ArticlePublic health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
Engineering control technologies to reduce occupational silica exposures in masonry cutting and tuckpointing.
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- Occupational Dust Exposure and Respiratory Protection of Migrant Interior Construction Workers in Two Chinese Cities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A probabilistic approach for economic evaluation of occupational health and safety interventions: a case study of silica exposure reduction interventions in the construction sector.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Laboratory comparison of new high flow rate respirable size-selective sampler.Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene · 2018Article
- Field Evaluation of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators on Construction Jobsites for Protection against Airborne Ultrafine Particles.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- A New Test Bench System for Hammer Drills: Validation for Handle Vibration.International journal of industrial ergonomics · 2017Article
- The power of local action in occupational health: the adoption of local exhaust ventilation in the Chicago tuckpointing trade.International journal of occupational and environmental health · 2016Article
- Interventions: advancing the state of the art.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
- Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Industrial Ventilation Systems and Filtration for Silica Dust Emissions from a Mineral Processing Company.Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectivesA number of tasks in construction generate worker overexposures to respirable crystalline silica dust, which is a significant contributor to occupational mortality and morbidity. This study evaluated the performance of commercially available engineering controls used in dusty construction tasks commonly performed by bricklayers.
methodsLocal exhaust ventilation (LEV) controls for a portable abrasive cutter and for tuckpointing grinders were examined at a bricklayers' training center, as were two stationary wet saws. Personal breathing zone air samples were collected with and without the use of LEV or water suppression during simulated concrete block cutting, brick cutting, and tuckpointing.
resultsCompared with the use of no exposure control during block and brick cutting, the portable LEV unit significantly reduced mean respirable quartz exposures by 96% for block cutting and 91% for brick cutting (p < 0.01). The use of stationary wet saws was also associated with 91% reductions in exposure (p < 0.01). For tuckpointing, the reductions in mean respirable quartz concentrations were between 91% and 93% with the LEV controls (p < 0.05).
conclusionsReductions of up to 96% in mean respirable quartz concentration were observed between control and no-control scenarios. These reductions with commercially available off-the-shelf tools demonstrate the effectiveness of engineering control interventions to reduce crystalline silica exposures in construction. Strategies to further improve control performance and approaches for increasing control interventions in construction are needed.
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