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SILICOSIS RESOURCES DEPARTMENT Division of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Silicosis and Your Health, 4pgs. Silicosis y Su Salud, 4 pgs. Stop Silicosis in Sandblasters: Use Silica Substitutes, 4 pgs. What Physicians Need to Know About Occupational Silicosis and Silica Exposure Sources, 6 pgs. To My Doctor: What Physicians Need to Know About Silicosis in Construction, Demolition, and Renovation Workers, 6 pgs. Silicosis Resources (pocket-size) Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets: - Mica (#1659) - Silica, Amorphous - Diatomaceous Earth (#0616) - Silica, Cristobalite (#1657) - Silica, Fused (#1656) - Silica, Graphite (#1658) - Silica, Quartz (#1660) - Silica, Tripoli (#1664) What Dental Technicians Need to Know About Silicosis New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services Occupational Health Service PO Box 360 Trenton NJ 08625-0360 Phone: (609) 984-1863 Fax:(609) 292-5677 Internet: www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/survweb/ Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Crystalline Silica Exposure - Health Hazard Information for General Industry Employees (also in Spanish) Crystalline Silica Exposure - Health Hazard Information for Construction Employees (also in Spanish) U.S. Department of Labor OSHA Publications PO Box 37535 Washington DC 20013-7535 Phone: (202) 693-1888 Fax: (202) 693-2498 Internet: www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/silica/faq/faq.html OVER Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Dust - What You Can't See CAN Hurt You!, 24 pgs. Silica Exposure of Metal and Nonmetal Miners Tips for Dusty Jobs - Baggers Tips for Dusty Jobs - Crusher Operators Tips for Dusty Jobs - Drillers Tips for Dusty Jobs - Mobile Equipment Operators Tips for Dusty Jobs - Stone Cutters Two Minutes on Silicosis for Metal and Nonmetal Miners Ten Minutes on Silicosis for Metal and Nonmetal Miners Most of the above MSHA publications are pocket-size. Phone: Call your local MSHA office or the national office: - Metal and nonmetal mining: (202) 693-9630 - Coal mining: (202) 693-9510 Internet: www.msha.gov National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) A Guide to Working Safely with Silica, 20 pgs. ALERT - Request for Assistance in Preventing Silicosis and Deaths in Construction Workers, 18 pgs., (96-112) ALERT - Request for Assistance in Preventing Silicosis and Deaths in Rock Drillers, 14 pgs., (92-107) ALERT - Request for Assistance in Preventing Silicosis and Deaths from Sandblasting, 16 pgs., (96-102) Construction Workers: It's Not JustDust!... Prevent Silicosis (pocket-size) Tips for Preventing Silicosis (pocket-size) What Rock Drillers Can Do to Protect their Lungs from Silica Dust (pocket-size), (97-118) NIOSH Publications Dissemination 4676 Columbia Parkway Cincinnati OH 45226-1998 Phone: 1-800-356-4674 Hours: 9am-4pm Fax: (513) 533-8573 e-mail: pubstaft@cdc.gov Internet: www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/silica/default.html American Lung Association Smoking cessation information Tuberculosis information Phone: 1-800-LUNG-USA Internet: www.lungusa.org Revised 10/03