Step 1. Will you generate dust containing silica on the job?
The materials listed below contain silica. Select all of the materials you plan to use.
As you select a material a list of dust generating tasks will appear. Please select the task(s) that you will perform with the material.
If you will not be using one of the materials listed above or another silica-containing material,
You Don't Need a Silica Control Plan.
If you are not sure if a material contains silica, there are several ways you can find out… learn more.
Step 2. How do you plan to control the dust?
Select the type of equipment and dust control you plan to use for each material and task you selected in Step 1.
Not Sure – Perform Air Monitoring.
To find the exposure control methods in OSHA's silica standard, learn about air monitoring, or to find studies and data on the use of controls click here. To give users the greatest flexibility, any material-task combination may be selected.For uncommon combinations or those not typically performed, the default control is respiratory protection.
Click here for examples of commercially available equipment and controls.
Other
Step 3. Complete your Silica Control Plan
Company:
Person Completing the Plan/Title:
Jobsite/Project:
Description of Work:
Please fill in the name and title of the competent person for silica on a construction project or responsible person on an oil and gas project.
Exposure Assessment and Controls
Materials: Task:
Equipment and Control(s):
Task/Control Description:Please describe the procedures to restrict access to work areas in construction as required by 29 CFR 1926.1153 (g)(1)(iv).
For the oil and gas industry, please describe the procedures to establish, demarcate, and limit access to regulated areas as required by 29 CFR 1910.1053(e).
Please use the space below to describe the training that will be provided to workers engaged in dust-producing tasks and those working nearby.
Please describe the housekeeping measures that will be used on the project to limit employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica as required by 29 CFR 1926.1153 (f) in construction or 29 CFR 1910.1053(h) in oil and gas.
Please use the space below to describe the medical surveillance that will be provided.
Please use the space below to describe other things that need to be taken into consideration when controlling dust on this project.
*CPWR does not endorse any specific equipment or product. Many factors influence the effectiveness of a control including maintenance, user skill and training, the appropriateness of the equipment/control for the task, and manufacturer instructions/requirements. Respiratory protection may be needed when controls do not bring the silica exposures down to or below OSHA’s Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL).
Your Silica Control Plan:
Company:
Person Completing the Plan/Title:
Jobsite/Project:
Description of Work:
Competent Person
Material
Task
Equipment and Control(s)
Task/Control Description
Safety of Others:
Worker Training:
Housekeeping:
Medical Surveillance:
Other Considerations:
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