What are Respirable Silica Best Practices?
Working around known sources of silica dust presents dangers to your health. To protect yourself, specific personal protective equipment, best practices, and strategies must be used. This course walks you through these requirements for respirable silica.
Information relating to respirable silica will be presented in four chapters:
- Chapter 1: Defining Asbestos
- Chapter 2: Health Hazards
- Chapitre 3 : Mettre en place un lieu de travail sécuritaire
- Chapitre 4 : Responsabilités de l'employeur et de l'employé
Une fois terminé, vous passerez un examen final pour tester vos connaissances.
Silica Practices – Online Awareness Training
In today’s training, we’ll discuss the various methods, controls, and equipment used to protect yourself against these dangerous particles in the workplace. By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Define silica and where respirable versions of this mineral may be found
- Reconnaître les impacts sur la santé de l'exposition à ces particules
- Identify engineering and administrative controls used to protect you against respirable silica dust
- Comprendre les EPI requis
- Explain procedures in the event of over exposure
