Construction workers being diagnosed with silicosis in their 30s is unacceptable, and something needs to change, says ...

In 2024, Dr Scott McGibbon was awarded CIOB’s inaugural Paul Dockerill Award. For the CIOB's January column for Scottish ...

Tunnel construction workers in Australia’s most populous state were repeatedly exposed to dangerous levels of respirable crystalline silica on major government projects between 2016 and 2020, ...

(Reuters) - Capping a decades-long effort, U.S. workplace regulators on Thursday announced a final rule to boost protections against occupational exposure to crystalline silica, a carcinogenic dust ...

Certain jobs may expose construction workers to silica dust at levels more than 10 times the permissible exposure limit set by OSHA, according to the results of a recent study detailed in the National ...

This course covers the development and implementation of controls and strategies to prevent or mitigate silica exposures in construction, maritime, and general industries. Course topics include ...

A federal rule meant to protect the lungs of workers has been caught in bureaucratic purgatory for more than a year. The so-called "silica" rule under consideration by the Labor Department would limit ...

We’ve heard a great deal of talk in recent months about respirable crystalline silica dust. OSHA’s new standard, which reduces the permissible amount fivefold, is sure to mean changes on some job ...

George Salazar with Fenix Construction Co. sandblasts smooth the window opening in a concrete foundation wall for the Burlington Coat Factory on Thursday, April 16, 2015, in Chesterfield. Photo by ...