Part One - Why frac sand exhaust ventilation engineering controls can't contain all respirable crystalline silica
Part I – Physical Reasons Why Engineering Controls Cannot Provide 100% Containment of all Crystalline Silica
Part I – Physical Reasons Why Engineering Controls Cannot Provide 100% Containment of all Crystalline Silica
BELLWOOD, PA, October 10, 2013 — The Mobile Air Shower by HalenHardy (MASHH), which removes hazardous crystalline silica from workers clothes during industrial operations, won the inaugural Ben Franklin Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center (SGICC) Environmental, Health and Safety Award at the Shale Insight Conference.
The Nation’s Largest Sand Producers Say a Proposed OSHA Silica Rule is Needed to Protect Workers |
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:
Comprehensive Guide to Minimizing Respirable Silica Dust Exposure in Hydraulic Fracturing
Part Three – Deadly Dust from Antiquity Stirs Up Challenges Today
Comprehensive Guide to Minimizing Respirable Silica Dust Exposure in Hydraulic Fracturing
Part Two – What is Silica and Why is it so Dangerous?