IH Project Manager
CAM Environmental
Pasadena , TX

Linda will discuss a brief overview of silica and will discuss the differences between the 1996 Special Emphasis Program and recent National Emphasis Program (NEP). She will talk about how the NEP may effect your workplace, specific abrasive blasting work practices, medical monitoring, and OSHA's outreach responsibility for informing affected employers.

Crystalline Silica Sampling & Analysis  

A brief overview of the guidelines for OSHA ID-142, different types of cyclones, correctly obtaining bulk samples, and the new calculation for construction and maritime. He will include determining compliance and comparing general industry guidelines to construction/maritime guidelines.

Break

Lessons Learned from Field Evaluations and Side-by-Side OSHA Comparisons

Linda Bridges, CIH, CSP
IH Project Manager
CAM Environmental
Pasadena , TX

Linda will present information learned from various field projects, evaluating MSDSs, OSHA e-tools, and ACGIH Threshold Limit Values versus OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits. She will provide a perspective that will provide industrial hygienists some interesting findings from which need to be considered in projects where silica may be an issue.

Lunch

Silica – A Laboratory Perspective

Jerry Bright, CIH
President
HIH Laboratory, Inc.
Webster , Texas

Jerry Bright will discuss the laboratory methods and specific analysis of crystalline silica. He will provide information that every industrial hygienist should understand about silica sampling.

Break

Silica Exposure – A Forensic Perspective

Dr. Ernest Lykissa, Ph.D
Forensic Toxicologist
Vice President & Scientific Director
ExperTox, Inc.
Deer Park , Texas

Dr. Lykissa will discuss exposure and toxicological issues of silica exposures. He will include his experience as an expert witness for silica exposures from a forensic perspective.

Roundtable Discussion – All Attendees