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Engineering Controls for Silica Art Wickman, CIH Georgia Tech Safety Health Consultation Program Control Options 1. Wet Methods 2. Ventilated Tools 3. Abrasive Blasting Controls: Alternate Media Alternate Methods Engineering Controls:1. Wet Methods Water suppression of dust Very effective method Requires planning for supply of water and clean up Wet Methods: Portable Saw Block Cutting: Dry Monitoring Data: 8 X OSHA PEL Time Weighted Average (TWA) Block Cutting--Dry Wet Methods: Block Cutting Wet Methods: Requires Pre-planning Wet Methods: Joint Cutting Wet Methods: Jack hammer, chipping hammer, etc. Wet Methods: Spray Systems for Bulk Materials Engineering Controls2. Ventilation Portable tools with dust exhaust: Surface Grinders Disc Grinders (tuck pointing) Crack chaser Scarifier Descaler Power chipping tools Retrofit Dust hoods (Dust Muzzle Video) Tuckpointing Control by Ventilation: Tuckpointing Control by Ventilation: Tuckpointing Control by Ventilation: Slab Cutting Control by Ventilation: Hand tools 3. Abrasive Blasting Engineering Controls: 3. Substitute Abrasives Coal slag (Low silica content, but may contain trace metals including arsenic) Steel grit steel shot Aluminum oxide Sodium Bicarbonate (baking soda) Dust Suppressed Sand Frozen CO2 Ag. Prod. (walnut shells, corn cobs) Substitute Abrasives: Blast and Recovery Systems Permits multiple cycles of abrasive Reduces cost of more expensive abrasives Reduces fugitive emissions to Environment Alternate Abrasive Methods: Wet Blasting Similar to conventional air blasting Water injected into air/abrasive stream, or Water pressurized with abrasive Work rate 50% of dry abrasive Abrasive consumption 20% of dry Better visibility, lower waste volume Alternative Blast Method: Enclosure Alternate Abrasive Methods: Water Jetting 1. High Pressure 10,000 – 25,000 psi Removes most paint, rust, mill scale, chemical contaminants 2. Ultra High Pressure 25,000 psi Removes