Protecting Workers from Silica – Job Hazard Analysis and Planning Tool within Silica-Safe.org

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This webinar occurred on: September 12, 2013

Each year, thousands of construction workers are exposed to dust containing silica. Exposure to silica dust causes permanent lung damage that can be disabling – even deadly.

Join CPWR’s researcher, Eileen Betit, as she introduces you to a one-stop source of information on the hazard and controls. She’ll walk you through a free, online planning tool that provides a three-step approach to creating a job-specific plan for controlling silica dust and preventing related illnesses and deaths. After the webinar, you will be able to:

  • Identify silica hazards
  • Understand the health risk
  • Find equipment and methods to control the dust
  • AND create a silica control plan for your next project.

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This webinar occurred on: September 12, 2013

Speaker:
Eileen P. Betit, Director of Special Projects, CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training
Eileen Betit is Director of Special Projects for CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training, a U.S.-based, non-profit internationally recognized as a leading construction safety and health research and training institute. She has been active in the construction safety and health community for more than 25 years, most recently working with industry partnerships to increase contractors’ and workers’ use of research-based solutions for hazards on construction sites, as part of CPWR’s research to practice (r2p) program.

Sponsors:
Honeywell Safety Products (HSP), a global manufacturer of leading personal protective equipment (PPE) and provider of safety solutions, helps company employees make safer decisions on their own and build an enduring culture of safety. With world class brands such as Honeywell®, Uvex®, North®, Howard Leight®, Miller®, Fibre-Metal® and Servus®, HSP offers a full range of quality PPE, including: protective clothing; fall and hearing protection products; solutions that protect hands, head, feet, eyes and face; along with respiratory, welding, first-aid, lockout/tagout and traffic safety equipment.

Dräger , As a global leader in safety technology, Dräger continually develops some of the industry’s most innovative technologies to protect, support, and save lives. Technology for industrial safety should protect workers in a way that preserves uninterrupted productivity, so customers can sustain a higher level of profitability without compromising safety. This is technology at its finest. This is Technology for Life.

Scott Safety,  Founded in 1932, Scott Safety is a world leader in innovation, design, manufacture and sale of high performance respiratory protection products, monitoring and sensor equipment and other protective solutions for the fire services, petroleum, chemical, construction, industrial and emergency services including first responders, law enforcement, military and civil defense.

Duration: 1 Hour