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Crystalline Silica Awareness

The Crystalline Silica Awareness course helps workers understand the risks of respirable crystalline silica and how to stay protected on the job. You’ll learn where silica is commonly found, how exposure occurs, and the serious health effects of inhaling silica dust, such as silicosis and lung cancer. This OSHA silica awareness training also covers exposure control methods, personal protective equipment, and first aid procedures. Whether you work in construction, manufacturing, or maintenance, this crystalline silica awareness course ensures you know how to recognize, prevent, and respond to silica-related hazards. Trainees receive a Certificate of Completion after successfully passing the final exam of this 18 minute program.

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Learning Objectives

Define what crystalline silica is and identify the common materials and work processes where it is found.
Explain how respirable crystalline silica is generated and describe typical workplace exposure scenarios.
Recognize the short-term and long-term health effects associated with silica exposure, including silicosis.

Identify key engineering, administrative, and work practice controls used to minimize silica exposure.
Describe the proper selection and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for silica dust protection.
Explain appropriate first aid and emergency response procedures following potential silica exposure.

Course Outline

1. Crystalline Silica
1. Welcome
2. Introduction
3. Introduction (continued)
4. Introduction (continued)
5. Learning Objectives
2. What and Where Is It?
1. What Is Crystalline Silica?
2. Learning Activity: Spot the Crystalline Silica
3. Silica Exposure
1. Respirable Crystalline Silica Exposure
2. Learning Activity: When Might I Be Exposed to Crystalline Silica?
3. Knowledge Check: Potential Exposure
4. Health Effects
1. Why Should I Care about Crystalline Silica?
2. What Is Silicosis?
3. What Are the Symptoms of Silicosis?
4. Learning Activity: Health Effects

5. Protecting Yourself
1. How Can I Protect Myself? – Engineering Controls
2. How Can I Protect Myself? – Administrative and Work Practice Controls
3. How Can I Protect Myself? – PPE
4. Knowledge Check: Protecting Yourself
6. First Aid
1. What Do I Do If I’ve Been Exposed?
2. Knowledge Check: What Should You Do?
3. Knowledge Check: What Should You Do? (continued)
7. Summary
1. Summary