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Part 8 – HalenHardy Discovers 11 More Sources of Respirable Silica in Hydraulic Fracturing

Fri, 02/14/2014 - 11:56 -- Donny Beaver

Part Seven in our series featured the July 2013 announcement by NIOSH about workers’ clothing being an eighth (8th) source of respirable silica in hydraulic fracturing. In addition, the HalenHardy team has identified 11 more areas of exposure before, during and after hydraulic fracturing including:

Part Seven - In 2013 NIOSH Adds an Eighth Source of Respirable Silica Dust: Workers' Clothing

Fri, 02/14/2014 - 11:53 -- Donny Beaver

More than a year after listing the seven points of worker exposure to respirable silica dust in hydraulic fracturing operations, the same NIOSH researchers published an article outlining an eighth (8th) primary point of dust release and generation in the July 2013 American Industrial Hygiene Association magazine, The Synergist – “Keeping Up with the Oil and Gas Rush.” The authors, Eric Esswein and Ryan Hill, noted “work clothing (for example, flame retardant coveralls) contaminated with crystalline silica” is considered a dust release or generation point.

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