Any unlikely sources of airborne silica we should watch out for?

David Jaenike

Apr 25, 2020

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I know construction sites are of the biggest concern with regards to silica exposure given the amount of mortar, concrete, etc. they work with.

I'm wondering if there are any materials out in the general industry world (not including the ones listed above) that we should be keeping an eye on with regards to airborne silica generation.

https://www.osha.gov/dsg/topics/silicacrystalline/

Branden Raczkowski

Apr 25, 2020 at 02:43 PM

My employer has a PowderCoating department and in that department we have a machine which performs abrasive blasting (sandblasting) to clean parts or remove powdercoating for reworked parts. It's in an enclosed device, but could very well be a potential source.

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