Workplace Health and Safety

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

Getting Medical Help

• Physicians In New Jersey Specializing in Occupational and Environmental Illness
• To My Doctor: What Physicians Need to Know About Silicosis in Construction, Demolition, and Renovation Workers [pdf 220kb]

Other Resources

• Workers’ Compensation

• 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]