 1910.1053). The Respirable Crystalline Silica Program ...

The construction industry’s heavy reliance on silica-based chemical grouts, produced through energy-intensive processes, contributes substantially to global carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions.

Given the silica content of concrete and mortar, silicosis is an enduring scourge of concrete and masonry construction. The damaging effects of ongoing exposure to airborne silica were familiar ...

Cristobalite and tridymite are two other forms of crystalline silica. Crystalline silica is found in many common construction materials including sand, stone, concrete, masonry, mortar and landscaping ...

PQ provides best-in-class product offerings that support a broad range of end uses including silica and chemical manufacturing; paints and coatings; purification, construction and drilling ...