Construction/Manufacturing Workers
Dental Lab Workers

Construction/Manufacturing Workers

What is Silicosis?

• Types of Silicosis/Symptoms
  
  
• Silicosis – Learn the Facts!:
     English [pdf 165kb], español [pdf 169kb]

Silicosis Fact Sheets

• Dry Cutting and Grinding is Risky Business:
     English [pdf 142kb], español [pdf 139kb]

• Preventing Silicosis and Deaths in Construction Workers
  
  
• Preventing Silicosis and Deaths in Rock Drillers

Silica Dust Levels

• Silica Dust-Producing Tasks
  
  
• Controlling Silica Dust

New Jersey Dry Cutting Law

• State Law (N.J.S.A. 34:5-182) Dry Cutting, Grinding of Masonry, Certain Circumstances; Prohibited

Getting Medical Help

• Physicians In New Jersey Specializing in Occupational and Environmental Illness
  
  
• List of NIOSH-Certified B-Readers in New Jersey
  What is a B-Reader? A B-Reader is a radiologist or doctor who is certified to read chest x-rays of workers exposed to substances such as asbestos, silica, and coal dust. Click here for an updated list of NIOSH-certified B-readers in New Jersey and other states.
  
  
• To My Doctor: What Physicians Need to Know About Silicosis in Construction, Demolition, and Renovation Workers [pdf 220kb]

Other Resources

• Workers’ Compensation
  
  
• Silicosis Resources [pdf 50k]

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Dental Lab Workers

• Silica Dust-Producing Tasks
  
  
• What Dental Technicians Need To Know About Silicosis[pdf 114k]
  
  
• Silicosis and Silica Exposure in Dental Technicians (slide show) [pdf 104mb]

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