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Historical Resources

• Aug 16, 2012
  A Guide to Working Safely with Silica – If It’s Silica, It’s Not Just Dust DOL and NIOSH
  

  Includes information on the hazard, health effects, controls and government resources.

• Aug 20, 2012
  Silica - The Deadly Dust (45 slides) University of New Mexico and East Tennessee State University
  
• Aug 20, 2012
  Silicosis Prevention: Introduction to OSHA’s Special Emphasis Program (24 slides) Georgia Tech Safety and Health Consultation Program
  
• Aug 16, 2012
  Guides for Managing Toolbox Talks for Crystalline Silica Hazards Mount Sinai-Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Construction Hygiene and Ergonomics Program and Hunter College, Urban Public Health Program, CUNY
  

  Section E includes information on planning and conducting a silica toolbox talk, content, and related worksheets.