Crystalline Silica

• NIOSHTIC-2 Publications Search
• Silica Health Hazard Evaluations
• Best Practices for Dust Control in Coal Mining
• Best Practices for Dust Control in Metal/Nonmetal Mining
• Current Intelligence Bulletin: Silica Flour: Silicosis (Crystalline Silica)
• Comparison of MERV 16 and HEPA Filters for Cab Filtration of Underground Mining Equipment
• Construction Safety and Health
• Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica
• Examination of a Newly Developed Mobile Dry Scrubber (DS) for Coal Mine Dust Control Applications
• Field Evaluation of Air-blocking Shelf for Dust Control on Blasthole Drills
• Formative Research to Reduce Mine Worker Respirable Silica Dust Exposure: A Feasibility Study to Integrate Technology into Behavioral Interventions
• Hazard Control #27: New Shroud Design Controls Silica Dust From Surface Mine and Construction Blast Hole Drills – Hazard Control #27 in Spanish: En Español
• Hazard ID 1: Exposure to Silica Dust on Continuous Mining Operations Using Flooded-Bed Scrubbers
• Impact on Respirable Dust Levels When Operating a Flooded-bed Scrubber in 20-foot Cuts
• Mining
• NIOSH Hazard Review: Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica
• Occupational Health Guideline for Amorphous Silica
• Occupational Health Guideline for Crystalline Silica
• Oil and Gas Extraction Program
• OSHA/NIOSH Hazard Alert: Worker Exposure to Silica during Countertop Manufacturing, Finishing and Installation
• Preventing Silicosis and Deaths From Sandblasting
• Preventing Silicosis and Deaths in Construction Workers
• Preventing Silicosis and Deaths in Rock Driller
• Science Blogs on Silica
• Tuberculosis Topic Page
• Worker Notification Program

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• CDC Preventing Silicosis

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

• Severe Silicosis in Engineered Stone Fabrication Workers — California, Colorado, Texas, and Washington, 2017–2019–Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: September 27, 2019 / 68(38);813–818.
• Surveillance for Silicosis Deaths Among Persons Aged 15–44 Years — United States, 1999–2015– Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: July 21, 2017 / 66(28);747–752.
• Summary of Notifiable Noninfectious Conditions and Disease Outbreaks — United States–Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: October 14, 2016 /63(54);73–78.
• Surveillance for Silicosis — Michigan and New Jersey, 2003–2011–Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: October 14, 2016 /63(55);73–78.
• Update: Silicosis Mortality – United States, 1999-2013–Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: June 19, 2015 /23(64);653–654.
• Silicosis Mortality Trends and New Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica – United States, 2001-2010–Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: February 13, 2015 / 15(64);117–120.
• Notes from the Field: Silicosis in a Countertop Fabricator – Texas, 2014–Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: February 13, 2015 / 64(05);129–130.

National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA)

• Working safely with natural and engineered stone products: Controlling worker exposure to silica dust during counter top manufacturing, finishing, and installation – Webinar

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Health Effects of Inhaled Crystalline and Amorphous Silica

Mine Safety and Health Administration

National Institutes of Health

• Report on Carcinogens, Fourteenth Edition, National Toxicology Program–Silica, Crystalline Quartz pdf

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• Silica, Crystalline Topic Page
• A Guide To Working Safely With Silica: If It’s Not Just Dust
• Frequently Asked Questions: Respirable Crystalline Silica Rule
• Helping Small Businesses
• Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for Construction pdf
• Worker Exposure to Silica during Hydraulic Fracturing pdf

State of California – Department of Industrial Relations

• Cal/OSHA Hazards of Silica in Construction eTool
• Cal/OSHA Hazard Alert – To Employees and employers in the granite counter top fabrication industry

New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services

• Dry Cutting and Grinding is Risky Business
• Silica Dust-Producing Tasks by Industry

University of Washington

• Construction workers should know: Silica – It’s more than dust

Safe Work Australia

• Crystalline Silica and Silicosis

International Agency for Research and Cancer (IARC)

• Arsenic, Metals, Fibres, and Dusts
• Silica, Some Silicates, Coal Dust and para-Aramid Fibrils

United Kingdom, Health and Safety Executive

• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health – Essentials guidance publications

The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR)

• Work Safely with Silica

The American Lung Association

• Monitoring Trends in Lung Disease: Data & Statistics