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What are the Possible Exposure Sources? What's The Hazard? How do you Control the Hazard? Who Needs to be Trained and What Should You Cover? What are some of the Related Cal/OSHA Requirements? top: worker sweeping up debris containing slica; left: worker cutting tile backer-board; right: workers cutting roofing tile

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  • Silica Hazard Alert (pdf, 375KB), en Espanol (pdf, 489KB)
  • Guidelines for written programs and their implementation
    • Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) (pdf, 196KB)
      • Code of Safe Work Practices - Example in Plate A-3
    • Respiratory Protection in the Workplace (pdf, 1.39MB)
    • Guide to California Hazard Communication Regulation (pdf, 2.65MB)
    • Confined Space: Is it Safe to Enter? (pdf, 2.85MB)
  • Fact sheets and other guides
    • Heat Illness Prevention
    • Ergonomic Survival Guide for Cement Masons (pdf, 886KB), en Espanol (pdf, 893KB)
    • Health Alert in the Granite Countertop Industry (pdf, 155KB), en Espanol (pdf, 190KB)
    • Pocket Guide for the Construction Industry (pdf, 650KB), en Espanol (pdf, 1.20MB)
    • Setting Up A Tailgate/Toolbox Safety Meeting (pdf, 89KB)
 
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